Tether's USDT is now available as a confidential token (cUSDT) on Zama, which uses fully homomorphic encryption to hide transaction amounts and balances on Ethereum. Since its launch in January 2026, cUSDT has reached a cumulative shielded volume of $131.3 million and a total value locked of $7.7 million, showing strong adoption. This privacy feature is crucial for institutions to protect financial details from competitors and front-running. Zama's approach of wrapping regulated stablecoins supports compliance while enabling confidential DeFi transactions, with further growth expected through integrations like Morpho vaults and the $ZAMA token ecosystem.
Tether's USDT is trading at Rp17.690 with a slight 0.20% gain on Pluang, showing steady investor interest. Meanwhile, ZAMA is priced at Rp837 and has dipped 1.13% as of Sep 15, 2026 22:26 WIB, reflecting some short-term selling pressure amid its growing DeFi ecosystem.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino disputed a Senate report accusing the company of delays in freezing Iran-linked wallets, stating that since 2023, Tether has frozen flagged addresses on average four weeks before official U.S. and Israeli sanctions designatio...
Bitcoin attracted the largest cryptocurrency inflows at $31.44 million, followed by Ethereum and Zcash, which also saw significant outflows. Stablecoins like Tether and USD Coin received substantial funds, indicating a shift between volatile assets a...
On October 19, major cryptocurrencies USDC, ETH, and BTC experienced net outflows, with USDC seeing a net outflow of $58.44 million, ETH $55.28 million, and BTC $43.52 million. In contrast, PEPE led the net inflows at $5.67 million, alongside stablec...
A Bank for International Settlements working paper finds that stablecoin market growth in the U.S. slowed when banks increased the interest rates they pay on deposits. The study, covering data from 2019 to mid-2025, shows that a rise in bank deposit ...
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...
