Stablecoins emergence and market growth: Tether and USD-backed tokens (2014–2021)

1. Realcoin proposes a dollar-pegged token

   Jul 8, 2014Labels: Realcoin, Brock Pierce

   • WSJ
   • Wikipedia

2. Realcoin rebrands to Tether in private beta

   Nov 20, 2014Labels: Tether, Private beta

   • Marketwired
   • Wikipedia

3. USDT first circulates on Bitcoin’s Omni Layer

   Jan 1, 2015Labels: USDT, Omni Layer

   • CoinDesk
   • Wikipedia

4. Circle launches the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin

   Sep 26, 2018Labels: USDC, Circle

   • Circle
   • Forbes

5. Bitfinex loses customer funds to Crypto Capital

   Oct 1, 2018Labels: Bitfinex, Crypto Capital

   • NYAG
   • SEC filing

6. New York opens probe into Bitfinex and Tether

   Apr 1, 2019Labels: New York, Bitfinex

   • CoinDesk
   • NYAG

7. USDT market cap growth accelerates through 2020

   Dec 14, 2020Labels: USDT, Market cap

   • CoinMetrics
   • CoinDesk

8. New York settlement imposes penalties and disclosures

   Feb 23, 2021Labels: New York, Tether

   • NYAG
   • CoinDesk

9. Tether publishes reserve breakdown by asset category

   May 1, 2021Labels: Tether, Reserve breakdown

   • Wikipedia
   • NYAG

10. CFTC fines Tether and Bitfinex over statements

    Oct 15, 2021Labels: CFTC, Tether

    • CFTC
    • Bloomberg

11. U.S. PWG report calls for stablecoin legislation

    Nov 1, 2021Labels: PWG report, FDIC

    • Treasury

12. 2014–2021 ends with stablecoins as core crypto infrastructure

    Dec 31, 2021Labels: USD stablecoins, USDT

    • CFTC
    • Treasury
    • NYAG