Cas Piancey and @bennettftomlin discuss the history and present of Tether, the most important firm in all of cryptocurrency.

This video was recorded on February 4th, 2024.

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Additional episodes mentioned in this episode:
Playlist of video about Bitfinex and Tether
   • Tether and Bitfinex  
Episode 1 – Tether: A Stable Discussion
   • Tether: A Stable Discussion (Audio On...  
Episode 2 – Tether: A Stable Discussion Continued
   • Tether: A Stable Discussion Part II (...  
Episode 83 – Contagion and Cascading Liquidations in Cryptocurrency
   • Contagions and Cascading Liquidations...  
Episode 6 – Crypto Capital Corp: the quiet billion dollar cryptocurrency scam
   • Crypto Capital Corp: the quiet billio...  
Episode 110 – Tether Falsified Bank Records (reportedly)
   • Tether Reportedly Falsified Bank Reco...  
Episode 127 – Let’s talk about Number Go Up with Zeke Faux
   • Let's talk about Number Go Up with Ze...  
Playlist of videos about FTX, Alameda Research, and Sam Bankman-Fried
   • FTX, Alameda Research, and Sam Bankma...  
Episode 34 – The Tether Papers (featuring David Canellis of Protos Media)
   • The Tether Papers (featuring David Ca...  
Video about Genesis Block and Alameda Research
   • How Sam Bankman-Fried moved his money  
Episode 35 – Stablecoins will Fork your Chain if they Want to Fork
   • Stablecoins will Fork your Chain if t...  
Episode 70 – The Rise and Fall of Reggie Fowler
   • The Rise and Fall of Reggie Fowler - ...  

Additional resources:
Coverage of Tether Q4 Attestation
https://protos.com/tethers-growth-and...
Coverage of Tether Luganodes investment
https://protos.com/luganodes-tethers-...
Bennett's newsletter about Bitfinex audits
http://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=16...
Coverage of leaked Ledger Labs report
https://protos.com/giancarlo-keys-man...
Nathaniel Popper Tweet
  / 933130228175552513  
Coverage of Tether onboarding FBI and Secret Service
https://protos.com/tether-gives-fbi-p...
Wall Street Journal report on Harborne activity
https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-c...
The Tether Papers
https://protos.com/tether-papers-cryp...
Coverage of Genesis Block
https://protos.com/hiveex-genesis-blo...

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