Tether has partnered with Opera to expand its Stablecoin USDT and its tokenized gold XAUT through Opera’s Mini wallet. After this announcement, the Opera’s stock has sharply risen to 18%. With the new integration, Mini users can now send, receive, and hold USDT. They can also convert part of their
Uniswap has marked its presence on the multi-chain universe by entering X Layer, which stands for OKX’s Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem. This will enable a new low-cost platform for the trading community and retain the native Uniswap experience within the OKX ecosystem. Uniswap made the deployment official through an announcement
The company behind USDT, Tether, had frozen more than $180 million in USDT on January 11, according to data from blockchain surveillance website Whale Alert. The freezes were carried out in five consecutive transactions, affecting several Tron-based wallets with sums that range from $12 million to $50 million; a total
Following the United States’ capture and extradition of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier in the month, the role of Tether’s USDT stablecoin in the economy of Venezuela has come into renewed focus. USDT, being a stablecoin pegged on the value of the US dollar, is an integral part of the
According to the analysis, the payment volumes for the stablecoins in the year 2025 surged 72%, reaching $33 trillion, and it is expected to attain $56.6 trillion by 2030, based on the estimates provided by Bloomberg Intelligence, indicating the expected growth in the adoption of these coins on the payment
Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has introduced a brand-new category of regulated TradFi Perpetual Futures focused on round-the-clock investing in traditional assets such as gold or silver through the use of the USDT stablecoin issued by Tether. Titled as TradFi Perpetual Contracts, these contracts are a
On January 06, 2026, the U.S. Government moved $225 million worth of USDT from a wallet linked to the seized Crypto assets owned by the government to an Anonymous Blockchain address. This movement appears to be connected to a major Crypto scam announced earlier by the U.S. Authorities and was
Tether and Circle minted USDT and USDC, respectively, and the crypto market is curious about the reason. Both transactions happened in just 12 hours on different networks for a total of 2 billion tokens. The development comes at a time when crypto prices are fluctuating – teasing highs one moment
Revolut, a digital banking platform, has introduced free currency exchange between US dollars and stablecoins to its 65 million users worldwide. The neobank is now providing precise one-to-one transactions, eliminating the customary spreads and transaction expenses that generally come with cryptocurrency on-ramping and off-ramping operations. The new service on the
The stablecoin market is entering a critical phase. While Tether (USDT) has long dominated the landscape, recent concerns over reserve transparency, centralized control, and regulatory risks are driving users toward more transparent and decentralized alternatives. Experts point out that USDT’s dependence on centralized financial entities — and the potential for
