Tether (USDT) emergence and use in trading and remittance corridors (2014–2019)

1. Realcoin proposes fiat-backed tokens on Bitcoin

   Jul 8, 2014Labels: Realcoin, Bitcoin

   • WSJ
   • Wiki

2. Realcoin rebrands to Tether and enters beta

   Nov 20, 2014Labels: Tether, Private beta

   • Marketwired
   • Wiki

3. USDT begins trading on Bitfinex

   Jan 1, 2015Labels: Bitfinex, USDT

   • Bitfinex

4. USDT expands rapidly during 2017 crypto boom

   Jan 1, 2017Labels: USDT, 2017 crypto

   • Wiki
   • Tether

5. USDT launches as an ERC-20 token on Ethereum

   Nov 1, 2017Labels: USDT, Ethereum

   • CoinDesk
   • Wiki

6. Paradise Papers spotlight offshore finance networks

   Nov 5, 2017Labels: Paradise Papers, Offshore finance

   • ICIJ
   • Wiki

7. Tether reports theft from its treasury wallet

   Nov 20, 2017Labels: Tether, Treasury wallet

   • TechCrunch
   • CNBC

8. Academic study links USDT flows to 2017 pricing

   Jun 13, 2018Labels: University of, USDT flows

   • Paper SSRN
   • Investopedia

9. NY Attorney General seeks court order over $850M allegations

   Apr 25, 2019Labels: NY Attorney, Bitfinex

   • NYAG
   • CoinDesk

10. USDT becomes a key unit of account on exchanges

    Jun 1, 2019Labels: USDT, Crypto exchanges

    • Wiki
    • Investopedia

11. USDT use expands in cross-border transfer corridors

    Oct 1, 2019Labels: USDT, Cross-border transfers

    • Wiki
    • FT

12. By end-2019, USDT is entrenched as crypto “plumbing”

    Dec 31, 2019Labels: USDT, Regulatory scrutiny

    • CoinDesk
    • NYAG