Tether has introduced tether.wallet, a self-custody digital wallet that connects users directly to its global payment and settlement network. The wallet supports USDT, Bitcoin, and other tokens across multiple blockchains, allowing users to send funds easily without intermediaries and pay fees in the same asset they transfer. This move shifts Tether from being a back-end stablecoin provider to offering consumer-facing payment infrastructure, aiming to empower users with full control over their assets. The app currently operates on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, and Tether’s Plasma network, with plans to add more chains.
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...
