Bitfinex and
Tether will head to court today, as it’s the date of their scheduled motion to dismiss
hearing. The companies have been under investigation by the New York State
Attorney General’s office on allegations of an $850 million cover-up.
Tether
Goes to Court
Back in
April, as Tech Tic Technologies reported, the New York Attorney General’s
office started an investigation into iFinex, the parent company of both
Bitfinex and Tether. Allegedly, the company covered up a loss of $850 million
by giving itself access to $900 million worth of Tether’s reserves.
On May 22,
Bitfinex announced that the court had granted its motion for an immediate stay
of, among other things, the demand that the companies produce only information
and documents which were relevant to the immediate issue of whether or not New
York had jurisdiction over the companies.
Back then,
the court scheduled a hearing on the matter of iFinex’s motion to dismiss for
July 29, which is today.
In other
words, today we will find out whether the case goes forward or is dismissed
(which would be Tether’s desired outcome). It will be very interesting to see
what happens and find out whether it has an impact on the overall
cryptocurrency market, especially in light of the company’s controversial past.
What
Could This Mean For Crypto?
Naturally,
being the owner of the issuer of the leading stablecoin as well as one of the
most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, iFinex has inspired questions about the
implications this case might have on the broader cryptocurrency market.
Weighing in
on the matter was Mati Greenspan, eToro’s senior analyst, who shared his
thoughts in his daily newsletter. According to him, the most likely
beneficiaries of a guilty ruling for iFinex would be Bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies
Yet he also
disclosed that he’d been in talks with a very popular member of the crypto
community who shared some concerns. He seems to think that if the NYAG were to
prevail, we would need to better understand how much unbacked USDT has entered
the market. If it’s just the alleged $700 million, the market impact would
likely be insignificant.
In any case, it will be very interesting to
watch how this case develops.
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