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This trend can be seen across the cryptocurrency market, with the value of Ethereum (EHM) dropping by 20.52% in 24 hours to 1,215.44 dollars, and Tether (USDT) crashing by 0.03% to just under a ...
In January 2015, the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex enabled trading of Tether on their platform. In 2018, Phil Potter, the chief strategy officer for Bitfinex, left the company after the Paradise Papers leaks in November 2017 named Bitfinex officials Philip Potter and Giancarlo Devasini as responsible for setting up Tether Holdings Limited in the British Virgin Islands in 2014.
Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, used to be a major player in the stablecoin market with its native BUSD coin reaching a market cap of around $23 billion.
Tether is the world's largest stablecoin, a type of cryptocurrency designed to hold a fixed value over time. "There is no indication that Tether is under investigation," Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino
The crash of Terra’s UST, the third-largest stablecoin at the time, triggered a wave of panic selling that briefly broke Tether’s peg, dropping its value to 92 cents on some exchanges.
Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc, and is registered in the British Virgin Islands. [1] [2] Bitfinex was founded in 2012. It was originally a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange, and later added support for other cryptocurrencies. Bitfinex was one of the first professional platforms built for cryptocurrency trading.
In its latest attestation, the stablecoin giant reported $2.85 billion in profit and excess reserves of $5.4 billion.
Singapore-based cryptocurrency lender and borrower Hodlnaut suspends withdrawals. [75] 7–8 November FTT, FTX's main crypto coin, crashes and loses 80% of its value as the result of a run on the exchange. [76] 10 November BlockFi halts withdrawals due to the turmoil from FTX. [77] The largest stablecoin, Tether, loses its peg to the US dollar ...