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Tether

Tether, previously known as Realcoin, is a cryptocurrency company based in Hong Kong and Isle of Man.[1] It is a subsidiary of iFinex.[2]

History

The company was launched as Realcoin in July 2014 by Brock Pierce, Craig Sellars and Reeve Collins using the Mastercoin protocol.[3] In November 2014, it was rebranded to Tether, and announced partnerships with Bitfinex, Expresscoin, GoCoin and ZenBox.[1:1]

Organization

Tether is a member of the Blockchain Alliance.[4][5]

  1. Rizzo, P. (2014, November 20). Realcoin Rebrands as “Tether” to Avoid Altcoin Association. CoinDesk. https://web.archive.org/web/20231209072355/https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2014/11/20/realcoin-rebrands-as-tether-to-avoid-altcoin-association/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Wilson, T., & Ranganathan, V. (2023, May 9). Cryptoverse-Tether gets a lift from stability doubts. Reuters. http://archive.today/2023.05.09-090825/https://www.reuters.com/technology/cryptoverse-tether-gets-lift-stability-doubts-2023-05-09/ ↩︎

  3. Hajdarbegovic, N. (2014, July 9). Brock Pierce Announces Dollar-backed Cryptocurrency “Realcoin.” CoinDesk. http://archive.today/2023.12.09-071228/https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2014/07/09/brock-pierce-announces-dollar-backed-cryptocurrency-realcoin/ ↩︎

  4. Tether Facts. Tether. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.01.21-223635/https://tether.to/en/facts/ ↩︎

  5. Home. Blockchain Alliance. Retrieved June 6, 2020, from http://archive.today/2020.06.06-143042/https://blockchainalliance.org/ ↩︎