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0:00 Introduction: Tether’s reported DOJ probe
0:16 OurCrowd – Sign up free at https://www.ourcrowd.com/twist
1:31 Tether executives facing bank fraud probe from DOJ, according to Bloomberg
10:34 Tether’s response to the report & past admission of banking problems
16:29 Did this have any impact on Bitcoin’s price surge on Sunday night?

Referenced in the show:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-26/tether-executives-said-to-face-criminal-probe-into-bank-fraud
https://tether.to/tether-responds-to-bloomberg-article/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cvxPIDBGY
https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-denies-report-accepting-bitcoin-payment-2021-07-26/
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-spike-short-squeeze-tether

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