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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Q&ATwitter Inc
    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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’

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    Special Report#TechFT: How 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

  • 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

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