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SBF's Alameda minted $38B USDT to profit off arbitrage trading: Coinbase director

Coinbase director Conor Grogan has flagged on chain data that highlights massive USDT mints ordered by Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research in 2021. Blockchain data flagged by Coinbase director Conor Grogan indicates that Alameda Research redeemed over $38 billion for Tether (USDT) tokens in 2021 despite not having the equivalent assets under management. Onchain data shows that Alameda was responsible for minting $39.55B of USDT, a number that is 47% of Tether's circulating supply today A previous report by Protoss estimated the number at around $36.7B; I was able to update these figures with additional wallets I found pic.twitter.com/fYBvGAYlFd — Conor (@jconorgrogan) October 9, 2023 According to Grogan, the total value of USDT creation was higher than Alameda’s total assets on its books at the height of the wider cryptocurrency market bull run in 2021. Grogan also suggests that FTX ordered USDT redemptions were likely to have been from Alameda’s tokens, totalling 3.9 bil...

What is JOMO in crypto trading?

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JOMO is that "I-was-right-about-the-market" joyful feeling after narrowly escaping a bad trade and potentially catastrophic losses. JOMO stands for the joy of missing out — particularly when a cryptocurrency trader refuses to follow the crowd. This is the opposite of FOMO, or fear of missing out, and it's the counterbalance to price rallies driven by hype and frenzy. What is JOMO in crypto trading? In crypto trading, JOMO stems from not following the herd, which is often wrong, and ultimately avoiding a potentially big loss. For example, the recurring bullish calls in the Bitcoin market during the 2020-2021 bull run likely prompted many people to buy at the top in expectation of more upside.  Many market commentators, including analysts at Standard Chartered and JPMorgan & Chase, predicted in 2021 that BTC price would reach $100,000 by the end of the year. The widely-tracked Stock-to-Flow (S2F) model further boosted the bullish argument, given its accuracy through m...