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Finance

Stablecoin Issuer Tether Invests in Sustainable Bitcoin Mining in Uruguay

The company earlier this month announced plans to invest part of its profits in BTC purchases and infrastructure.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Videos

Tether's USDT Trading Volume Falls to Lowest Level in Four Years: Kaiko

Crypto market research firm Kaiko is out with a new report, noting that trading with Tether’s USDT stablecoin has fallen to its lowest level in four years, while its market capitalization nears an all-time high of $83 billion. CoinDesk's Jenn Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Markets

Tether Trading Volume Falls to Multi-Year Lows, Market Cap Rise Is ‘Questionable:’ Kaiko

Trading with Tether’s USDT stablecoin has fallen to its lowest level in four years, while its market capitalization nears an all-time high of $83 billion.

(Kaiko)

Policy

U.S. Hearing Highlights Stablecoin Rift in Competing House Bills

Republicans focused on the chances for legislative compromise while Democrats characterized their stablecoin positions as a deepening divide.

(Dean Hochman/Flickr)

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Finance

Tether Says It Will Buy Bitcoin for Stablecoin Reserves Using Realized Profits

The company, which issues the $82 billion USDT stablecoin, reported $1.48 billion of net profits in 2023 Q1 and revealed $1.5 billion in BTC holdings.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether Reports $1.48B Profit in Q1, Reveals Bitcoin, Gold Reserves

The company’s USDT stablecoin has seen rapid growth this year as the U.S. banking crisis hit rivals.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

TrueUSD's Bitcoin Trading Volume Nears Tether’s on Binance but Traders Hesitate to Use the Token

Binance assigned a zero fee discount to the BTC-TUSD trading pair last month, waiving the promotion from Tether’s USDT.

TUSD and USDT in BTC trading on Binance (Kaiko)

Finance

Ondo Finance Plans Yield-Generating Stablecoin Alternative for Institutional Investors

The new stablecoin-like token, OMMF, will be backed by conventional money market funds and is available only to qualified purchasers and accredited investors. But retail investors can lend against the tokens via Ondo’s DeFi protocol Flux to indirectly access the yield.

Money (Alexander Grey/ Unsplash)

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Policy

Alameda to Be Repaid $53M Deltec Loan, Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules

The 2021 payment to Tether's bank Deltec International was originally approved by FTX's Ryan Salame.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Tether Was a Client of Signature Bank's Signet: Bloomberg

Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino, in response to the Bloomberg article, denied the company has exposure to Signature Bank.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)