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Story: Tether called Griffin and Amin Shams Conclusion as one based on Cherry Picked Data

By Dan Saada

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John Griffin and Amin Shams, Finance Professors at the University of Texas and Ohio State University, stated that the price of the Bitcoin between March 2017 and March 2018 was…

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Just like several researchers, the due wanted to think back.  In their recent paper, they wrote, "This one large player or entity either exhibited clairvoyant market timing…

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They are not the first to comment about the whale manipulation.  Tether responded immediately and called the paper from Griffin and Shams as that is weakened and flawed.

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Tether also stated that the conclusions were based on incomplete data sets.  The authors openly admitting that they are not having accurate data about the timing of the flow…

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The Griffin's attempt has been called a "False Bravado.”  Tether states that their community and affiliates do not use Tether tokens to manipulate the cryptocurrency market.

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Anyone and everyone can influence the price of cryptocurrencies.  However, the scale at which the impact will be known to all is a different matter.

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The USDT tokens are fully backed according to Tether.  This claim, however, is intriguing.  The details of the actual cash holdings have not been declared as of yet.

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Tether has meanwhile declared their support for Peter McCormack in a lawsuit versus Craig Wright, self-proclaimed Bitcoin (BTC) creator.

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Stuart Hoegner stated on November 08, 2019, “Wright has had myriad opportunities to prove that he is Satoshi and has not definitively done so.”

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Ranking fifth in the cryptocurrency market, the market capitalization is currently at $4,114,863,720 USD. The 24 hour volume is recorded at $25,077,101,538 USD.

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Tether was created to serve the purpose of being a stable dollar substitute known as “stable coins.”

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