đź‘‹ Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! Crypto traders withdrew around $10 billion from Tether USDT in the last two weeks as talks of increased regulatory scrutiny for stablecoins continue to grow. CryptoSlate data shows that the circulating supply of USDT dropped to $73.3 billion on Monday from…
Pro-crypto commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Hester Peirce, popularly known as crypto mom, said there might be some developments towards stablecoin regulation soon, according to a Reuters report. Pierce commented on the development at an online debate organized by the London-based Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) policy think tank. Stablecoin…
The leading stablecoin issuer, Tether, is looking to further reduce its commercial debt holdings, according to Tether and Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardonio. “Over time, we will keep reducing the commercial paper, we aren’t finished yet with the reduction.” Ardonio told CryptoSlate during an interview at the Paris Blockchain Week on April 14. In its attestation for…
As Bitcoin (BTC) wavers around $41,000, Tether is indicating big moves may be coming for crypto in general. According to data from analysts Santiment, Thursday and Saturday had the two largest days of 2022, in terms of addresses interacting on the network, with 83,000 and 74,000 addresses interacting with the network respectively. Keep an eye…
The stablecoin market has seen explosive growth over the past years. The market has been and still is, dominated by Tether’s USDT coin. However, the rival stablecoin issued by Circle Inc., USDC, just flipped USDT on the Ethereum blockchain – the largest stablecoin platform. A Flippening refers to a change in the total market cap…
The volatility of the Turkish lira is pushing Turks to adopt cryptocurrencies as both a means of payment and a store of value. The country’s national currency has lost 40% of its value against the dollar since September 2021, leading many to turn to Bitcoin and Tether as alternatives. Turks ditch the lira, trading gold…
Senator Elizabeth Warren in her recent submission to the US Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee has urged regulators to place a lid on the burgeoning DeFi sector by paying more attention to stablecoins. DeFi is the most dangerous space in crypto While describing DeFi, the U.S Senator said decentralized finance is the most…
Tether’s circulating supply has increased to $76 billion as the team minted an additional $3 billion worth of the asset during the last 2 weeks, and most notably $1 billion of those new coins were minted on Tron Network on December 4. Tether mints new coin, faces scrutiny about its backing According to available data,…
Leveraging on the current green run of the wider crypto market, popular meme coin, Shiba Inu, has posted some interesting figures during its rise to a new ATH. Shiba traded more than Ethereum According to data on CoinMarketCap, the daily trading volume of Shiba Inu was able to surpass that of its more illustrious counterpart,…