Bitcoin Hell Day: Continuing Coverage
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Bitcoin Crashes
Digital currencies were in freefall after China’s banking association issued a warning over the risks associated with digital currencies. A statement posted on the industry association’s website said all members should “resolutely refrain from conducting or participating in any business activities related to virtual currencies.”
Bitcoin’s price was down 16% to just under $37,000 before gaining some significant ground throughout the day, hitting above the $39,000 mark. The low Wednesday was $30,000. It was just a few weeks ago the price hit an all-time high of $63,000.
The massive selloff came after China announced it would be banning financial and payment institutions from providing cryptocurrency services.
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Tether Reaches New Lows in Quest to Prevent Audit
Our colleagues over at Coinbase report that cash accounts for a measly 2.94% of Tether’s entire reserves based on recent filings, a scary notion considering the volatility in the crypto space this day.
Tether reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office requiring that they file a reserves report, one for each quarter over the next two years.
Tether reaches new lows in quest to avoid being audited - CoinGeek https://t.co/EwOwMT1ClH
— Calvin Ayre (@CalvinAyre) May 19, 2021
What they submitted appears to be lacking per Jordan Atkins of CoinGeek.
Tether actually released is a one-page document containing two pie charts: one which shows the makeup of Tether’s reserves as being 74.85% “cash & cash equivalents,” and another which further breaks down what ‘cash and cash equivalents’ means.
This is a far cry from the days when Tether was trying to convince us that every tether in circulation was backed by a matching U.S. dollar.
Atkins suggests that the other items listed in the breakdown, such as the 65.39% worth of “commercial paper,” are "next to meaningless in this context".
