There was a flash crash towards the end of the working week that sent the prices of all major cryptocurrencies tumbling down.
The major sell-off was no doubt linked to news that Chinese property giant Evergrande filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in a Manhattan court, causing big asset holders to dump riskier investments like stocks and Bitcoin.
A great many tweets were going ’round alleging that Tether had vast exposure to Evergrande, although that is almost certainly misinformation. Tether itself denied any exposure to the beleaguered developer back in 2021 and the dollar stablecoin issuer completely eliminated commercial paper (unsecured short-term promises of debt repayment by corporations) from its USDT reserves last year.
In spite of the dubious alleged factoids
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Author: Tim Hakki
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