PANews reported on January 9th that, according to CoinDesk, when stablecoin issuer Tether announced a "strategic investment" in Ledn last November, it chose to keep the details confidential. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that Tether actually paid between $40 million and $50 million in the investment. Ledn is a company that provides fiat and stablecoin loans secured by Bitcoin, and this investment valued Ledn at approximately $500 million.