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Latest Tether stories
- Linka Says It Completed Peru’s First Fully Documented Stablecoin-Paid Import
The Tether-backed Peruvian fintech used Tether USDt and USD Coin for settlement while customs, trade documents and tax obligations remained unchanged.
· Business
- Tether’s Excess Reserves Fell 50% During the Second Quarter
Tether’s cushion fell to $4.11 billion by June 30 from $8.23 billion three months earlier, while liabilities changed by about $106 million.
· Business
- Blumenthal Seeks US Probe of Tether Over Iran Sanctions Evasion
A Senate investigation examined 846 Iran-linked wallets and found 84% used USDT exclusively or nearly exclusively.
· Regulation
- Binance Records $46.0059 Million USDT Net Outflow in One Hour
The net movement was recorded during the latest one-hour period.
· Investing
- Senate Probe Links Tether’s USDT to Iran’s Shadow Banking
An investigation found that 87% of 757 wallets tied to Iranian terrorist-financing activity primarily used USDT.
· Regulation
- MAX Schedules Aptos-Network USDT Support for Four Crypto Assets
Deposits and withdrawals for Tether’s USD₮ (USDT) are scheduled to open Sept. 28, followed by USDT trading for HYPE, GRAM, APT and RENDER on Sept. 30.
· Business
- Velocity Relaunches After Hack as Co-Founder Cindy Steps Down
The former Drift Protocol exchange completed a security rebuild, an audit and full code release before restarting operations.
· Technology
- U.S. Seeks Forfeiture of $47,000 in Crypto Tied to Alleged Bitcoin Theft
Federal prosecutors seek about 110,270 Tether traced to a Binance account after alleged account-takeover fraud led to the unauthorized transfer of 33.7 Bitcoin from two wallets.
· Regulation
- Senate Democrats’ Preliminary Report Says More Than $34.6 Million Moved Before Tether Froze Identified Iran-Linked Wallets
Tether said it helped freeze approximately $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, while investigators examined delays involving identified wallets.
· Regulation
- Bitget CEO Says Full Recovery Unlikely After $388M Crypto Theft
Bitget is offering rewards for frozen and recovered funds as related assets remain under investigation.
· Technology
- Tether Issues $494.57 Million in XAUt, About 17% of Market Cap
The additional issuance was in Tether Gold rather than USDT. XAUt’s market capitalization is about $2.84 billion.
· Investing
- Tether Mints 119,670 Tether Gold Tokens Worth About $497 Million
The issuance adds nearly half a billion dollars of XAUT to the gold-backed crypto market.
· Investing
- Tether Mints $494.57 Million in Tether Gold (XAUt) Tokens
The issuance equals about 17% of XAUt’s circulating market value and was separate from a new USDT issuance.
· Investing
- Tether Mints $494.6 Million in Gold-Backed XAUT Tokens
The issuance adds to Tether’s tokenized-gold supply, with XAUT backed one-to-one by physical gold in Swiss vaults.
· Investing
- Tether Mints Nearly $495 Million in Gold-Backed XAUT Tokens
The issuance was valued at approximately $494.6 million and involved Tether Gold rather than USDT.
· Investing
- WalletConnect Pay Adds USDT Payments on TRON for Merchants
The integration supports online and offline transactions, with settlement available in stablecoins or fiat currency and compliance tools built in.
· Technology
- USDT Growth on Ethereum Was Not Matched by Smart-Contract Share Increase
Ethereum’s smart-contract share of Tether’s USDt holdings fell to 10%–15% after late 2024, while the stablecoin’s supply series surpassed $180 billion in early 2026.
· Investing
- Senate Democrats Accuse Tether of Financing Iran’s Shadow Banking
A Sept. 28 report estimates Iran’s network processed $20 billion last year and criticizes Tether’s wallet-freezing response.
· Regulation
- Senate Democrats Call Tether USDT a Lifeline for Iran
A Sept. 28 report estimated $2 billion in Iranian government transactions in 2025 and cited nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT freezes this year.
· Regulation
- Senate Report Says Iran Used USDT to Evade Sanctions
The report examined 846 sanctioned Iran-linked wallets, while Tether said it helped freeze about $550 million in related USDT this year.
· Regulation
- Tether Freezes Nearly $550 Million in Iran-Linked USDT This Year
The freezes included more than $344 million in April and more than $130 million in July amid U.S. sanctions enforcement.
· Regulation
- Tether, Shiga Expand Self-Custody Products Across Africa, Gulf
The partnership will use Tether’s open-source Wallet Development Kit to support digital-asset holding, transfers, payments and settlement services.
· Business
- Bitget To Restore Withdrawals Across All Assets By Oct. 2
Bitcoin withdrawals were scheduled to reopen first, followed by Ether, Tether and other assets across multiple networks.
· Business
- Upbit Adds CASHCAT Trading Across KRW, BTC and USDT Markets
Trading is scheduled to begin Sept. 28 at 4 a.m. ET (08:00 UTC), expanding access to the token.
· Business
- Tokenized U.S. Treasury-Fund Category Holds $14.96B in Value
The figure compares with a $306.607 billion stablecoin market, producing a calculated ratio of $4.88 in tokenized Treasury funds per $100 in stablecoins.
· Investing
- Tether Holds $114.96 Billion in U.S. Treasuries as Overseas Plan Emerges
Tether reported $187.75 billion in reserve assets as of June 30, while the proposed initiative could involve Treasury, State and the DFC.
· Regulation
- Tether Adds Beta CLI and MCP Wallet Tools for Local Self-Custody
The tools let compatible AI clients access selected functions through a locally managed wallet while users retain control of wallet credentials.
· Technology
- Bitget Sets Staggered Withdrawal Restart After Different Theft Method
Bitcoin withdrawals will resume Sept. 28, with Ether, Tether and other withdrawals returning in stages through Oct. 2.
· Technology
- Tether, Utexo Advance Separate Paths for Tether USDt on Bitcoin
Tether’s plan uses Taproot Assets and Lightning, while Utexo is developing a separate Bitcoin, Lightning and RGB settlement system.
· Technology
- U.S. Prosecutors Seek $84.2 Million in Tether-Linked Funds
The civil forfeiture case targets cash and USDT tied to Capstone Ltd., a Montana payments firm that prosecutors allege moved money without required licenses.
· Regulation
- Tether Says Exposure Was Limited After $84 Million U.S. Seizure
The company said assets held at EQIBank represented 0.034% of its total group assets after prosecutors froze Capstone accounts.
· Regulation
- EQIBank Says U.S. Seized $89M as Tether Limits Exposure
The bank says the funds represent about 80% of its monetary assets and could put it at risk of liquidation. Tether says its EQIBank exposure is below 0.034% of total assets.
· Regulation
- Tether Caps EQIBank Exposure at About $64 Million After U.S. Seizure
The exposure is less than 0.034% of Tether’s group assets after U.S. authorities seized roughly $89 million linked to EQIBank.
· Business
- Circle Freezes $318,000 Linked to $351.6 Million Bitget Hack
The frozen USDT and USDC represent a small portion of the assets affected in the security incident. Most linked funds remained in Ether, which stablecoin issuers cannot freeze.
· Technology
- Tether Says EQIBank Exposure Is Below 0.034% of Assets After U.S. Seizure
A federal forfeiture filing itemizes about $84.2 million in cash and USDT, below EQIBank’s separately cited $89 million figure.
· Regulation
- Binance Sends 50.4147 Million Tether to Unknown Wallet
The recipient wallet was not identified in the Sept. 25 transfer.
· Investing
- 218,023 USDT Linked to Bitget Incident Traced to Address 0xe07b…7d57
Tether appears to have frozen the funds after Circle blocked roughly 100,000 USDC tied to the same security incident on Sept. 25.
· Technology
- Tether Freezes 218,000 USDT Linked to Bitget Stolen Funds
Circle froze related assets 7 hours and 18 minutes earlier. The address was three transaction hops from Bitget’s initial stolen-funds address.
· Technology
- Binance Sees 37.3491 Million Tether (USDT) Net Outflow Over Past Hour
The exchange saw a net outflow of 37.3491 million Tether (USDT) during the one-hour period.
· Investing
- 30 Million Tether Transfers From Unknown Wallet to Binance
The 30 million Tether (USDT) transfer was detected Sept. 25, with the sending wallet unidentified.
· Investing