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USDT’s market cap fell from $138.8 billion on Dec. 30, 2024, to a weekly low of $136.9 billion on Jan. 1, CoinGecko data shows.

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It marked the USDT market cap’s biggest dip since the FTX collapse in November 2022. Its current market cap of $137.2 billion is 2.75% off its all-time high of $141 billion set on Dec. 20, 2024.

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Despite the fall, USDT stablecoin dominance still sits above 65% in what has become a $210 billion market.

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Also on Dec. 30, Tether moved almost $780 million worth of Bitcoin into its corporate Bitcoin reserve in its largest move since March.

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Tether said in May 2023 that it planned to “regularly allocate up to 15% of its net realized operating profits toward purchasing Bitcoin.”

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The United States Attorney’s Office revealed an additional charge for Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon following his extradition from Montenegro: money laundering conspiracy.

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In a superseding indictment unsealed on Jan. 2 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, US Attorney Damian Williams alleged Kwon conspired with others to commit money laundering.

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According to the US Attorney, the Terraform co-founder facilitated transactions of more than $10,000 on the platform “knowing that the property involved in certain financial transactions represented the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity.”

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The money laundering charge was part of a superseding indictment not initially filed as part of the eight-count indictment against Kwon in March 2023. Prosecutors filed the indictment under seal in May 2024, and a judge ordered it unsealed amid Kwon’s court appearance on Jan. 2.

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Kwon, alleged to have been involved in the 2022 collapse of the Terra ecosystem, was arrested and jailed in Montenegro for using falsified travel documents in 2023. Authorities from the US and South Korea filed competing petitions to extradite the Terraform co-founder, but Montenegrin authorities did not decide on his legal status until December 2024, when Kwon was handed over to US officials.

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Kwon, alleged to have been involved in the 2022 collapse of the Terra ecosystem, was arrested and jailed in Montenegro for using falsified travel documents in 2023. Authorities from the US and South Korea filed competing petitions to extradite the Terraform co-founder, but Montenegrin authorities did not decide on his legal status until December 2024, when Kwon was handed over to US officials.

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The UAE has no shortage of regulatory bodies shaping its crypto sector. With five regulators now available for companies seeking virtual asset services, businesses can align with the legal environment best suited to their offerings. Regulatory arbitrage available within the UAE is a feature, not a bug, but this feature needs to be navigated intelligently, bearing in mind the overarching federal regulations.

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A highlight of the year was when the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) introduced the Payment Token Services Regulation via Circular No. 2/2024 in June 2024, regulating the issuance of stablecoins. Moreover, after a 12-month grace period, businesses in the UAE will only be allowed to accept crypto payments in dirham-backed stablecoins issued by CBUAE-approved entities.

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Meanwhile, a tax development from the Federal Tax Authority provided that all cryptocurrency transactions are exempt from value-added tax (VAT) from Nov. 15, 2024, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018. This tax relief is only relevant to those making a lot of trades on centralized UAE exchanges and being charged VAT on exchange fees. Therefore, please disregard the hyped-up, misleading tweets claiming the UAE has released all virtual assets from taxes. That is not the case.

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While some international media outlets reported that salaries can now be paid entirely in Bitcoin and crypto, such interpretations misread the ruling. The judgment did not redefine wage laws; it merely recognized crypto tokens as a valid form of bonus payment within a specific employment contract.

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As always, the public is urged to rely on official government sources for accurate information rather than sensationalized social media posts.

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Ripple obtained in-principle approval from the Dubai Financial Services Authority within the DIFC. Meanwhile, in the ADGM, prominent companies such as Blockdaemon, Circle, Paxos and eToro made significant expansions or relocations, attracted by the region’s clarity and business-friendly climate. Tether’s USDt was listed as an accepted token in ADGM.

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Dubai’s DMCC Crypto Center welcomed many new entrants who relocated their HQ to the region’s most active crypto ecosystem.

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