Nate Maddrey, senior research analyst at Coin Metrics, discusses a report on the rise of stablecoins over the last few months that Coin Metrics published in conjunction with Bitstamp. He[…]
Tag: tether
Crypto in China: What It Really Looks Like
Emily Parker, cofounder of Longhash, describes what the company, which has an Asia-focused incubator and data media site does, how she ended up launching an Asia-focused company, why she’s seeing[…]
How Tether’s Surge on Ethereum Is Affecting Bitcoin
Jacob Franek, cofounder and COO of Coin Metrics, discusses why daily transaction fees on Ethereum have surpassed those on Bitcoin, what daily transaction fees reflect generally about a blockchain, why[…]
To the Moon and Back With Polychain’s Olaf Carlson-Wee
How Polychain is faring during the crypto winter, where we are in the tech cycle, whether he thinks Ethereum 2.0 will deliver and how he views the competition in the[…]
What Happened to Bitfinex/Tether’s $850 Million
Robert-Jan Den Haan, a contributor to the Block who has been researching the Bitfinex/Tether situation for over a year, talks about how Bitfinex found itself without access to $850 million[…]
Bloomberg’s Matt Leising on Why It Appears Tether Has Sufficient Dollar Reserves – Ep.052
Bloomberg reporter Matt Leising, who obtained bank statements from Tether’s bank, Noble Bank in Puerto Rico, found that for those months, the number of dollars in the bank matched the[…]
Why the Tether Situation Brought Up Memories of Mt. Gox – Ep.042
Dan McArdle, cofounder of Messari and the creator of OnChainFX, discusses why tether lost its dollar peg, how the Gemini USD traded at above $1, and how this was similar[…]