Bitcoin Drops on Tether Subpoena
Bitcoin prices dropped over 10 percent today after Bloomberg leaked a rumor that the U.S. government subpoenaed both Bitfinex and Tether. The outstanding supply of tethers snowballed since December of last year, from below 1 billion to over 2.3 billion. In other news yesterday Tether announced that they were terminating the audit that was expected last year:
‘Given the excruciatingly detailed procedures Friedman was undertaking for the relatively simple balance sheet of Tether, it became clear that an audit would be unattainable in a reasonable timeframe,” Tether said.’
According to some speculators, the two companies are printing tethers without USD backing to support crypto prices. More on this controversy HERE.
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