It was widely believed that the tethers being "sold" weren't really backed by anything and were being used to inflate BTC prices. Now they are claiming 30M were stolen? I'm betting it's going to end up being a lot higher. They are using 30M to soften the blow of the higher number. I believe this tactic has been using by Yahoo and others in announcing the number of stolen accounts as well.
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It was widely believed that the tethers being "sold" weren't really backed by anything and were being used to inflate BTC prices. Now they are claiming 30M were stolen? I'm betting it's going to end up being a lot higher. They are using 30M to soften the blow of the higher number. I believe this tactic has been using by Yahoo and others in announcing the number of stolen accounts as well.