Tether News and Stablecoin Market Insights
Tether expands beyond stablecoins with Ualá investment
Tether is expanding its reach in Latin America with a $20 million investment in Argentine digital bank Ualá. The deal shows how the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin is using its ...
Tether leads $7 million funding round to expand USAT payments infrastructure in the U.S.
Tether is backing payroll and payments infrastructure for its U.S.-focused stablecoin as it pushes deeper into regulated digital dollar services. The company says a $7 million Series A investment ...
Flex raises $70 million as AI fintech valuation reaches about $1.2 billion
Three years after its launch, Flex is accelerating its push into banking and payments for mid-sized business owners with fresh capital and a broader product lineup. The funding comes as the ...
Nigel Farage seeks new UK mandate amid probes into crypto-linked gifts
Pressure is building around Nigel Farage's political and financial ties to figures in the digital asset sector as he moves to put his parliamentary future back before voters. He says he will ...
Tether brings USDT back to Bitcoin after years away
Tether is preparing to bring USDT back to the Bitcoin network, reviving a link to the blockchain where the stablecoin first appeared more than a decade ago. The move would use the RGB protocol ...
New York Life Investment Management sees tokenization enabling personalized portfolios
As institutional adoption of blockchain tools broadens, asset managers are exploring whether tokenization can reshape how investment products are built and delivered. New York Life Investment ...
U.S. sanctions hit 134 ISIS-K crypto wallets as Tether freezes linked funds
Counterterrorism sanctions are expanding further into digital assets as U.S. authorities target cryptocurrency infrastructure tied to ISIS-K financing. The latest action covers 134 wallet ...
Ark Invest buys $75 million in crypto stocks during June selloff
As crypto markets remain under pressure through June, Ark Invest increases its exposure to digital asset-linked equities as share prices fall across the sector. The buying spree totals more than ...
MiCA is live: How EU new rules are changing crypto market
On July 1, the European Union fully activated MiCA, a single rulebook for the crypto market designed to replace the previous patchwork of national regimes. For some companies, it is a path to ...
Cybrid report points to rising business stablecoin adoption in cross-border payments
Corporate use of stablecoins is set to expand over the next 12 months as more companies turn to digital tokens for international transactions. A Cybrid survey of 468 executives and business ...
Crypto stocks deepen slump as Coinbase, Circle trail U.S. tech peers
Crypto-linked equities are falling far more sharply than the broader U.S. stock market as weakness in digital assets adds to a wider technology selloff. The gap has widened even as the S&P 500 ...
Stablecoin markets face broader financial risks from potential run dynamics
Stablecoins are becoming more closely tied to market plumbing than to everyday consumer payments, raising concern over how a future loss of confidence could spread beyond crypto. If a major issuer ...
Fidelity launches money market fund for stablecoin issuers under U.S. GENIUS rules
As stablecoin reserve management becomes a larger business opportunity after new U.S. regulation, Fidelity Investments is launching a government money market fund tailored to institutional ...
U.S. regulators propose stablecoin customer-ID rule under GENIUS Act
U.S. financial regulators are advancing the next phase of stablecoin oversight with a proposal that would require issuers to apply customer identification procedures similar to those used by banks ...
Tether to shut down aUSDT stablecoin and focus on XAUT
Stablecoin issuer Tether is winding down Alloy by Tether and its gold-backed derivative stablecoin aUSDT just two years after launch. The company intends to focus on products and areas where it ...
U.S. senators urge Treasury to preserve state oversight in GENIUS stablecoin rules
As the Treasury moves toward final implementation of the GENIUS Act, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pressing for a clearer path for states to supervise some stablecoin issuers. The request ...
U.S. senators seek Treasury guidance on state stablecoin oversight under GENIUS Act
As the Treasury Department drafts rules for the GENIUS Act, a bipartisan group of senators is urging the agency to preserve a clear path for states to keep regulating smaller stablecoin issuers. ...
State Street launches stablecoin reserve fund under GENIUS Act framework
As regulation of payment stablecoins takes hold in the U.S., asset managers are rolling out cash management products tailored to reserve requirements. State Street Investment Management has ...
State Street launches stablecoin reserve fund amid competition for digital dollar assets
Traditional asset managers are pushing deeper into stablecoin infrastructure as digital dollar issuance expands and reserve pools become a larger source of fee income. State Street is now adding a ...
Why Tether flipping Ethereum is a pivotal moment for crypto
Last week, Tether’s USDT briefly passed Ethereum’s ether (ETH) by market capitalization for the first time in history before ETH was able to take back the number-two spot on the crypto ...
Tether invests in Neura Robotics to connect robots with crypto wallets
USDT issuer Tether has announced its participation in a Series C funding round for Neura Robotics worth up to $1.4 billion. In addition to providing capital, the companies plan to integrate ...
