What do you do if you don’t have enough cash in reserve to back up the tokens you issued? If you are Bitfinex, your answer might be: Create a new token to sell. The exchange is on the defensive this week after the New York attorney general accused it of covering up $850 million in lost funds. Bitfinex is weighing a fundraising that, if successful, could allow the exchange to once again meet the 1-to-1 ratio of tether to U.S. dollars in reserve that it promised its customers.
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