{"id":520215,"date":"2024-05-13T09:06:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=520215"},"modified":"2024-05-13T09:06:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:06:13","slug":"ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says-its-clear-the-us-is-going-after-tether","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says-its-clear-the-us-is-going-after-tether","title":{"rendered":"Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Says It&#8217;s Clear The US Is &#8221;Going After&#8221; Tether"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s clear that the US is &rdquo;going after&rdquo; stablecoin issue Tether, and the outcome of such action on the crypto ecosystem is difficult to predict, said Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse.<\/p>\n<p>Tether is a &rdquo;very important&rdquo; part of the crypto industry and Garlinghouse said the regulatory action against it by the Securities and Exchange Commission will be &rdquo;an interesting one to watch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a &ldquo;100%&rdquo; chance of another crypto market black swan event on the scale of the collapse of FTX, Garlinghouse added in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a May 10 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=55q7PnOAIeI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">episode<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the World Class podcast, without linking that to the action against Tether<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/coindesk\/WCNZN56EVBB7PM7OCLT4HQBTDI.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Garlinghouse - CoinDesk\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garlinghouse&rsquo;s comments come as Ripple plans to launch its own dollar-backed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/ripple-to-launch-dollar-backed-stablecoin-to-challenge-rivals-usdt-and-usdc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stablecoin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to rival market leaders Tether USDT and USD Coin (USDC). Set to debut later this year, the stablecoin will be deployed on the XRP Ledger and the Ethereum blockchain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ripple CEO said that the launch of a stablecoin is the next natural step for the crypto company as it aims to win a share of the booming stablecoin market that is projected to soar past $2.8 trillion by 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ The stablecoin market is booming &ndash; around $150B today, and projected to soar past $2.8T by 2028. There's a clear demand for trust, stability, and utility. <\/p>\n<p>That's why later this year we&rsquo;re launching a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the USD on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ripple (@Ripple) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ripple\/status\/1775873224531665051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tether&rsquo;s Reserves And Role In Terrorism Financing Brought Into Question<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past few years, Tether has been a popular target for critics in the Web3 industry. Many question whether the company actually holds the required amount of collateral to back its digital dollar.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speculation around Tether&rsquo;s reserves reached a climax when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said the company &ldquo;misrepresented to customers&rdquo; its holdings. Court findings revealed that Tether held enough fiat to back &ldquo;only 27.6% of the days&rdquo; between the middle of 2016 and early 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tether subsequently paid a $41 million <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/PressRoom\/PressReleases\/8450-21\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It started releasing quarterly third party audits of its reserves over the past couple of years as well.&nbsp; With doubts about the company&rsquo;s reserves still present, concerns of USDT&rsquo;s role in terrorism financing have also started to emerge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis and Representative French Hill sent a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Letter-to-AG-Garland-Final.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">letter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in October 2023 urging the Department of Justice (DoJ) to perform an investigation into Tether and Binance. Lummis asked the DoJ to &ldquo;carefully evaluate the extent to which Binance and Tether are providing material support and resources to support terrorism.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related Articles:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/cardano-founder-charles-hoskinson-accuses-joe-biden-administration-of-coordinated-effort-to-kill-crypto\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Accuses Joe Biden Administration Of &rdquo;Coordinated Effort To Kill Crypto&rdquo;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/upcoming-crypto-presales-unlock-early-investment-calsona-plu5e\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upcoming Crypto Presales: Unlock Early Investment Opportunities!<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/best-meme-coins-to-buy-today-sunday-may-12-kek-mongcoin-brett-sponge-v2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Meme Coins To Buy Today Sunday, May 12 &ndash; 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