Tether invested $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá, joining a $197 million funding round that valued the fintech at $3.2 billion.
Ualá’s CEO clarified Tether is acting solely as a financial investor, citing current regional regulations preventing any immediate USDT integration.
The freeze targets TRON-based addresses that held over $165 million, preventing those specific funds from being transferred or redeemed.
Circle suspended Heka Funds over suspected market manipulation after learning Tether had invested $800 million in the arbitrage fund.
US authorities have used Tether's control over its dollar-linked stablecoin to freeze about $475 million connected to Iran in less than three months, extending Washington's sanctions reach beyond the traditional banking system. On July 14, the US government sanctioned four wallets on the Tron blockchain holding roughly $131 million in USDT. These addresses are linked […]
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says OFAC sanctioned multiple Iran-linked crypto wallets, freezing over $130 million.
Tether’s Pact Labs Round Shows Stablecoin Issuers Are Still Building Compliance Rails is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, re
Empery disclosed two February calls, but missing collateral data now hides which treasury would be forced to act first.
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“Pact Labs gives us the rails to make digital dollars designed to be compliant with U.S. regulations," says Tether USAT.
Crypto usage has spiked in the country, with transaction volumes hitting $430 million in the year after the central bank removed restrictions in mid-2024.
Stablecoin payments were priced 3.2 bps below interbank FX rates across 260 corridors in Q2, per Borderless.xyz's benchmark.
Tether is already the world's largest stablecoin issuer, with approximately $141 billion in direct and indirect exposure to US Treasuries. It reported $15 billion in revenue in 2025 and $1.04 billion in net profit for the first quarter of 2026, mostly from that yield alone, making it one of the more unusual companies in global […]
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The market shrank by $7.7 billion in June alone, the largest dollar amount since May 2022's Terra-Luna crash, but stablecoins will likely resume their long-term growth, one analyst said.
Tether’s TON Integration Pushes USDT Deeper Into Telegram’s Crypto Economy is the kind of crypto story that looks simple at headline level but becomes more useful once you place it inside the wider market backdrop. Stablecoin adoption ofte
Tether is again making it clear that it does not want to be viewed only as a stablecoin issuer. Its $25 million investment in telecom infrastructure pushes the company deeper into the world of physical networks, decentra
Visa's adjusted June data shows L2s competing for the dollar flows that could define crypto payments.
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The reported December launch matters because Russia’s new rules may make custody, limits, and compliance the price of legal access.
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Mercado Bitcoin has grown from an early crypto exchange into a regulated digital financial services platform.
Richard Heathcote is reportedly working with PJT Partners to find a buyer for a small part of his 1.26% holding in the issuer of USDT following his transition to an advisory role.
Former Tether CIO Richard Heathcote is seeking buyers for part of his 1.26% stake in the firm, according to Bloomberg.
Tether has launched Alloy, a synthetic dollar product backed by Tether Gold, in a move that pushes the stablecoin issuer further beyond simple dollar tokens.
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As Wall Street banks adopt digital currencies for faster settlements, overall trading volume spiked 63% in just a single month.
The EU’s post-transition crypto regime is deciding who controls the compliant rails for stablecoins, wallets and retail access.
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The signal is about who controls the wallet-to-merchant path that makes tokenized dollars spendable.
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A stablecoin built around a giant partner list now faces the question every coalition coin must answer: who is actually committed, and what does participation mean?
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The standards request pushes the CBDC debate toward disclosure, political money, and who gets access while payment rules are still open.
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Tether froze USDT tied to 131 TRON wallets after an OFAC sanctions update, reviving the stablecoin compliance debate.
Bitcoin’s second-quarter slide unfolded alongside a rare contraction in the stablecoin market, adding another sign that crypto liquidity weakened beyond spot prices alone. Bitcoin traded below $60,000 during the quarter, reaching its lowest level since 2024, and fell 14% across Q2. At the same time, total stablecoin supply slipped to $312 billion, down more than $3 […]
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Tether Freezes USDT in 131 TRON Wallets Under Updated OFAC Sanctions — what the latest source material shows and why it matters for crypto markets.
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