Tether News
USDT and USDC Stablecoins Throw Weight Behind ETH’s Transition to Proof-of-Stake
As Ethereum prepares itself for ‘The Merge‘, set for September 19, Tether (USDT) and Circle, issuer of the USDC stablecoin, have...
Key Miner Plans to Derail ETH’s Transition to Proof-of-Stake
The Ethereum Merge – the term used to describe Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) – is...
Tether and Bitfinex Launch P2P Video Chat App ‘Keet’
Tether and Bitfinex have joined forces with software company Hypercore to launch a fully encrypted, peer-to-peer video chat application. Kee...
Polygon (MATIC) Surges 70% Amid Announcement of New ETH Scaling Solution
Polygon (MATIC) has been one of the rare altcoins to experience recent exponential growth, now spurred on by the announcement of an Ethereum...
FTX Founder ‘SBF’ Warns Some Crypto Exchanges Are ‘Already Insolvent’
One of the richest men in crypto, 30-year-old FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (also known as SBF), has warned that some “third-t...
Tether to Launch Stablecoin Pegged to British Pound Sterling
Stablecoin issuer Tether is set to launch a stablecoin pegged to the British Pound Sterling in early July, using Ethereum as the first suppo...
Tether’s USDT Launches on Polygon To Support 19,000 DApps
Tether recently announced that USDT has been integrated into Polygon, one of the largest Ethereum sidechains. This means that more than 19,0...
$4 Billion Hedge Fund Makes a ‘Big Short’ Bet Against Tether
Fir Tree Capital Management has its sights firmly set on shorting the stablecoin Tether amid regulatory scrutiny and fears regarding ties wi...
Swiss City of Lugano to Make BTC and USDT ‘De Facto’ Legal Tender
This week, Switzerland’s ninth-largest city, Lugano, played host to “Plan ₿”, where the city proudly announced plans to ...
Will Tether FUD End as ‘Assurance Opinion’ Reveals Assets Exceed Liabilities?
Despite its disclosing the composition of its reserves last year, some continue in the belief that Tether, the company behind USDT stablecoi...
Tether Introduces Controversial ‘Travel Rule’ to Combat Financial Crimes
Tether Holdings Limited – issuer of the stablecoin USDT – has announced the integration of Notabene’s end-to-end solution to c...
Tether Calls Latest Bloomberg Hit Piece a ‘Tired Attempt to Undermine its Business’
Stablecoin issuer Tether is not so comfortable with a recent investigative report by Bloomberg, calling it a “tired attempt to undermine i...