Episode 1253

Emergency Pod! Tether executives facing DOJ bank fraud probe (via Bloomberg) | E1253

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0:00 Introduction: Tether's reported DOJ probe

0:16 OurCrowd - Sign up free at https://www.ourcrowd.com/twist

1:31 Tether executives facing bank fraud probe from DOJ, according to Bloomberg

10:34 Tether's response to the report & past admission of banking problems

16:29 Did this have any impact on Bitcoin's price surge on Sunday night?

Referenced in the show:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-26/tether-executives-said-to-face-criminal-probe-into-bank-fraud

https://tether.to/tether-responds-to-bloomberg-article/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cvxPIDBGY

https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-denies-report-accepting-bitcoin-payment-2021-07-26/

https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-spike-short-squeeze-tether

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