Tether acquires a 12% stake, worth $150M, in Gold.com, which enables access to physical and tokenized gold, and plans to integrate XAUT, its gold-backed token
What to know: … Tether, issuer of the world's most popular stablecoin USDT … , has acquired a $150 million minority stake in Gold.com …
Tether says it generated over $10B in net profits in 2025, down from $13B+ in 2024, and says it holds $193B in assets backing the $186B USDT in circulation
Partner offers — Quick Take — The stablecoin issuer now holds $193 billion in assets backing the $186 billion USDT in circulation, primarily in U.S. Treasuries.
The S&P downgrades the ability of Tether's USDT to maintain its US dollar peg to “weak”, the lowest rating, citing exposure to high-risk assets such as bitcoin
their only recourse is to attack us because they're losing. Paolo Ardoino / @paoloardoino : System is broken. They're upset we make it evident Matt Cole / @colemacro : If you accept the S&P rating of ...
Tether, the world's largest issuer of stablecoins, says it has hit 500M users; the supply of USDT nears ~$182B while Circle's USDC has ~$75B in circulation
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Tether launches the US-regulated USAT stablecoin and names Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, as CEO of its new US unit
from a misunderstood/opaque offshore stablecoin to a $169B market leader, now pioneering financial innovation in the U.S. Excited for the Tether America launch event. [image] @cowboycrypto313 : Cantor...
Tether names Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, as the CEO of its new US unit and launches USAT stablecoin
- USAT is designed to be a U.S.-regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin and a complement to USDT, which has about $169 billion in circulation.
PayPal unveils Pay With Crypto for merchants to accept bitcoin, ether, USDT, and more via Coinbase, OKX, and other wallets, rolling out in the coming weeks
PayPal Holdings Inc. will soon allow businesses to accept more than one hundred cryptocurrencies at checkout.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the USDT issuer is making plans to do business in the US after the passage of Genius Act, with a focus on institutional markets
Bloomberg :
Elliptic: Telegram-based crypto scam marketplaces like Tudou Guarantee have almost entirely filled the void left by Telegram banning the two biggest a month ago
Then it watched those markets rebuild to their previous size and has done nothing to stop them. — https://www.wired.com/... X: @elliptic : 🚨 Telegram dark markets expand to fill the gap left by Huio...
Sources: Meta is talking to crypto firms about introducing stablecoins for managing payouts, and in January 2025 hired a VP of product with crypto experience
Three Years After Diem Rony Roy / crypto.news : Meta may be eyeing stablecoin payments for Instagram creators Samuel Edyme / Bitcoinist.com : Stripe Expands Crypto Offerings With Stablecoin Accounts a...