Tether, the company behind the popular USDT stablecoin, has unveiled Alloy, a pioneering platform on Ethereum designed to mint a gold-backed stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. aUSDT, the first Tethered asset, just launched!aUSDT is a synthetic dollar over-collateralised by XAUt (Tether Gold). Alloy by Tether is an open platform
The global crypto market started the weekend with a bearish trend, seeing its market cap dip to $2.42 trillion—a 0.74% decrease over the past day. In contrast, the total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours rose by 3.13%, reaching $71.94 billion. Bitcoin’s dominance slightly decreased to 54.05%, a
Tether, the firm behind USDT stablecoin, has made news all over the world once again for its strategic investment projects, this time by announcing its intentions to enter the artificial intelligence and biotech sector. A post from June 11th states that Tether Holdings Inc., the stablecoin giant’s investment arm, plans
In light of the impending implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) in the European Union, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is contemplating the removal of support for the stablecoin Tether (USDT). Kraken is reportedly “actively reviewing” strategies to meet the requirements of the forthcoming MiCA framework, as reported by Bloomberg
The biggest stablecoin in the world, Tether (USDT), has minted yet another $1 billion worth of USDT, putting its market cap beyond $110 billion. This might be the much-needed catalyst for Bitcoin’s next climb to new all-time highs. An additional $1 billion worth of USDT was minted by Tether’s Treasury
Tether has frozen 5.2 million USDT from 12 Ethereum addresses linked to phishing groups. These addresses are tagged as USDT-banned addresses by MistTrack. It is an anti-money laundering tracking system developed by SlowMist AML, and used in on-chain analytics to trace illicit funds. Historically, stablecoin issuers ban suspicious addresses for
In a recent exchange between cryptocurrency industry leaders, the Tether CEO replied for comments made by the Ripple CEO, shedding light on the stability and compliance measures of the stablecoin amidst speculation of government scrutiny. Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, had suggested a potential investigation by US authorities into Tether,
According to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, the US government is “going after” USDT stablecoin issuer Tether, which might have unforeseen consequences for the cryptocurrency market. In the same vein as the collapse of FTX and the following revelation of fraud committed by its leadership, Garlinghouse said on a May 10
Tether, the issuer of USDT, has declared intentions to expand its footprint across Eastern Europe. In order to do this, the cryptocurrency company plans to increase its investment in CitiPay.io, a platform that processes payments. It should be noted that this is not the first time Tether, the stablecoin issuer,
A collaboration between blockchain data platform Chainalysis and USDT stablecoin issuer Tether has been announced. The goal of this collaboration is to improve the oversight of Tether token transactions, particularly with regard to the identification and mitigation of risks associated with illicit activity and sanctions breaches. This move is in
