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title: The Intraday Bitcoin Response to Tether Minting and Burning Events: Asymmetry, Investor Sentiment, And "Whale Alerts" On Twitter
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/doi/10-1016-j-frl-2022-103096/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: doi:10.1016/j.frl.2022.103096
source_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103096
featured: 2025-01-15
citations: 21
topic: Crypto & DeFi
---


# The Intraday Bitcoin Response to Tether Minting and Burning Events: Asymmetry, Investor Sentiment, And "Whale Alerts" On Twitter

Bitcoin's value increases with Tether minting events, particularly when publicized and amid positive investor sentiment, but this effect lessens after an hour.

- Source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103096
- Identifier: doi:10.1016/j.frl.2022.103096
- Released: 2025-01-09
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 82 (2025-01-15): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-01-15/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 21
- Published in: Finance Research Letters
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi

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