The GENIUS Act, effective mid-2028, requires stablecoin issuers like Tether to hold 1:1 USD reserves, publish monthly disclosures, and comply with anti-money laundering laws to operate in the US. Tether launched a compliant stablecoin, USA₮, for the US market while continuing USDT internationally. If Tether's USDT does not receive Treasury approval as a compliant foreign issuer, it could be banned from US exchanges. Final compliance rules are expected in early 2027, giving Tether and others about 18 months to adapt before the enforcement deadline.
A new working paper from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) shows that rising bank deposit rates in the U.S. predict slower growth in the stablecoin market from 2019 to 2025. The effect is stronger for Circle's USDC than Tether's USDT, like...
XRP accounted for the largest share of domestic crypto trading at 15.99%, with STX showing the highest domestic trading intensity relative to its global presence, at 46.24 times higher. Other tokens like ONDO and WLD also had significantly higher dom...
AIsa, an AI infrastructure startup, announced it has raised over $9 million in cumulative funding after Tether and HIVEN joined a seed extension round. The company connects AI agents to external data and services while managing usage, billing, and sp...
Businesses accepting Tether USD (USDT) on the TRON blockchain face network costs that vary based on Energy and Bandwidth consumption during transactions. Energy covers contract execution and has no free allocation, while Bandwidth covers transaction ...
As of October 17, Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) together accounted for 84.7% of the $302.5 billion stablecoin market, with a combined market cap of $256.1 billion. USDT held $183.4 billion, while USDC was valued at $72.7 billion. Other stablecoin...
