Tether (USDT)

Ethereum price is struggling below the $1,650 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading below $1,660 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance near $1,650 on the 4-hour chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it stays below $1,650 and $1,660. Ethereum price is declining below $1,660 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD remains at a risk of more downsides...

Ripple’s price shows bearish signs; if the current key support level breaks – the drop could escalate even faster. Technical Analysis By Edris The USDT Paired Chart On the USDT paired chart, the price has held above the 200-day moving average, around the $0.5 mark, over the past few weeks. However, the price is currently testing the 200-day moving average. If this moving average breaks down, the price will drop quickly towards the $0.43 level. On the other hand, if the price...

Shiba Inu’s native token has been demonstrating bearish price action over the past few weeks since getting rejected at a critical resistance level. Yet, a more severe decline may still occur in the short term. Technical Analysis By Edris The SHIB/USDT Chart On the USDT-paired chart, the price has been rejected from the $0.000011 resistance level, leading to an impulsive drop below the 50-day and the 200-day moving averages located around the $0.0000085 and $0.0000095 levels,...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange OKX has released its tenth proof-of-reserves (PoR) report, becoming the first digital asset platform to release ten consecutive monthly PoR reports. According to a press release, the latest numbers show balances of $10.4 billion in primary crypto assets like bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and Tether (USDT). OKX Publishes 10th PoR Report The Seychelles-based exchange covered 22 digital assets, including USD Coin (USDC), Ripple (XRP), Dogecoin...

Stablecoin payment adoption continued to thrive last year despite massive capital outflows from the crypto market at large, according to a new report from European hedge fund manager Brevan Howard. Analysts found that the stablecoin market settled over $11 trillion in value in 2022 and that over 25 million blockchain addresses held over $1 in stablecoins. Stablecoin Adoption by the Numbers The fund’s report – co-authored by Venture Co-Head Peter Johnson and quant analyst Sai...

Stablecoin giant Tether has published another transparency report detailing the composition of its reserves, and the blockchains on which its tokens are issued. The report confirms that Tether has $3.3 billion in excess reserves, meaning its tokens are over 100% backed. Analyzing Tether’s Reserves Per the report published on Thursday, Tether owns $86.1 billion in assets, while possessing $82.8 billion in liabilities. These liabilities exist in the form of dollar-pegged USDT...

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) credited a little-known X (formerly Twitter) user on Wednesday for dispelling rumors of internal chaos at Binance, which suggested that the exchange was desperately selling its Bitcoin stash to protect the price of its native token, BNB. The rumors pertained to a vulnerable BNB collateralized DeFi loan on Venus protocol that approached liquidation this week. Is BNB in Trouble? As explained by @zkHopium, the loan in question began with BNB...

In a move to bring back dollar transactions for US customers, Binance.US, the American subsidiary of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has inked a new partnership deal with crypto payments startup MoonPay. Binance.US, which is in an ongoing legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), suspended USD deposits for users in the United States following the departure of its banking partners. Binance.US and MoonPay In a blog post on Tuesday (Aug. 22,...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced confiscating approximately $1.7 million worth of crypto assets from March to May in the United States in a bid to combat illicit activities. The seizures were carried out as a result of numerous breaches in federal regulations. The law enforcement agency took control of $147,000 in Bitcoin (BTC), $800,000 in Ether (ETH), $307,000 in Tether (USDT), 469,000 in Dai, and $20,000 in Monero (XMR) across Arizona, California,...

A crypto wallet connected to the October 2022 BNB Chain $600 million exploit has lost roughly $63 million on the decentralized lending platform Venus Protocol due to liquidation that resulted from the massive bloodbath in the market yesterday. According to a series of tweets by blockchain security firm PeckShield, the exploiter’s wallet was first liquidated of 1.1 million Venus BNB (vBNB) worth around $9.9 million with the asset’s price as $9.4. The second liquidation was...