This week’s stories include mainstream media’s Bitcoin FOMO, the real story of Laszlo Hanyecz, Dutch authorities taking down Bestmixer, Tether being partially backed by bitcoin and what Libertarian politician Ron Paul thinks about the U.S. dollar. Also, the hosts interview Jeffery Tucker, editorial director of the American Institute of Economic Research, about how the U.S./China trade conflict might be affecting the bitcoin price.
According to court documents revealed in the proceedings between Tether, Bitfinex and the New York's Attorney General, Tether has used some of the cash reserves meant to back its stablecoin to purchase bitcoin.
The New York Supreme Court has modified an injunction, now allowing Bitfinex to continue using Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business. But how did we get here?