Spanish law enforcement has teamed up with blockchain firms Tron, Tether and TRM Labs to freeze $26.40 million cryptocurrency linked to a pan-European money laundering operation. The operation is in partnership with the T3 Financial Crimes Unit, an anti-crime initiative launched by three blockchain companies in August 2024. The investigation relies on police surveillance to identify criminal organizations. Its crypto wallets are linked to illegal activities, using "KYC" data from service provide...
On January 27th, Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, tweeted that millions of GPUs will no longer be needed to train powerful models in the future. This pure reliance on brute-force computing is inefficient and inelegant. Better models will significantly reduce training costs, while access to data remains key. Inference will shift to local or edge end, avoiding wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on pure computing power.
On January 24, Tether announced that it has partnered with Medoo to open a blockchain academy in Vietnam. The collaboration aims to integrate cutting-edge courses and materials from Tether and Edumall, an online learning platform for professional technicians in Vietnam. The course content covers the basics of blockchain technology and advanced use cases in various industries.
Tether has launched its cross-chain USDT0 token using cryptocurrency exchange Kraken's native Ethereum extension layer 2 network, Ink. It is reported that USDT0 hopes to develop into a cross-chain "unified liquidity layer", making the transfer of USDT in the crypto ecosystem easier. It uses LayerZero's Omnichain Fungible Token standard, a repeater designed to mint and destroy tokens on different blockchains.
Tether is suing Swan Bitcoin, a financial services company, over a contractual dispute over the two companies' bitcoin mining joint venture. "Tether and its co-plaintiff, 2040 Energy Limited, have recently commenced proceedings against Swan in the High Court of England and Wales," a Tether spokesperson wrote in an email. "In our partnership with Swan, Tether has always acted with integrity, supported common business objectives and adhered to all relevant agreements," Tether said. On the contrary...
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino wrote that Bitfinex Securities has obtained a license in El Salvador and Bitfinex Derivatives has relocated to El Salvador. Tether is also moving to El Salvador. Many other companies are following in its footsteps, and El Salvador is becoming a fintech hub in Central and South America.
Tether 首席执行官 Paolo Ardoino 发文称,Bitfinex Securities 在萨尔瓦多获得了许可证,Bitfinex Derivatives 已迁至萨尔瓦多。 而 Tether 也在迁往萨尔瓦多。许多其他公司也在跟随其步伐,萨尔瓦多正成为中美洲和南美洲的金融科技中心。