Who is paying for the pro-Tether propaganda on X?
Since at least February 5, a flood of accounts have been relentlessly tweeting about one topic: a collaboration between the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Tether. It’s impossible to say for certain who’s put forward the money to buy a slew of blue check accounts on X (formerly Twitter) to post about the “great teamwork” between Tether and the US government. However, one would be inclined to believe it’s a PR company or Tether itself who have determined that a concerted public relations push is worth the time and effort. Unfortunately, there’s no news from the DoJ or Tether about any collaboration or partnership. The last press release from the DoJ explicitly mentioning Tether is from November of last year. In the release, which concerned a so-called ‘pig butchering’ scam, the DoJ stated, “The department would like to acknowledge Tether for its assistance in effectuating the transfer of these assets.” When a Google search is done for one of the main phr...