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Is There Any Truth about the FUD Panic Call on USDT?

Published 11/10/2022, 11:52 AM
Updated 11/10/2022, 12:00 PM
Is There Any Truth about the FUD Panic Call on USDT?
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  • USDT value temporarily slipped by a minuscule percentage creating FUD.
  • Tether’s CTO noted no cause for alarm as the company has enough reserve to cover USDT swaps.
  • FUD calls previously shared against the KuCoin crypto exchange turned out false.

The price of the most significant stablecoin in the crypto industry, USDT, momentarily slipped by a minuscule percentage creating another round of fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

Paolo Ardoino, the chief technology officer (CTO) of the largest stablecoin issuer, Tether, declared on Twitter that the firm had processed over $700 million USDT in redemptions in the last 24 hours.

This unusually high volume of stablecoin swaps may be due to the current bleeding trend in the crypto market as retail investors hasten to cut down losses from the volatile digital asset market. Specifically, Tether’s CTO noted no cause for alarm as the company has enough reserve to cover USDT swaps. Currently, USDT maintains its usual price of $0.9998.

Additionally, there are allegations that Alameda, a leading principal trading firm, has continually used USDT for arbitrage purposes. HsakaTrades, a crypto enthusiast with a significant following on Twitter, alleged that Alameda was trying to initiate a USDT de-peg.

Previously, speculations broke that the KuCoin exchange suffered from a possible shortage of stablecoin funds in the light of a $300 million withdrawal. Further data from analytic firm Nansen proved that KuCoin appeared to be the most withdrawn exchange, even more than the embattled FTX. However, upon further inspection of on-chain data, it became clear that the exchange only moved $300 million worth of USDT from the Ethereum network to the Tron blockchain. Alicia Schulhof, KuCoin’s managing director, expressed contempt at the misinformation shared about the exchange in the crypto community.

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