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Another Stablecoin Depegs From USD Parity, Polkadot-Based AUSD Loses 98% in Value
14.8.2022
2022 has been the year of broken stablecoins as a myriad of dollar-pegged crypto assets depegged from their dollar value this year. On August 14, the Polkadot-based stablecoin alpaca usd (AUSD) dropped below a U.S. penny in value, only to bounce back to the $0.95 region hours later. Reports...
Tornado Cash Governance Token TORN Shudders More Than 57% Since the US Government Ban
13.8.2022
Amid the crackdown against Tornado Cash, associated addresses, contributing developers, and anyone who uses the mixing platform, the project’s governance token called TORN has shuddered in value. TORN is an ERC20 with a fixed supply that is leveraged for governance proposals and voting....
USD Coin to Overtake Rival Stablecoin Tether in Coming Years - Survey
10.8.2022
Circle-issued, the second most popular stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC), has the potential to overtake the most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT), in coming years, according to a survey of analysts.
Most of the respondents claim that USDC will benefit from its better regulatory status, which could...
Tether also confirms its throwing weight behind the post-Merge Ethereum
10.8.2022
We believe that a smooth transition is essential for the long-term health of the DeFi ecosystem and its platforms, including those using our tokens,” Tether stated
LBank Exchange Will List Drive Crypto (DRIVECRYPTO) on August 9, 2022
9.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Aug. 8, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list Drive Crypto (DRIVECRYPTO) on August 9, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the DRIVECRYPTO/USDT trading pair will be officially available for trading at 23:00 (UTC+8)...
Hong Kong Police Publish Details of USDT Fraud Case in Effort to Raise Public Awareness of Crypto Scams
8.8.2022
Police in Hong Kong have begun publishing details of crypto fraud cases – in the hope that the public will take valuable lessons from cases that have seen people lose thousands of dollars to crypto villains....
Read More: Hong Kong Police Publish Details of USDT Fraud Case in Effort to Raise Public...
Tether supply starts to increase after three-month decline
2.8.2022
The Tether printers have been fired up again as the USDT circulating supply has started to tick up
$200M BitGet BTC-USDT protection fund hints at investor-centric trend
1.8.2022
Bitget’s reasoning behind using a combination of a stablecoin and Bitcoin in the protection fund is to counter massive unforeseen volatility in crypto markets
Tether calls thesis behind USDT short-selling 'flat out wrong'
1.8.2022
Tether said the hedge funds that saw Terra’s collapse as a reason to short USDT have “a fundamental misunderstanding of both the cryptocurrency market and Tether."
KuCoin crypto exchange debuts USDT-dominated NFT ETF
29.7.2022
KuCoin's new investment product aims to increase the liquidity of and access to leading nonfungible token collections such as BAYC
Most Bitcoin Use Happens During European and US Business Hours
28.7.2022
Most of the activity on the Bitcoin (BTC) network now happens during European and US business hours, with a notable drop in the share of activity happening during Asian hours, a new report from the crypto analytics firm Coin Metrics has found.
Judging from the findings in the report, use of...
LBank Exchange Will List Cryptostone (CPS) on July 25, 2022
24.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jul. 24, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list Cryptostone (CPS) on July 25, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the CPS/USDT trading pair will be officially available for trading at 20:00 (UTC+8) on July 25, 2022....
Tron is Eating into Ethereum’s Share of the Tether Market, But It Will Have to Do More to Become a Serious Rival
24.7.2022
Tron (TRX) has long been the butt of jokes and insults from much of the crypto sector, stretching back to 2019 (and even earlier) and continuing to the present day.
Yet in the past year or so, it has become an increasingly hard-to-ignore Ethereum (ETH) rival, exemplified by the fact that...
Bitfinex to Donate $1.3 Million Worth of BTC and USDT to Communities in El Salvador
15.7.2022
The crypto exchange Bitfinex announced on Thursday that the trading platform plans to donate 36 bitcoin and $600K worth of tether tokens to help bolster communities and small businesses located in El Salvador. According to Bitfinex, the funds will initially target small businesses in Salvadoran...
LYO Credit (LYO) Is Now Available for Trading on LBank Exchange
10.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jul. 10, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, has listed LYO Credit (LYO) on July 7, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the LYO/USDT trading pair is now officially available for trading. Bringing the crypto world into...
Tether Liquidates Celsius Bitcoin Loan — ‘Position Has Been Liquidated With No Losses’ to the Company
9.7.2022
On July 8, 2022, the company behind the largest stablecoin in the world, Tether, revealed that the firm liquidated a loan made to the crypto lender Celsius, and the liquidation caused “no losses to Tether.” According to the stablecoin issuer, the bitcoin loan to Celsius...
Beijing Court Rules in Case Involving a Man Who Refused to Be Paid in USDT Instead of Fiat
7.7.2022
A Chinese tech worker who refused to be paid in tether (USDT) and insisted on receiving fiat yuan has won his case against his former employers.
Per the Workers’ Daily, a branch of the People’s Court in the Chaoyang District of Beijing heard a civil case involving a now-defunct IT company and...
LBank Exchange Will List IX Token (IXT) on July 7, 2022
6.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jul. 6, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list IX Token (IXT) on July 7, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the IXT/USDT trading pair will be officially available for trading at 18:00 (UTC+8) on July 7, 2022. As...
Salary payments in USDT stablecoin ruled as illegal in the Chinese court
6.7.2022
Tether USDT stablecoin cannot be used for salary payments, a Chinese court ruled, citing the country’s blanket ban on all types of crypto transactions
Argentina Runs to Stablecoins Amidst Political and Economic Uncertainty
6.7.2022
Citizens of Argentina are hedging their savings by using stablecoins amidst the recent climate of uncertainty created by the resignation of certain key members of the government. The minister of economy in the country resigned last weekend, alongside other personalities, creating the turmoil that...