The cryptocurrency market’s top-ranked ‘stablecoin,’ Tether (USDT) — which is supposed to be pegged to the US dollar — took a nosedive this morning to $0.86 on some exchanges.
Many investors abandoned their Tether and shifted their funds into large-cap coins, causing an explosive burst in the Bitcoin and altcoin markets.

Jumping Ship
This morning, investors with funds tied up in the cryptocurrency market’s most popular ‘stablecoin’, Tether (USDT), began to jump ship over rumors of insolvency and being delisted from crypto-exchange giant Binance. Tether is owned by the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and is meant to be used as a means for short-term traders to liquidate their positions without the need to convert back to fiat currency. As such, Tether is supposed to be pegged to $1.00 — but normally fluctuates a bit above or below that mark. The panic sell that happened this morning tanked the price of USDT to $0.85-$0.87, a new all-time low.
The FUD Is Strong
FUDsters took to Twitter this morning to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt amid the Tether scare. Twitter user @vip25_admin posted what appeared to be a notice from the widely-trusted cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The fake tweet looked like an announcement from Binance claiming that Tether was a ‘big scam’ and that users had 24 hours to close their positions before Binance would delist and cease all USDT trading.
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Kyle Baird
Kyle migrated from the East Coast USA to South-East Asia after graduating from East Stroudsburg University. He began trading and writing about cryptocurrencies in 2016, and has...
Kyle migrated from the East Coast USA to South-East Asia after graduating from East Stroudsburg University. He began trading and writing about cryptocurrencies in 2016, and has...
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