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    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Watching tether wither, together

      Stablecoin diffusion

    • Saturday, 24 September, 2022
      On Wall StreetScott Chipolina
      Pressure rises on stablecoin to deliver on original promise

      New York court ruling on Tether case comes amid negotiations over a draft legislation for the sector

      The Tether logo
    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Digital currencies
      Further reading

      Tether plays chicken with Ofac, Texas hates ESG, construction doesn’t scale, etc

    • Saturday, 20 August, 2022
      Stablecoins
      Stablecoin issuers hold $80bn of short-dated US government debt

      Ownership highlights how digital asset players are encroaching on traditional markets

      Smartphone with a Tether logo
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      News in-depthCryptofinance
      Tether’s recovery of an $840mn loan scrutinised in Celsius bankruptcy

      Case is a major test of how US insolvency rules will apply in the digital asset sector

      Celsius, bitcoin and tether logos
    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Tether’s mystery commercial paper exposure

      Tweets from the stablecoin’s CTO are raising new questions about reserve quality

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast26 min listen
      Tether’s path to the spotlight

      FT reporters dig into the professional histories of two executives who sit atop two of crypto’s most important businesses

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      #techFT
      The wages of Masayoshi Son as tech falls Premium content

      Tether’s Bahamas bank, Top Gun’s top takings, Xiaomi’s new TVs

      Masayoshi Son and SoftBank logos
    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Tether has held some reserves at Bahamas bank Capital Union

      Stablecoin has faced $10bn in redemptions after it briefly lost its peg with US dollar

      A smartphone with the green tether symbol on the screen
    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
      A crypto vibe shift?

      How a popular token’s collapse led to questions about the whole crypto market’s stability

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Barclays to tether: the test is yet to come

      Bolting the stable door after the stablecoin has bolted

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Investors pull $7bn from Tether as stablecoin jitters intensify

      Tether’s market value falls 9% after stablecoin briefly lost peg against US dollar

      Smartphone with Tether logo
    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Q&AX Corp
      Is this cryptogeddon? Join a live FT Twitter discussion

      Scott Chipolina, Jemima Kelly, Kadhim Shubber and Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan will take your questions at 3.30pm BST/10.30am ET

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Crypto scares everyone Premium content

      And how the Fed can control rent inflation

      Montage of bitcoins and other crypto currencies
    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      Lex
      Tether: stablecoin sees stable foundation shaken Premium content

      Cash and bank deposits made up only 5 per cent of its assets as of the end of December

      A gold-plated souvenir cryptocurrency Tether (USDT) coin arranged beside a screen displaying a trading chart
    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      Explainer
      Why is tether central to the global cryptocurrency market?

      The $80bn stablecoin has drawn close scrutiny after it slipped far from its peg against the dollar

      The Tether logo
    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      Stablecoins
      How stablecoins are destabilising crypto

      The ramifications of a tether crisis of confidence.

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      Crypto industry shaken as Tether’s dollar peg snaps

      Token’s tech chief declines to provide details on Treasury holdings on fear of revealing ‘secret sauce’

      Image of a Tether stablecoin
    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      Markets InsightKatie Martin
      What happens in crypto may not stay in crypto this time around

      Even some who have sipped the Kool-Aid accept the latest cracks may be different

      An advertising board featuring the symbols of major cryptocurrencies and stablecoins
    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      There are 99 problems and Tether ain’t $1

      In fast and furious markets, a stablecoin drifts

    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
      Cryptocurrencies
      Tether’s CEO: from IT sales to calling the shots in crypto land

      Jean-Louis van der Velde’s career offered few clues that he would become a key figure in fast-growing industry

      Tether, bitcoin and US dollar composite against a green background
    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
      FT Asset Management
      Al Gore’s ‘inconvenient truth’ for investors

      Plus, a short seller’s $1m ‘bounty’ on Tether, more outflows from unloved UK stocks and Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt

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    • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
      FT GuidesHow safe are digital assets?
      The FT crypto glossary

      Want to speak crypto? This guide tells you all you need to know

    • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
      Short-seller Hindenburg sets $1m ‘bounty’ for details on Tether’s reserves

      Scrutiny comes as growing number of investors are looking to tap fast-growing digital asset market

      Tether logo on a laptop
    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Tether’s bitcoin-backed lending clashes with dollar promise

      Stablecoin operator accepts crypto in return for some loans, big customer says

      Tether logo on a laptop computer
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