Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin USDT, now holds over $122 billion in US Treasury bills, making it one of the top buyers of American government debt. With USDT's market cap around $185 billion, Tether allocates about 83% of its reserves to T-bills, driving significant demand for these securities. In 2024 and 2025, Tether ranked seventh among foreign buyers of US debt and aims to enter the top 10 purchasers in 2026. This growing Treasury exposure supports Tether's profits and reflects a broader trend where stablecoin issuers could become major structural buyers of US government debt, potentially absorbing up to $1 trillion in Treasuries as regulations formalize reserve requirements.
Polkadot's (DOT) price surged 10.93% to $1.27 following a major reduction in its annual token issuance by 53.6%, lowering the supply growth and capping total supply at 2.1 billion DOT. Additionally, governance approval for dotUSD, an over-collaterali...
In Q3 2026, stablecoin card spending reached $4.31 billion, with TRON processing the largest share at $998 million, or 23.2% of the total. This growth reflects TRON's role as a key liquidity and settlement layer for USDT, a popular stablecoin. While ...
Stablecoin supply on Ethereum, Arbitrum One, and Base increased by $403.1 million over a week in October 2026, with Ethereum contributing the largest share of $243 million. Ethereum now holds about 47-48% of the total on-chain stablecoin supply, maki...
On October 9, 2026, Tether blacklisted four THORChain vault addresses on the Tron network, freezing about 1.45 million USDT and stopping THORChain's Tron-based cross-chain swaps. The freeze lasted roughly three hours before Tether removed the blackli...
Wallets linked to a $90 million Ledger distributor hack transferred 430.2 ETH (about $1.07 million) to Tornado Cash on Oct. 9, following Tether freezing related funds. The operators also swapped some USDT for USDD and moved part of the assets to a Bi...
