• The calm decorum of consolidating class action lawsuits (via Pixabay).
    Cryptocurrencies

    Tether, Bitfinex face fourth market manipulation suit

    Another lawsuit accusing stablecoin issuer Tether and cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex of causing the losses of the crypto winter is about to join the three consolidated class actions

    The lawsuits against iFinex, which owns the two companies, seeks $1.4 trillion in damages over alleged market manipulations that led to the crypto winter of 2018.

  • University of Texas Tower (via Wiki commons).
    Opinion,  Tether

    Tether/Bitfinex study gets updated while Crypto Twitter gets angry

    The report that claimed Bitcoin prices were manipulated via Tether now says a single “whale” was behind the trades; those with skin in the game react negatively

    The lead academic in that (in)famous study postulating that Bitcoin prices were manipulated by Tether updated it with this added doozey: a single “whale” was behind most of it, trading large amounts of bitcoin against tether on Bitfinex, Tether’s sister company.

  • Hand controlling marionette
    Cryptocurrencies

    Bitfinex, Tether again face market manipulation accusations

    The embattled cryptocurrency exchange and stablecoin issuer jointly announced that a “meritless and mercenary lawsuit” is coming.

    It seems the New York Attorney General is not the only person accusing sister companies Bitfinex and Tether of breaking the law. A paper accusing the companies of market manipulation designed to boost the price of Bitcoin will be published soon.