Another Chinese money laundering scheme tied to Deltec and Tether
Daren Li and Yicheng Zhang moved cash from so-called pig-butchering scams to Deltec Bank and Trust. It was then converted to tether.
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Daren Li and Yicheng Zhang moved cash from so-called pig-butchering scams to Deltec Bank and Trust. It was then converted to tether.
— Brad Garlinghouse, Paolo Ardoino
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse mentioned that he believes the US government is targeting Tether, earning a lengthy response from Paolo Ardoino.
Police in Miami arrested Maximilien de Hoop Cartier, heir to the Cartier jewelry fortune, for allegedly working with a Colombian drug cartel.
Tether's rebrand is in line with its previously announced plans to get into bitcoin mining, the data industry, and blockchain education.
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo highlights the 'need' for new tools to manage the risk of crypto to national security.
Tether says it has completed a security audit to ensure that it has robust IT control measures in place to make sure its systems are safe.
US and UK authorities are investigating a potential breach of wartime sanctions against Russia involving Garantex and tether transfers.
— DoJ, Social Media
Since early February, a flood of accounts have been tweeting about one topic: a collaboration between the DoJ and Tether.
Tether now has a market cap over $100 billion, representing a new peak in its role as the most important stablecoin.
Tether recently led a $25m Series A round in Oobit, a Lithuania-registered Singapore-headquartered payments firm.