CoinDesk reported:
“When news about unlimited support for bank deposits made the rounds, bitcoin prices exploded from $20,000 to $28,000 within a matter of days,” said Thielen in a note to clients on Thursday. “But it would appear that holders of USDC either converted their Circle stablecoin into Tether’s USDT or that they simply sold $10 billion of USDC and bought bitcoin instead.”