Bitcoin was in a bullish mode and was trading around $5500 when it all of a sudden started to sink like a rock and this came at the same time as the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the moder company of Tether, namely iFinex which owns both Tether and Bitfinex. The Attorney General is accusing iFinex of defrauding local investors in the New York area.
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So, this caused a massive flash crash across the board and Tether itself fell more than 4% against the US dollar and meanwhile, the other big stablecoin, TUSD or True USD rose 7% and is currently trading around $1.07.
In this video we will show you what happened to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Total Altcoins, Tether and True USD.