THE:Tether Response to Flawed Paper by Griffin and Shams

WehavenowreviewedtheupdatedTetherarticlebyJohnM.GriffinandAminShams.

Toobtainpublication,GriffinandShamshavereleasedaweakenedyetequallyflawedversionoftheirpriorarticle.Therevisedpaperisawatered-downandembarrassingwalk-backofitspredecessorthatstillsuffersfromthesamemethodologicaldefects,coupledwiththeclumsyassertionthatonelonewhalemayberesponsiblefortheriseofbitcoinin2017.

ByteTree首席投資官：灰度比特幣信托可能會“演變成系統性風險”:據CoinDesk消息，加密市場數據公司ByteTree的一份報告顯示，灰度比特幣信托（GBTC）可能會“演變成系統性風險” 。在報告中，ByteTree首席投資官Charlie Morris表示，進入比特幣的機構資金中有81％是通過GBTC流入的。從Osprey的比特幣基金到Bitwise加密貨幣指數，再到加拿大比特幣交易所交易基金（ETF），投資者現在有了更多選擇，可以輕松投資比特幣。GBTC曾經比比特幣價格高出許多的溢價已轉為折扣，反映出對該工具的需求下降。ByteTree表示，由于GBTC沒有溢價，機構資金流入可能進一步放緩，這意味著GBTC不會買入更多比特幣，這將消除對市場的支持。[2021/3/20 19:02:33]

Thepurportedconclusionsreachedbytheauthorsarebuiltonahouseofcardsthatsuffersfromtheabsenceofacompletedataset.Asanexampleofoneofmanydeficiencies,theauthorsopenlyadmittheydonothaveaccuratedataonthecrucialtimingoftransactionsortheflowofcapitalacrossdifferentexchanges.Thiscriticallackofinformationmeanstheyareunabletoestablishavalidsequenceofeventsthroughwhichtheallegedmanipulationcouldhavehappened.Theupdatedpaperisstillbasedonthesameincompleteandcherry-pickeddatathatmadetheoriginalstudydeficient.Furthermore,theauthorsnowadmitthatthepatternsoftradingtheyobservedcouldbeconsistentwiththemarketpurchaseofTethers,asopposedtotheissuanceofunbackedTethers.Importantly,theauthorsdonotpossessorreferenceanydatadisputingthatTetherhassufficientreservestobackupTethertokenissuancesincirculation.

聲音 | 趙東：FBI傳喚Tether高管為謠言，Tether并沒有美國分部:日前有傳言稱美國FBI介入“紐約檢方指控Bitfinet與Tether”一事，并傳喚兩名Tether高管出庭問詢，導致“Tether美國已人去樓空”。有人就該消息詢問Bitfinet股東趙東，趙東表示該消息為謠言，表示“Tether并沒有美國分部”。[2019/5/3]

DespiteGriffin'sfalsebravadoinrecentaggressivestatementstothemedia,theauthorsdemonstrateafundamentallackofunderstandingofthecryptocurrencymarketplaceandthedemandthatdrivesTethertokenpurchases.Simplystated,thedigitaltokeneconomyisdrivenbylargerandmorecomplexfactorsthanthetradingpracticesofanysingleplayer.Judgingbythereactiontotheupdatedpaper,sophisticatedandexperiencedtradersintheecosystemappeartofullyunderstandthisconcept.Toreducethespikeinthebitcoinpricein2017tosuchsimplistictermsisfacile.Itisalsoaninsulttothemillionsofpeopleinourcommunitythatbelieveinthesoundprinciplesgoverningthedigitalcurrencyeconomy.

動態 | Tether具備數十億美元的穩定資金儲備:據彭博最新進行的一份研究顯示，市場一直猜測Tether不具備數十億美元的穩定資金，但這些擔憂可能是沒有根據的。研究指出，在2018年1月21日，Tether在波多黎各Noble Bank的賬戶中存有22億美元，而同一天，據CoinMarketCap的數據顯示，市場中流通的Tether金額為21.95億美元。彭博調查進一步指出:2017年9月和10月的數據也與實際數據相符合。[2018/12/18]

TetheranditsaffiliateshaveneverusedTethertokensorissuancestomanipulatethecryptocurrencymarketortokenpricing.AllTethertokensarefullybackedbyreservesandareissuedpursuanttomarketdemand,andnotforthepurposeofcontrollingthepricingofcryptoassets.Itisreckless–andutterlyfalse–toassertthatTethertokensareissuedinordertoenableillicitactivity.TethertokenissuanceshavequadrupledsinceDecember2017.Thisgrowthisnotaproductofmanipulation;itisaresultofTether'sefficiency,acceptanceandwidescaleutilitywithinthecryptocurrencyecosystem.

動態 | PeckShield : 受行情大跌影響Tether 新增發5,000萬枚USDT:據 PeckShield 11月20日數據顯示：今天下午16:07，USDT 出現一筆價值5,000萬美元的大額轉賬。1NTMakcgV 開頭的Tether Treasury 地址向 1KYiKJEfd 開頭的Bitfinex交易所地址轉入5,000萬枚 USDT，塊高度為：550805。USDT現總市值為1,843,321,237美元。PeckShield 安全人員分析認為：受近兩日市場行情的連續下跌影響，市場對穩定幣的需求量大增，故而 USDT 發行方 Tether再次增發 USDT，并向市場放量。[2018/11/20]

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