In the wake of the just breaking news that Bitfinex and Tether are being investigated in connection with a missing $850 million, which was apparently covered up using money backing the Tether stablecoin, now the market has taken a notable downturn and twitter has come out to voice its opinions.
First off, the market bled away about $10 billion in mere minutes after the news broke. Bitcoin was able to hold support above $5,000, for now, and has rebounded back above $5,100.
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Beyond Bitcoin, most of the market is now deeply in the red, with only a handful of coins showing green still.
As for twitter, many spoke up concerning this upsetting turn of events. Some had thoughtful observations:
Today's NYSA lawsuit against Bitfinex be the relevant background to understand why the Tether terms & conditions were changed last month.
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Reading between the lines on this news (if the report can be trusted as sound info) --
*Tethers were real and backed 1:1* until Bitfinex CryptoCapital seizure meant that Tether changed to being backed by cash assets and the debt to Bitfinex instead.
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Tether is one of the biggest existential threats to the entire cryptocurrency space, and so many turned a blind eye to it in willful ignorance, downplayed the threat, or actively attacked those pointing it out, including me. Welcome to reality twitter.com/el33th4xor/sta…
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You go to prison for stuff like this. wsj.com/articles/bitfi…
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Others just wanted to let it be known they were paying attention:
Wusa wusa wusaaaa!
Bitfineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeex!
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It's far too early to see how all of this will shake out, but for now there is a lot of talk on twitter and a lot of volatility in the market. Stick here with Chepicap for all updates on this developing story!
