Yesterday, Tuesday, the settlement between the Attorney General of New York and the companies “Bitfinex” and “Tether” was announced, which came as follows:

Bitfinex and Tether must cease trading activity in New York and pay a fine of $18.5 million as part of the settlement.

Many analysts in the crypto industry say the settlement is a positive development that could lead to more transparency around the largest stable digital currency.

finished An investigation by the New York attorney general found that Tether had made false statements about supporting the stablecoin, and moved hundreds of millions of dollars between the two companies to cover up the truth about the heavy losses incurred by the Bitfinex trading platform.

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However, many followers of the crypto space still support Tether’s position and believe that it has done nothing wrong.

Nick Carter, Co-Founder of Coin Metrics, said: to source By saying:

I am encouraged by a settlement asserting that the fictional claims made by critics were off-base and I look forward to Tether’s renewed effort at transparency.

The New York attorney general’s settlement states that Tether is required to file quarterly reports on the funds held in its reserves.

This will include public disclosures of the assets that support Tether, including any loans from affiliated entities.

Amy Castor, a crypto journalist known for her research on tether, was more skeptical.

The same source told the following:

Tether must now show the world what is behind the 34 billion Tethers they have issued.

This is something they haven’t done before.

Although Tether has been banned from operating on crypto exchanges in New York, the company has been largely restricted in the US since early 2018.

Currently, eligible participants are only investors and financial institutions with assets over $10 million.

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What supports tether coins?

There have long been concerns in the crypto space that Tether was creating an unsupported stablecoin, and that the price of Bitcoin was being artificially inflated.

In 2019, researchers John Griffin and Amin Shams conducted a study that concluded that Tether purchases were timed in the wake of a market downturn and led to significant increases in the price of Bitcoin during the price rally of 2017.

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The study suggested that it is possible that Tether is not fully backed.

Now the New York attorney general’s action addresses these concerns, as Tether will have to show what supports its coins.

In this regard, the CEO of Cryptoquant stated:

The problem has been largely resolved now.

As a result, I think it is a bullish sign in terms of market sentiment and regulation.

Since the settlement was announced, there has already been a slight shift in sentiment among traders.

Bitcoin fell to $44,800 when the news of “Bitfinex” and Tether came out, and has since rebounded to the $48,000 level, then $50,000.

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