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- Tether CEO Says Freezes Cut Iran-Linked Stablecoin Volume by 94%
Paolo Ardoino says Tether froze addresses an average of four weeks before U.S. and Israeli sanctions designations since 2023.
· Regulation
- Stablecoin Development Shares Fall About 92% After Sharp Rally
Shares traded below $1 by Oct. 14, and warrants held by Tether became eligible for exercise Oct. 16.
· Investing
- Tether USD (USDT) Balances Fall $4.6 Billion at 19 Exchanges and Lenders
The same institutions added about $1.9 billion in other stablecoins from early July to Oct. 1, while USDT remained dominant in exchange holdings and payments.
· Investing
- Gate Completes Dividend Credits in Tether for U.S.-Listed Stocks and ETFs
Payments covered company dividend dates from Oct. 13 through Oct. 16, 2026, with a 10% withholding deduction applied before users received their credits.
· Business
- Pi Trades Below 0.08 USDT as Oct. 18 Volume Trails Oct. 8
PI’s 24-hour low was 0.07692 USDT, and its Oct. 18 reported dollar trading volume totaled $2,697,812.
· Investing
- Hyderabad Police Arrest Five in Alleged Robbery Tied to Tether (USDT)
Buyers brought ₹25 lakh to an Oct. 11 meeting. The arrests followed on Oct. 17, with ₹11.5 lakh and three mobile phones recovered.
· Regulation
- AIsa’s Funding Tops $9 Million as Tether and HIVEN Join Extension
The company has begun enterprise pilots in four business areas, but did not disclose the extension’s size.
· Business
- Microsoft Sets Oct. 28 Earnings Call as Binance’s MSFTUSDT Trades Around the Clock
The perpetual derivative tracks Microsoft common stock without conveying ownership, settles in Tether (USDT) and supports up to 10x leverage.
· Investing
- USDT and USDC Account for 84.7% of $302.5 Billion Stablecoin Market
The market fell 0.34% over seven days but rose 0.62% over 30 days.
· Investing
- Argentina’s Binance USDT Quote Shows a 6.6% Premium to Official Rate
The average USDT quote on OKX’s peer-to-peer market was 1,614.15 pesos, about 6.7% above the reference rate.
· Investing
- CENTCOM Says U.S. Blocked at Least $25 Billion in Iranian Crude
Adm. Brad Cooper also cited nearly $350 million in crypto freezes, while tracking documented limited LPG and jet-fuel shipments in recent months.
· Regulation
- Tether and Titan Fund Back Saber Money’s Asia-Pacific and Gulf Expansion
The investment will support expansion, including local licensing and banking partnerships. Saber also plans to enter business payments but has not named target markets or a rollout schedule.
· Business
- Benchmark Finds $187.75 Billion in High-Risk Crypto Exchange Exposure
The five-year benchmark covered $36.28 trillion in flows. Ten exchanges accounted for 90.9% of flagged inflows.
· Investing
- Singapore Gulf Bank Adds In-Account Swaps for Tether and USD Coin
Individual customers can use SGB’s mobile banking app to exchange U.S. dollars for either stablecoin and hold them alongside other fiat currencies.
· Business
- Tether Deal Earned Nxum $6.3M as Hines Pushed Longer Stablecoin Deadline
The former White House crypto adviser held a one-third stake in Nxum and urged lawmakers to extend the GENIUS Act compliance period from 18 months to 36 months.
· Regulation
- Tether Paid More Than $6 Million to Hines-Linked Firm During GENIUS Act Push
Nxum, co-founded by former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines, shared the payments among its three partners.
· Regulation
- Tether Invests in EFY Finance to Expand Institutional USD₮ Use
The seed investment will support stablecoin-based cross-border payments, account services and digital-asset custody across Latin America.
· Business
- Papertrade Ranks Third in 24-Hour Protocol Revenue at $4.02M
Papertrade exceeded Pump and Hyperliquid over the previous 24 hours as of Oct. 13. Tether and Circle ranked higher.
· Investing
- NEAR Intents Says $3.8 Million Exploit Return Included Monero
General Manager Alex Shevchenko said 34.59 BTC represented about 78% of the total returned funds, while the team works to convert the remaining Monero into Tether.
· Technology
- TRON Processed 1.1 Billion Transactions in Q3 2026, Up 33.7% From Year Earlier
Stablecoin settlement reached $2.21 trillion, while Tether (USDT) and USDD supply rose to $93.88 billion on the network.
· Technology
- Bitfinex Securities Opens Tokenized Funds Through Tether’s Hadron
The Crest Fund and Liberty Bitcoin Accumulation Fund use Hadron for issuance, compliance and lifecycle management, with subscriptions scheduled through Oct. 29, 2026.
· Business
- A7 to Unveil Tether-Based Cross-Border Payments Service Oct. 13
The service will let customers pay foreign invoices in Tether (USDT) while recipients receive funds through SWIFT in their requested currency.
· Business
- CryptoBilis-Linked Ledger Devices Expose Up to $94.5 Million
At least one affected device contained unauthorized hardware, while Tether froze $10 million in related USDT.
· Technology
- Ledger Limits CryptoBilis Theft Cases as Traced Losses Reach $93.2M
Blockchain analysis identified $10 million in frozen Tether across 20 wallets, while a separate estimate put losses at $94.5 million.
· Technology
- Tether Freezes $10 Million in USDT Tied to Ledger Distributor Theft
About $93.2 million in crypto was linked to devices sold by authorized distributor CryptoBilis across six blockchains.
· Technology
- Moscow Exchange Tests Crypto Trading Ahead of Dec. 1 Launch
The Russian exchange is testing transactions with professional participants under a new cryptocurrency framework that took effect Sept. 1.
· Business
- Tether Froze $1.45M in USDT Across Four THORChain Vaults
The Oct. 9 restriction halted TRON trading and left about $363,000 in payouts queued before the addresses appeared unfrozen.
· Technology
- 220 Million USDT Transfer Leads $456.8 Million in Crypto Moves
Three transfers were recorded during the three hours ending at 5:04 a.m. ET on Oct. 11, including movements involving Spark and Aave.
· Investing
- U.S. Files Forfeiture Case Targeting $61 Million in USDT
The complaint targets 61,192,367.59 USDT across 10 Tron addresses and alleges the funds came from sanctioned Iranian oil sales.
· Regulation
- Ledger Theft Funds Move Into USDD After Tether Freezes $10 Million
A 2 million USDT conversion through USDD’s stability module moved funds beyond Tether’s freeze controls.
· Technology
- Senator Seeks Cantor Records on Tether Stake and Financial Ties
Richard Blumenthal gave Cantor Fitzgerald until Oct. 23 to preserve documents and answer questions about its relationship with Tether.
· Regulation
- DOJ Seeks $61.2 Million in Crypto Tied to Iranian Oil Sales
The civil forfeiture complaint alleges Binance accounts were used in transactions involving proceeds from Iranian oil sales. Binance says it later offboarded the two Hong Kong entities named in the case.
· Regulation
- Senator Demands Tether Reserve, Sanctions Records From Cantor Fitzgerald
The request follows a Senate investigation linking Iran-associated wallets to heavy USDT use and sets an Oct. 23 response deadline.
· Regulation
- 430.2 Ether Sent to Tornado Cash After Tether Freezes Funds
The transfer followed Tether’s freeze of funds connected to a $90 million Ledger distributor incident. The wallet cluster still held about $70.6 million in tracked assets.
· Technology
- Tether Blacklists Four THORChain Vaults Holding $1.45 Million USDT
The move halted THORChain’s Tron swaps and liquidity-provider operations. Co-founder Chad Barraford said the team received no advance communication.
· Technology
- Tether Freezes USDT as Ledger-Related Theft Nears $90 Million
Ledger is investigating stolen funds linked to users connected to Southeast Asian distributor CryptoBillis.
· Technology
- Six Crypto Transfers Total $1.48 Billion in Three-Hour Window
The activity included $227.5 million moving into exchanges from unidentified wallets and no tracked outflows from exchanges to unidentified wallets.
· Investing
- Tether Treasury Moves $500 Million in USDT to Binance via Tron
The transfer followed a same-sized Binance transaction through Ethereum about an hour earlier, possibly reflecting a cross-chain swap.
· Investing
- Polygon’s 8.05M USDT0 Wallets Include 1.1M Look-Alike Addresses
About 58% of the net wallet increase since Polygon’s 2025 USDT0 upgrade matched address-poisoning patterns, while wallets holding at least $10 fell 42%.
· Technology
- Twenty One Capital Builds Bitcoin Operating Model With 43,000-Bitcoin Treasury
The company is developing capital-markets and energy-trading operations while considering ways to address a roughly 30% discount to its Bitcoin-backed value.
· Business