• Tether launches gold-backed cryptocurrency
    All that is gold does not glitter—particularly the Tether Gold stablecoin. (Photo: Linda Hamilton via Pixabay)
    Cryptocurrencies,  Tether

    Tether launches gold-backed cryptocurrency

    The new Tether Gold tokens will be backed by one fine troy ounce of gold stored in a secure Swiss vault, the company said

    January 24, 2020 /

    Tether launched a gold-backed cryptocurrency, tether gold (XAUT), that can be redeemed for one fine troy ounce of gold stored in a secure Swiss vault—assuming you can redeem 430 tokens currently worth about $670,000 at once.

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  • Pornhub logo
    PayPal won't let us pay you in real dollars, so here's some tether. (Photo: Pornhub)
    adblock,  Cryptocurrencies,  Tether

    Pornhub now accepts tether for model payments

    The world’s biggest porn site now accepts the world’s biggest stablecoin 

    January 23, 2020 /

    Visitors to Pornhub, which boasted 42 billion visits in 2019, can now pay live webcam models with tether via the Tron wallet, the site announced yesterday. The move follows PayPal’s announcement in November that it would stop supporting payments for the hugely popular pornographic website.

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  • Huobi Global has launched an institutional brokerage (via Huobi).
    Huobi Global has launched an institutional brokerage (via Huobi).
    Cryptocurrencies

    Huobi Brokerage launches, targets institutional clients

    Huobi Group’s new digital asset brokerage platform also targets high net worth individuals

    January 21, 2020 /

    Ciara Sun, Vice President of Global Business at Huobi Group, said 2020 is the beginning of the “next phase of crypto. 2019 brought the first wave of institutional interest but 2020 is when we expect to see the industry mature with growing demand.”

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  • Oz Yosef may need a wizard's help (via YouTube).
    Oz Yosef may need a wizard's help (via YouTube).
    Tether,  Uncategorized

    Crypto Capital crony Oz Yosef indicted

    Another shadow banker has been charged in connection with the theft of $880 million from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.

    October 28, 2019 /

    Federal prosecutors have indicted Oz Yosef, a principal of Crypto Capital Corp., on three counts of bank fraud and conspiracy in cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex's $880 million loss.

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