{"id":140633,"date":"2024-10-25T21:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=140633"},"modified":"2024-10-25T21:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:32:16","slug":"tether-ceo-denies-investigation-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/tether-ceo-denies-investigation-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether CEO Denies Investigation Rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"

As per the rumours, which started from a Wall Street Journal piece, prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. Attorney\u2019s office allegedly launced a probe into Tether\u2019s<\/a> <\/strong>stablecoin for facilitated transactions for illicit activities\u2014such as drug trafficking, terrorism, and cybercrime.<\/p>\n

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These rumours spread like wildfire and the whole crypto community was shocked, whilst the market experiencing a sudden decline.<\/p>\n

Moments ago Tether\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Paolo Ardoino, made an official announcement<\/a> <\/strong>on X, rebuking these allegations, stating:<\/p>\n

As we told to WSJ there is no indication that Tether is under investigation. WSJ is regurgitating old noise. Full stop.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite his comments, the crypto market is experiencing higher volatility with Bitcoin dropping briefly below $67,000, but quickly surged to around $67,300. The total market cap of all cryptocurrencies declined by 2.22% to $2.27 trillion in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Neverthless, TradingView\u2019s 1-day technical analysis shows that the santiment is still bullish with the summary pointing to \u201cbuy\u201d at 12 and moving averages showing \u201cstrong buy\u201d at 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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