Tagged: usdt

December 9, 2025 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the digital assets industry, has announced recently that USD₮ issued on a number of major blockchains has been formally recognised as an Accepted Fiat-Referenced Token (AFRT) within ADGM. The recognition allows Authorised Persons licensed… Read More

November 29, 2025 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

S&P Global may have somewhat surprised the stablecoin sector this past week after cutting Tether’s rating to “weak,” citing persistent disclosure gaps and structural opacity across its reserves. The downgrade appears have put fresh scrutiny on the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether (USDT), and analysts at… Read More

November 10, 2025 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orbital, a payment orchestration platform across stablecoins and traditional payment rails, released its Q3 Stablecoin Retail Payments Index snapshot. With data having reportedly been sourced from Artemis, the Index suggests a sector that’s gradually maturing, with various stablecoin product launches balanced with a transition to… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether International, S.A. de C.V. (TI) recently released its Q3 2025 attestation, prepared by BDO, a global independent accounting firm. The report is said to confirm the accuracy of Tether’s Financial Figures and Reserves Report (FFRR), and also aims to offer a more transparent, comprehensive… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has unveiled a fee-free conversion service for its user base. The UK-based fintech, now serving over 65 million customers worldwide, has scrapped all charges and hidden spreads on exchanges between U.S. dollars and the following stablecoins: Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC. This… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Holdings Ltd., the company behind the USDT stablecoin, anticipates generating nearly $15 billion in earnings for 2025. This projection underscores the company’s steady business growth, enabled largely by the adoption of its pegged digital currency, which underpins much of the global cryptocurrency trading volume… Read More

October 15, 2025 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini Exchange and Gemini Wallet clients are now able to deposit stablecoins USDT and USDC on the Solana network. With this latest update, digital assets firm Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) explained that its customers are able to complete transfers for these stablecoins via multichain rails with Solana,… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino recently stated that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may potentially turn money into a tool of government surveillance. Tether is the issuer of the world’s most popular stablecoin by market cap, USDT. During the recent TOKEN2049 in Singapore, Ardoino noted that… Read More

October 4, 2025 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in terms of USDT market cap and overall scope of operations, and a partner are reportedly planning to secure around $200 million for a digital asset treasury (DAT) company that may acquire Tether’s XAUT token. As first reported by Bloomberg,… Read More

September 30, 2025 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm OKX noted that the so-called “next generation” of stablecoin payments begins with the launch of OKX Pay in Singapore. OKX Pay is Singapore’s stablecoin-powered scan-to-pay service, “enabling customers to pay with USDT or USDC stablecoins at GrabPay merchant-partners by scanning their GrabPay… Read More

September 24, 2025 @ 1:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin issuer Tether is raising new money. In a post on X from earlier today, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said they were “evaluating a raise from a selected group of high-profile key investors, to maximize the scale of the Company’s strategy across all existing and… Read More

September 17, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin in terms of market cap and overall adoption, has played a pivotal role in helping Canadian law enforcement recover 460,000 USDT—equivalent to about $640,000 CAD—from an investment scam targeting an Ontario resident. The operation, executed by the… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the evolving ecosystem of cryptocurrency and financial planning, OKX is making strides to bridge traditional finance with digital assets. The crypto exchange has unveiled two groundbreaking updates: a SMSF-compatible platform tailored for Australian retirement savers and the integration of Tether’s USDT0 on its X… Read More

September 4, 2025 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which remains the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USD₮ (USDT), has announced significant updates to its blockchain strategy, reflecting a seemingly forward-thinking approach to enhancing scalability, privacy, and user accessibility in the web3 and digital assets space. On August 29, 2025, Tether revealed… Read More

August 8, 2025 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be one the largest companies in the digital assets industry, has acquired a minority equity stake in Bit2Me, the Spanish-speaking digital asset platform. As part of the investment, Tether is also “leading a €30 million funding round, set to close in… Read More

July 27, 2025 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As of Q2 2025, Tether Gold (XAU₮) has solidified its position as the leading gold-backed digital token, with over 7.66 tons of physical gold backing its 246,524.330 tokens in circulation, according to a recent announcement from Tether. Each XAU₮ token is pegged 1:1 to one… Read More

July 21, 2025 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoin USDT issuer Tether continues to positively impact the web3 and blockchain industry with two significant developments announced recently. The company has expanded access to its gold-backed stablecoin, Tether Gold (XAU₮), by listing it on Mobee, a regulated digital asset exchange in Indonesia, while also… Read More

July 15, 2025 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Holdings SA, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USDT, has revealed it holds an $8 billion in gold reserves, stored in a private vault in Switzerland. This strategic decision, announced on July 8, 2025, positions Tether as one of the largest non-state gold… Read More

June 24, 2025 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USDT, has recently made headlines with a series of strategic initiatives that indicate its commitment to compliance, diversification, and global expansion. These efforts, spanning law enforcement collaboration, investment in hard assets, and fostering digital asset adoption in… Read More

May 14, 2025 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stablecoin issuer Tether, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the blockchain, crypto, and web3 space, has announced a series of strategic initiatives that underscore its objective to enhance the Bitcoin (BTC ) and digital assets ecosystem. From supporting open-source software to… Read More