Bennett TomlinThe Available Evidence that Tether and Bitfinex Committed Bank FraudRecently Bloomberg reported that several Tether executives ( archive) have gotten ‘target letters’ for bank fraud from the Department of…Jul 26, 202113Jul 26, 202113
Bennett TomlinA History of Tether and Bitfinex’s Audits, Attestations, Memos, and Letters: Both Promised and…Amidst all the confusion surrounding Tether and Bitfinex it can be difficult to keep track of what they have actually provided in terms of…Jul 17, 202110Jul 17, 202110
Bennett TomlinPeriods Where We Definitively Know Tether Was UnbackedThere are still some who claim that Tether has always been fully backed. I have already shown that is not true:In this post I will…Jul 10, 20219Jul 10, 20219
Bennett TomlinA Non-Exhaustive List of Bitfinex and Tether’s Misdeeds and Red FlagsThis is a living document that I intend to continue to update as I continue to research Bitfinex and Tether. I hope it will serve as a…Jun 22, 2021Jun 22, 2021
Bennett TomlinWhy I Have Zero Faith in Crypto Venture CapitalistsMostly the reason I have zero faith in crypto venture capitalists as an institution is that their primary value add is marketing, their due…Jun 12, 2021Jun 12, 2021
Bennett TomlinHow Big is Tether?I have been following Tether for about three and a half years and still I struggle to really grasp how large it is. It is so absurdly large…Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021
Bennett TomlinElon and the Absurdity of BitcoinElon Musk is considered by fools to be among the smartest people alive. He will be discussed as though he has the intellect of Nikola…Jun 7, 2021Jun 7, 2021
Bennett TomlinA Rant About Coinbase ‘Media’ and Coinbase ‘Fact’ ‘Checking’Protos reported that Coinbase was aggressively looking for a ‘top media editor’. It clearly seems intended for Coinbase to build up a…May 31, 2021May 31, 2021
Bennett TomlinWhy it makes sense for Coinbase to list TetherI have recently been asked several times why would Coinbase list Tether. Especially among the revelations of the NYAG and the general…May 29, 2021May 29, 2021
Bennett TomlinTether and Bitfinex are Unacceptable: The Fundamental DivideIt can be difficult to talk about Tether and Bitfinex, not because there is disagreement on the essential facts, but due to the lens…May 23, 2021May 23, 2021