Tether Recovers $1 Million USDT Sent to Wrong Defi Address by Chinese Traders

Tether has recovered and returned $1 million worth of USDT to a group of Chinese traders who, in error, sent the funds to a wrong decentralized finance (defi) address. On September 8, the group, going under the moniker ‘Bill,’ “accidentally” transferred the money to a Swerve token contract and could not retrieve it. In desperation, … Read more

Crypto Volumes Surge in August: Binance Largest Spot Exchange as Huobi Leads Derivatives

The latest report by Cryptocompare shows August spot cryptocurrency traded volumes by the 15 largest top-tier exchanges increased by 58.3% to $529 billion versus July figures. Low tier exchanges volumes, on the other hand, increased by 30.2% to end the month of August with a total of $291 billion. Binance leads the top tier list … Read more

Bitfinex Scoffs at Tether Market Manipulation Lawsuit: Bittrex and Poloniex File for Summary Judgment

Bitfinex says the second attempt by plaintiffs to frame the bitcoin manipulation complaint will fail just like the first attempt. The Bitfinex comments follow a notice by Bittrex and Poloniex disputing claims that they knew about the alleged market manipulation by Bitfinex. In June, the plaintiffs namely, Matthew Script, Benjamin Leibowitz, Jason Leibowitz, Aaron Leibowitz … Read more

Tether Prints $300 Million, While XRP Reclaims Third Spot

Tether Ltd printed a total of USDT 300 million Wednesday and this brought the total coins created to 540 million in the last three days alone. The latest USDT printing will see the top stablecoin’s market capitalization significantly passing the $10 billion mark. Responding to a whale alert twitter post, however, Paolo Ardoino the CTO … Read more