Stablecoins under scrutiny: USDT stands by ‘commercial paper’ tether
Are stablecoins actually stable? Tether’s basket of reserve assets raises eyebrows as a new round of debate regarding backing begins. The stablecoin market has been growing exponentially, and last week, Eric Rosengren — president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston — appeared to raise a cautionary flag. “There are many reasons to think that stablecoins — at least, many of the stablecoins — are not actually particularly stable,” he said in remarks before the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, voicing concerns that “a future [financial] crisis could easily be triggered as....
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Tether is still under regulatory pressure with eyes now cast towards its commercial paper reserves. The firm behind the world’s leading stablecoin, Tether, is facing more regulatory pressure this week with U.S. financial watchdogs scrutinizing the composition of its reserves.According to a July 27 Bloomberg report the Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said regulators are looking into Tether’s stockpile of commercial paper to see whether each USDT token really is backed by the equivalent of one U.S. dollar. A team of regulators led by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has held a....
The whole UST debacle has seen traders emboldened in the market against stablecoins. The result of this had been more investors going after the pegs of other stablecoins such as USDT and trying to see if they can destabilize the coin. Most prominent of this had been Tether USD, whose peg saw the most opposition as its peg to the U.S. dollar was heavily challenged. This challenge suggests that there could be more volatility coming. Tether Challenge Ramps Up One thing to note is that periods of challenges like these are mostly arising from periods of extreme market stress and liquidations.....
One billion USDT will be transferred to the Ethereum blockchain, while another 20 million USDT will go to Avalanche. Following recent developments in the sphere of stablecoins, Tether (USDT) has announced that it’s coordinating a chain swap to transfer USDT assets from Tron’s TRC-20 to Ethereum and Avalanche’s blockchain. In a tweet, Tether said that 1 billion USDT will be moved from Tron’s blockchain to Ethereum. On the other hand, an additional 20 million USDT will be converted to Avalanche. According to Tether, this will not change the total supply of the stablecoin. In few minutes....
Tether has been facing a lot of pressure from regulatory authorities. Now, the attention of the watchdogs has shifted to its commercial paper reserve. As a result, this week has been very hot for the company. The regulators focus their attention on what makes up the Tether reserves. Related Reading | Cardano Aims To Facilitate Users With Smart Contracts A report disclosed that Tether’s Michael Hsu said that the US regulators focus their attention on the paper to know if every Tether Token is actually backed by $1 as the company claims. US Regulators Scrutinize Tether From what....
On Monday, the total market capitalization of all stablecoins topped $150 billion. The largest stablecoin is remains Tether’s USDT. However, according to a new analysis, stablecoin whales control 80% of the tether supply. Stablecoins Whales Control USDT Supply With a current market capitalization of $77.9 billion, data from onchain researchers at Santiment shows that tether […]