DoJ Bitcoin Manipulation Probe Homes in on Tether and Bitfinex

Tether Burns Half a Billion USDT Coins in an Act of RedemptionAn ongoing criminal probe into potential Bitcoin price manipulation conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice has begun to take a closer look at how Tether and crypto exchange Bitfinex may have played a role in Bitcoin’s parabolic rise in late December.
Bitcoin Manipulation Probe Sets Sights on Tether, Bitfinex
Back in May of this year, the United States Justice Department (DoJ) in collaboration with the Commodity Futures Trad