Data shared by the prominent blockchain tracker Whale Alert reveals that about half an hour ago, Tether created yet another massive USDT chunk, minting 1,000,000,000 USDT on Ethereum.
Tether mints 1 billion USDT, sends 225.3 million to Bitfinex
A tweet that was published by the aforementioned platform right after that shows that 225,364,963 USDT was immediately transferred to the Bitfinex exchange, which is affiliated with Tether. This took place as later today a scheduled FOMC meeting is expected to take place.
Historically, stablecoins in circulation and especially those held by exchanges have served as dry gunpowder, used by traders to accumulate Bitcoin.
Analytics account on the X platform, Lookonchain, has also spread the word about this mammoth USDT chunk release, adding that when the same minting took place two times previously, Bitcoin price displayed a rally: “The last two times #Tether minted $USDT, $BTC pumped.”
Thus, the Lookonchain’s tweet contemplates if the world’s largest crypto is about to pump once again today or this week.
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FOMC meeting comes in today
Top analyst Michael van de Poppe reminded the community that a scheduled FOMC meeting takes place later today. Experts believe that the Fed Reserve is likely to keep the interest rates unchanged in June. Even though economic data looks solid for now, the forecasts for the rest of the year seem rather uncertain. The main reasons here are trade tariffs and the unstable military situation in the Middle East. The next meeting is scheduled 29-30 July.
Poppe tweeted that one day before a FOMC meeting happens, Bitcoin price usually drops. The analyst clarified: “It’s standard: risk-off prior to the meeting, risk-on again afterwards.” He added that this is “a standard opportunity for Bitcoin to accumulate.”
On Tuesday, Bitcoin tumbled by 3.73%. Over the past two days, it has lost 4.84%, also on the unfolding of new developments in the Middle East. Today, BTC managed to recover 1.78% but then another drop followed. At the time of this writing, digital gold is changing hands at $104,770.
