New Research Claims Bitcoin Price was Manipulated using Tether (USDT)

New research out of the University of Texas alleges that the price of Bitcoin throughout its bull run in 2017 was being manipulated using Bitfinex’s Tether currency.
Tether May Have Been Used to Prop Up Bitcoin
A recently published paper by Professor John Griffin and graduate student Amin Shams examined the traffic of cryptocurrencies on the Bitfinex exchange and found a correlation between price slumps in Bitcoin and other coins and instances when Tether was issued and sold by the owners