Hell for Tether: a cryptocurrency crimped

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 11:10 a.m.

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The notionally dollar-pegged \\u201cstablecoin\\u201d quietly underpins many crypto-market moves. We ask what the currency issuer\\u2019s clash with New York authorities means for the wider crypto craze. In many African countries, parliamentarians are asked to fill public-service gaps\\u2014at great personal cost. We examine moves toward a fairer forking out of funds. And why physical-education exams are popping up in China.

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