Tether International reported a $1.04 billion operating profit in Q1 2026, supported by $191.8 billion in total assets and nearly $183 billion in USDT circulation. The company's reserves are heavily weighted in U.S. Treasuries at $141 billion, with additional diversification into $20 billion in gold and $7 billion in bitcoin. This strategy leverages high-yield sovereign debt to generate earnings while broadening asset exposure, reflecting Tether's growing role in global dollar liquidity and stablecoin markets. The firm is also pursuing a full audit to improve transparency amid increasing regulatory scrutiny.
The EU's new MiCA regulation ends a transition period on July 1, forcing exchanges to delist stablecoins like Tether's USDT that lack MiCA authorization, affecting about $17.5 billion in EU-circulating USDT. This regulatory shift is driving liquidity...
The market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) has surpassed $43 billion in total market capitalization, with Ethereum dominating 57.8% of the sector. Key institutional players like BlackRock and Circle are driving growth by tokenizing assets such...
Tether has released version 0.13.0 of its QVAC SDK, a software development kit designed to enable local AI model training and execution directly on user devices without cloud reliance. This move marks Tether's expansion beyond its core stablecoin bus...
Rob Hadick of Dragonfly predicts the stablecoin market will evolve beyond the current USDT and USDC dominance due to increasing competition from banks, fintech companies, and new crypto issuers. This competition will focus on payments, compliance, an...
Flare Network's token price rose 6.67% in 24 hours alongside a 181% increase in trading volume, breaking past the $0.00725 resistance level. This price bounce was supported by the launch of Tether's omnichain deployment accessible via Superform, thou...
