घंटे भर बाद सामना a major denial of service attacks (DDoS) attack, Bitfinex has announced it repaid एक और part of the loan facility to Tether.
28 फरवरी को ब्लॉग पोस्ट, Bitfinex revealed that the cryptocurrency exchange repaid $100 million of outstanding loan facility to major stablecoin operator Tether (USDT).
Similarly to a previous वापसी in July 2019, Bitfinex processed the transaction in fiat via wire transfer wired to Tether’s bank account. According to the post, the payment has been made “all on account of principal,” while interest on all amounts due under the facility agreement has been prepaid up to March 2020.
The new $100 million repayment marks yet another move in the long-term controversial relationship of Bitfinex and Tether as both companies are facing class lawsuits accusing them of crypto market manipulation. Despite the crypto community being actively involved in the class-action lawsuit, with famous Bitcoin (BTC) प्रभावित करने वाला एंड्रियास एंटोनोपोलोस हाल ही में व्यक्त support for one of the legal teams in the case, both Bitfinex and Tether जारी रखने के to deny allegations that the companies were involved in manipulating the crypto market.
As such, Tether has once again उपहास allegations that the company used its United States-pegged stablecoin USDT for manipulating Bitcoin’s price earlier today. In another statement, iFinex, the firm behind Tether, argued that market manipulation claims are “reckless and false,” stating:
“शिकायत में आरोप योग्यता या कानूनी आधार के बिना हैं, और क्रिप्टोकरेंसी के बाजार ढांचे की समझ की बुनियादी कमी का प्रदर्शन करते हैं। वास्तव में, यह आरोपित करने के लिए लापरवाह और गलत है कि बाज़ारों में हेरफेर करने के लिए USDT टोकन जारी किए जाते हैं। ”
Moreover, Tether is also विषय of another controversial topic in the crypto community, largely आधारित on the existing skepticism over Tether’s reserve policy. Launched in 2014, Tether is the first-ever stablecoin to be backed by the United States dollar at 1:1 ratio. For the past two years, industry critics अनुमान लगाया that Tether did not have the appropriate amount of cash reserves in its bank accounts to back the amount of USDT in circulation.
Earlier today, Tether’s affiliate exchange Bitfinex का सामना करना पड़ा multiple DDoS attacks alongside another major global crypto exchange OKEx. Subsequently, OKEx CEO Jay Hao प्रस्तुत a bounty to the team responsible for the hack, arguing that OKEx was well-prepared to deal with such types of attacks. As a result of the attack, Bitfinex reportedly चला गया to maintenance mode, with exchange representatives subsequently यह दावा करते हुए that the team implemented a “stricter protection level” as normal activity was resumed.
