Tether (USDT) issuance, liquidity role, and controversies (2014–2022)

1. Realcoin proposes dollar tokens on Omni

   Jul 1, 2014Labels: Realcoin, Omni Layer

   • WSJ
   • Wiki

2. Realcoin rebrands to Tether; Bitfinex integration announced

   Nov 20, 2014Labels: Tether, Bitfinex

   • CoinDesk
   • PRNewswire

3. Bitfinex lists USDT trading pairs

   Jan 1, 2015Labels: Bitfinex, USDT

   • Wiki

4. Tether expands USDT to Ethereum via ERC-20

   Sep 13, 2017Labels: Tether, Ethereum

   • Tether
   • Wiki

5. Treasury wallet hack leads to token blacklisting

   Nov 20, 2017Labels: Tether, treasury-wallet

   • TechCrunch
   • CNBC

6. CFTC subpoenas issued to Bitfinex and Tether

   Dec 1, 2017Labels: CFTC, Bitfinex

   • Wiki
   • CoinDesk

7. Tether ends audit relationship with Friedman LLP

   Jan 27, 2018Labels: Tether, Friedman LLP

   • CoinDesk

8. Tether terms shift away from “1-to-1 dollars” claim

   Feb 25, 2019Labels: Tether, reserves

   • Wiki
   • Forbes

9. USDT launches on TRON network

   Apr 16, 2019Labels: USDT, TRON

   • PRNewswire
   • U Today

10. NY Attorney General alleges cover-up of $850 million shortfall

    Apr 25, 2019Labels: NYAG, iFinex

    • NYAG
    • CoinDesk

11. NYAG settlement requires disclosures and ends New York trading

    Feb 23, 2021Labels: NYAG, Tether

    • CNBC
    • CoinDesk

12. Tether publishes first detailed reserve breakdown (attestation basis)

    May 13, 2021Labels: Tether, reserves

    • The Block
    • Forbes

13. CFTC orders Tether to pay $41 million penalty

    Oct 15, 2021Labels: CFTC, Tether

    • CFTC

14. Tether reports elimination of commercial paper from reserves

    Oct 13, 2022Labels: Tether, U S

    • Tether