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Tether Expands Its Footprint in Latin America With a $20 Million Investment in Mercado Bitcoin
10.7.2026
The stablecoin giant announced that this investment will support Mercado Bitcoin’s expansion efforts in payment infrastructure, tokenized investment offerings, lending and credit, and on-chain capital markets. The move follows several capital injections by the company for several Latam-focused...
Polymarket Switches on Instant Bitcoin Lightning Deposits, Cutting 60-Minute Waits to Under a Second
8.7.2026
Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market, has enabled instant bitcoin deposits over the Lightning Network, with new rails powered by the Spark protocol crediting funds in under one second. Opening up New Avenues Polymarket has switched on instant bitcoin deposits via the Lightning Network...
Former Tether investment chief is looking to sell part of his stake in the stablecoin giant: Bloomberg
7.7.2026
Richard Heathcote is reportedly working with PJT Partners to find a buyer for a small part of his 1.26% holding in the issuer of USDT following his transition to an advisory role
Circle’s USDC is leaving Tether behind in the stablecoin volume race, new data from Visa shows
6.7.2026
As Wall Street banks adopt digital currencies for faster settlements, overall trading volume spiked 63% in just a single month
Total Stablecoin Cap Falls $1.9 Billion This Week While Sky Dollar Leads the Slide
5.7.2026
Tether lost $791 million this week, a single-token drop that accounted for 41% of the $1.9 billion pulled from the entire stablecoin market. Most of its top competitors also finished lower, with USDC shedding 1.05% and Sky Dollar plunging 2.36%. The total stablecoin market cap sits at $311.311...
Crypto Lending Drops to $23.3 Billion as Tether Holds 68% of CeFi Loan Market in Q1
2.7.2026
Centralized crypto lending loan books fell 6% in Q1 2026 to $23.3 billion, marking the sector’s first quarterly contraction since Q3 2024. Tether remains dominant, but Maple, Nexo and Coinbase gained share as Galaxy and Ledn saw the steepest pullbacks. CeFi Crypto Lending Falls 6% as Maple, Nexo...
Tron Hits Record Highs in June, Topping 385 Million Transactions and 26.9 Million Active Accounts
1.7.2026
The Tron network set fresh usage records in June, with Lookonchain reporting that the ecosystem recently surpassed 385 million total transactions and 26.9 million wallet addresses as its stablecoin-driven activity has accelerated. A Record Month for Network Activity Onchain data showed the network...
Ark Invest Researcher Doubts Open USD Can Beat Circle After 16% Stock Drop
30.6.2026
Circle shares fell sharply on Tuesday, after a consortium of more than 140 companies, including Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, and Blackrock, unveiled a new stablecoin built to compete directly with USDC. The stock CRCL closed down approximately 16.5%, trading as low as $63.10 after opening near...
Tether trades at 7% to 10% premium in India. Exchanges say its just supply and demand
30.6.2026
Executives at major platforms CoinDCX and CoinSwitch say the premium reflects a demand-supply imbalance and thin local liquidity
USDT Premium in India Jumps Past 8.5% as Stablecoin Supply Tightens
30.6.2026
A sudden squeeze in Tether’s USDT supply in India has pushed the stablecoin’s local premium above 8.5%, more than double its usual level, with the dollar-pegged token trading well above the official exchange rate. A Supply Squeeze in the World’s Top Crypto Market The price of Tether’s USDT in India...
Tether putting $23 billion gold stockpile to work with bullion-backed loans
27.6.2026
The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenized gold strategy by allowing holders of XAUT to borrow against their bullion, mirroring bitcoin-backed lending without selling the underlying asset
Tether’s USDT Flips Ether in Market Cap as Stablecoin Climbs to $186 Billion
26.6.2026
Tether’s USDT stablecoin briefly overtook ether to become the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, reaching about $186.06 billion against ether’s $185.66 billion. Stablecoin issuance and a slumping ether seem to be the primary drivers behind this otherwise rare flip. Issuance...
Tether stablecoin flips Ether by market cap as ETH routs to $1.5K
26.6.2026
Ether prices are currently back at crucial long-term support levels last visited in October 2023 and April 2025
Tether Phases out aUSDT Stablecoin, Refocuses on XAUT Gold Token
19.6.2026
Tether will phase out Alloy by Tether and its gold-backed aUSDT token after reviewing user activity and market demand. Existing users have three months to unwind positions and recover their XAUT collateral. Tether Shuts Down Alloy Platform and Gives Users 3 Months to Recover Gold Collateral Tether...
Ledn adds Tether Gold as loan collateral, expanding Bitcoin-backed lending model
18.6.2026
Ledn’s addition of Tether Gold lending comes as tokenized commodities expand, with the sector accounting for nearly 17% of the $43 billion RWA market
Tether Trims Bitdeer Stake After AI Push Lifts Bitcoin Mining Stock
18.6.2026
Tether has started trimming its Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) stake after reloading on the bitcoin mining and AI data center operator’s stock during a February selloff, generating about $12.7 million in proceeds. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here....
Tether winds down gold-backed derivative stablecoin aUSDT
18.6.2026
Tether is focusing on stronger user demand, deeper liquidity, and broader long-term market opportunity for its leading products
Tether and DMCC Join Forces on Tokenization as Dubai Eyes Digital Trade Rails
16.6.2026
Tether, the issuer of the world’s most widely used stablecoin, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Multi Commodities Centre on June 16, 2026, setting up a framework to explore blockchain infrastructure, tokenization, and digital asset education across one of the Gulf’s largest...
Tether Gold now has a dedicated options market on Bybit
16.6.2026
These options, settled in USDT, let traders hedge risk, speculate on gold prices
SIREN Token Collapses as Whale Dumps 92% of Total Supply for $64.8 Million
15.6.2026
The price of SIREN cratered more than 95% after a single whale offloaded about 670 million tokens (roughly 92% of the currency’s total supply) over two days, cashing out an estimated $64.8 million in stablecoins. One Wallet, a 95% Collapse A lone whale sold roughly 670 million SIREN, or about...