[New York Federal Judge Grants Tether and Bitfinex Investors Class Action Status in Bitcoin Manipulation Case] According to a report by Jinse Finance, a New York federal judge has issued an opinion granting investors in the market manipulation lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex class action status. The case has been divided into two plaintiff groups: spot investors and futures traders. The lawsuit alleges that Tether and Bitfinex manipulated cryptocurrency market prices through the issuance of USDT between 2017 and 2019, causing investors who purchased BTC and ETH to suffer losses amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars.