{"id":"tp-2668","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Tether accidentally mints then burns $5 billion USDT tokens","author":"Charissa Echavez","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/2668","datePublished":"2019-07-17T11:52:38.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-17T11:52:38.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Stablecoin issuer Tether mistakenly minted and subsequently burned $5 billion worth of its USDT tokens, according to a tweet by Whale Alert.","section":"Business","references":[{"title":"Whale Alert","url":"https://twitter.com/whale_alert/status/1150161710587764737?s=20"},{"title":"#USDT","url":"https://twitter.com/hashtag/USDT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"},{"title":"https://t.co/2FzJrc3tyi","url":"https://t.co/2FzJrc3tyi"},{"title":"July 13, 2019","url":"https://twitter.com/whale_alert/status/1150161710587764737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"},{"title":"tweet","url":"https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1143537549476057088?s=20"},{"title":"post","url":"https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1150164876138037249?s=20"},{"title":"@Tether_to","url":"https://twitter.com/Tether_to?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"},{"title":"https://t.co/reEW51qCqi","url":"https://t.co/reEW51qCqi"},{"title":"https://t.co/zo5i3ayTuQ","url":"https://t.co/zo5i3ayTuQ"},{"title":"https://t.co/h1Y9Mnr4Oq","url":"https://t.co/h1Y9Mnr4Oq"},{"title":"July 13, 2019","url":"https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1150164876138037249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"},{"title":"tweeted","url":"https://twitter.com/Poloniex/status/1150196750101225477?s=20"},{"title":"July 14, 2019","url":"https://twitter.com/Poloniex/status/1150196750101225477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"},{"title":"#TRON","url":"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TRON?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"},{"title":"https://t.co/AM8cK07PAh","url":"https://t.co/AM8cK07PAh"},{"title":"July 13, 2019","url":"https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1150185765328052224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"},{"title":"spotlight","url":"http://tokenpost.com/Bitfinex-Tether-still-continued-New-York-operations-until-2019-NYAG-latest-filings-2551"}]}