Circle minted roughly 5 billion USDC over the past week, according to onchain trackers, in one of its largest weekly issuance pushes yet. A Record Week for Fresh Supply Onchain analytics platform Solscan revealed the roughly 5 billion USDC mint earlier today, with analysts noting that the issuance is just one of many billion-dollar mints […]
Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati26 Aug
USD1 growth outpaced USDT and broader stablecoin industry in 2026
AMBCrypto•Benjamin Njiri26 Aug
Tron’s account count crossed 400 million this week, doubling in under three years and cementing the network’s role as the backbone of global USDT settlement. A Six-Year Climb to 400 Million As a quick refresher, Tron’s genesis block launched in June 2018, and it took the network four years to reach its first 100 million […]
Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati26 Aug
Crypto cards are turning USDC and USDT into everyday spending balances, with cumulative stablecoin card top-ups reaching $13.8 billion by August. The growth is pushing stablecoins beyond trading and remittances into a consumer payments market still largely powered by Visa, Mastercard and traditional card infrastructure. Stablecoin Cards Move Beyond Trading as Consumer Spending Rises Stablecoins […]
Bitcoin.com News•Emmanuel Musa26 Aug
XRP has staged a sharp recovery from the $1.00 area, breaking above its long-standing descending structures on both the USD and BTC charts. However, the rally has now reached major resistance, making the current levels critical for the next directional move. Ripple Price Analysis: The USDT Pair The asset broke above its broad descending channel […]
On June 5, 2025, a Tron wallet held $37.3 million in USDT when Tether began blacklisting it. The freeze took 5.7 minutes to pass through the issuer’s multisignature wallet. Two minutes before the final approval, the entire balance moved. So, there is always a dramatic race between networks like Tether and criminals, often decided in
BeInCrypto•Mohammad Shahid25 Aug
A power-allocation dispute ended two Uruguay mining sites, leaving Tether’s smaller Adecoagro pilot to prove it can secure dependable energy on workable terms.
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo25 Aug
Binance launched five USDT-settled TradFi perpetuals tied to DJT, Moderna and leveraged semiconductor ETFs with up to 20x leverage.
Tether abandoned a roughly $120 million Bitcoin mining investment in Uruguay after a dispute with the state power company escalated into unpaid bills, an electricity cutoff and layoffs, according to a Reuters investigation. This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author25 Aug
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of top stablecoin issuer Tether, said USDT’s dollar-proxy function has scaled globally, giving developing countries access to foreign currency for domestic and cross-border commerce. Ardoino stressed that the company’s mission was more important than ever. Tether Highlights Developing Countries’ Heavy Reliance on USDT Stablecoins have become a key part of the economic […]
Bitcoin.com News•Sergio Goschenko24 Aug
Bitcoin mainnet and TRC-20 USDT withdrawals remain open after Aug. 23, but the platform’s current operator is still unidentified.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright24 Aug
The incident highlights the critical role of blockchain transparency and Tether's intervention in combating crypto-related crimes.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team24 Aug
Aave's dominance in DeFi stablecoin liquidity centralizes risk, potentially destabilizing the market if vulnerabilities or regulatory issues arise.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team24 Aug
Tether abandoned its Uruguay Bitcoin mining project after a power contract dispute exposed the risks of relying on uncertain electricity access.
Coinspeaker•Daniel Francis24 Aug
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says USDT use is growing for savings, payments and trade across Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia and Turkey.
UTE cut power to Tether's mining sites in July 2025 after Tether representatives did not attend the signing of a revised contract, per the report.
The Block•Zack Abrams23 Aug
Tether's expanding user base amid a cooling stablecoin market highlights its role in providing liquidity in emerging economies.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team23 Aug
Stablecoins promise a constant $1, yet USDC has traded at $0.87, Tether’s USDT at $0.88, and Terra’s UST collapsed to virtually zero in a crash that erased roughly $40 billion. As recently as November 2025, a DeFi stablecoin called xUSD lost more than half its value in a single day. The Peg Is a Promise, […]
Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati23 Aug
Minimal USDT transfers, frozen Kraken accounts, and HTX-linked wallets have given rise to a crypto mystery.
AMBCrypto•Ishika Kumari21 Aug
Aave V4's rise in XAUT deposits highlights a shift towards using tokenized commodities as active collateral in DeFi, enhancing capital efficiency.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team21 Aug