Brazil’s Leading Bank Explores Stablecoin Launch While Cautiously Awaiting Regulatory Guidelines - Key Takeaways:
Brazil’s mega bank Itaú Unibanco is exploring a stablecoin launch... - https://cryptonews.com/news/brazils-leading-bank-explores-stablecoin-launch-while-cautiously-awaiting-regulatory-guidelines/ #stablecoinregulation #blockchainnews #brazil #usdt
Chinese Couple Arrested in Thailand for Massive Crypto Scam, Kidnapping - Authorities in Thailand have arrested two Chinese nationals in connection to a cry... - https://cryptonews.com/news/chinese-couple-arrested-in-thailand-for-massive-crypto-scam-kidnapping/ #altcoinnews #fraud #scam #usdt
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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: El Salvador's Gulag Cryptopelago (new, spicier title)
#ElSalvador's in the news a lot right now because the Trump administration shipped a few hundred people off to that country's incredibly dangerous new mega prison, #CECOT.
What seems to have gone unnoticed in all the reporting, however, is Salvadoran dictator #NayibBukele's outsized role in the world of cryptocurrency and through that his direct connections to the Trump administration via Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick and #Tether.
Retoots appreciated.
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-el-salvador
Tether Ranks Among Top Buyers of U.S. Treasuries in 2024, Firm Says - Tether, the crypto company behind the largest stablecoin USDT, said it would rank ... - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/03/20/tether-ranks-among-top-foreign-buyers-of-u-s-treasuries-in-2024-firm-says #u.s.treasury #stablecoins #finance #tether #usdt
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Table of #DOGE members.
(66 - 68) (of 68)
From #Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#DOGE_members
66) #JoannaWischer, Policy analyst
67) #RyanWunderly, Special advisor, #USDT
68) #ChrisYoung, Top political advisor, #CFPB, #EOP
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Table of #DOGE members.
(41 - 45) (of 68)
From #Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#DOGE_members
41) #KatieMiller, Spokesperson
42) #MichaelMinski, Liaison, #FHFA and #HUD
43) #BryanneMichelleMlodzianowski, Expert (HR), #OPM
44) #AramMoghaddassi, #USDT
45) #JustinMonroe, Expert (security), #FBI
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Table of #DOGE members.
(31 - 35) (of 68)
From #Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#DOGE_members
31) #ColeKillian, Federal Detailee, #EPA
32) #GavinKliger, Senior advisor to the Director, #CFPB, #OPM, #USAID, #IRS
33) #KeenanKmiec, Lawyer, #EOP
34) #TomKrause, Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, #USDT
35) #ScottKupor, Director, OPM
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Table of #DOGE members.
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From #Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#DOGE_members
16) #StephenDuarte, Expert (HR), #OPM
17) #LelandDudek, Acting Commissioner, #SSA
18) #StephenEhikian, Acting Administrator, #GSA
19) #MarkoElez, Expert (coding), #USDT
20) #LukeFarritor, Executive Engineer in the Office of the Secretary, #HHS, #DOS
Tether’s Paolo Ardoino Says Stablecoin Issuer ‘Has Been Through Hell’, Is Cheered On at Cantor Conference - Attendees clapped and cheered when Paolo Ardoino, the public face of perhaps most influen... - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/03/12/tether-s-paolo-ardoino-says-stablecoin-issuer-has-been-through-hell-is-cheered-on-at-cantor-conference #cantorfitzgerald #paoloardoino #stablecoins #finance #tether #usdt
Good article in The Prospect about the coming STABLE and GENIUS acts, which will give an implicit bail out guarantee to crypto money laundering firms - sorry, i mean "stablecoins" - like #Tether and #Circle (#Coinbase). One of the two would also let #ElonMusk print his own dollars.
Senate #Democrats like #KirstenGillibrand, #ElissaSlotkin, and #RubenGallego, whose election campaigns were supported by incredible amounts of crypto money, will probably make sure these bills become laws (because they are corrupt).
Note that stablecoins are currently incredibly profitable businesses. After all a stablecoin is basically a bank where you spend nothing on anti-money laundering & other regulations, refuse to assist customers who have been scammed, and collect 5% interest from the US government while passing absolutely none of it on to your customers.
Thailand Regulator Adds USDC, USDT Stablecoins to Approved Cryptocurrencies - Thailand’s financial regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expanding ... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/03/10/thailand-regulator-adds-usdc-usdt-stablecoins-to-approved-cryptocurrencies #stablecoins #policy #tether #circle #usdt #usdc
Ok y’all, we’ve talked about stock market manipulation and we’ve talked about crypto fraud and the First Crime Family, but have we talked about Howard Lutnick and how money managed by the chair of Trump's transition team keeps showing up in the hands of drug cartels, terrorists, and fraudsters?
The Cryptocalypse Chronicles has a multi post series, of which part two is a "follow the money" deep dive into how Howard Lutnick manages roughly $100 billion for #Tether, and does business with gangs and sanctioned individuals and nations like Hamas, North Korea and Iran, and funds #pigButchering scams and illegal weapons and drug trades.
#USpol #USpolitics #Trump #cantorfitzgerald #HowardLutnick #USDT #Terrorism #fraud #scams #Theft #cartels #DonaldTrump #SBF #crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin
https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered
FBI Offers $10M for Capture of Ex-Olympian Who Used USDT for Alleged Criminal Activity - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered a reward of up to $10 mil... - https://cryptonews.com/news/fbi-offers-10m-for-capture-of-ex-olympian-who-used-usdt-for-alleged-criminal-activity/ #altcoinnews #tether #crime #usdt
1/ the fact that #Tether never took any action before today to block the world's foremost russian #ransomware laundering crypto exchange (#Garantex) from using their #USDT token tells you everything you need to know about Tether (and therefore about Trump's Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick, who manages Tether's money).
IMHO the fact that this is happening now suggests that the Trump administration has already made some kind of deal with #Putin.
https://protos.com/garantex-says-usdt-in-russian-wallets-under-threat-as-tether-freezes-27m/
Tether Freezes $27 Million in USDT on Sanctioned Russian Garantex Crypto Exchange - Key Takeaways:
Garantex exchange announced that Tether froze $27 million in USDT... - https://cryptonews.com/news/zklend-launches-recovery-portal-for-victims-of-the-drained-9-6-million/ #blockchainnews #cryptoexchange #regulation #usdt
Tether, Circle Vie for Upper Hand in Stablecoin Industry Regulatory Push - Recently stepped down as Tether's longtime CFO and now its chairman, Giancarlo Devasini k... - https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/04/tether-circle-vie-for-upper-hand-in-stablecoin-industry-regulatory-push #markets #tether #circle #usdc #usdt
america's coming #stablecoin regulations are being legislated via the STABLE and GENIUS acts.
you can't even make this stuff up...
https://x.com/OccamiCrypto/status/1894529763672560054
hard to think of a chart that would make #Tether's function as a tool for chinese capital exfiltration more obvious
"Those who wonder why crypto companies love to throw money at naming rights of arenas in major cities like Miami & Los Angeles have probably not sufficiently contemplated the incredible size and minimal financial acumen of the degenerate sports gambler market."
- me, 2023
Peter Thiel-Backed Plasma Raises $20M to Develop Bitcoin-Based Network for Stablecoins - Plasma, a crypto startup building a Bitcoin-based blockchain designed specifically for st... - https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/02/13/plasma-raises-usd20m-to-develop-bitcoin-based-network-for-stablecoins #stablecoin #finance #bitcoin #plasma #tether #usdt
