Tether critic's Twitter account suspended under questionable circumstances

Why release an audit of your so-called stablecoin when you can just shut down your loudest critic's Twitter account?

The cryptocurrency world has been in a uproar with allegations that stablecoin Tether and exchange Bitfinex have artificially propped up the value of Bitcoin and are running an elaborate scam. One prominent voice making that claim could, until sometime early Feb. 7, be found on Twitter at @Bitfinexed. That changed for several hours today when the account was briefly suspended by Twitter.

The person behind Bitfinexed says the exchange Bitfinex is to blame.  Read more...