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$184.03B

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$1.32

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What Are Stablecoins and How Do You Use Them?

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that claim to be backed by fiat currencies. Unlike cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, their prices remain steady.

What Is USDT? Tether's Record-Breaking Stablecoin

Tether is a type of cryptocurrency known as a stablecoin, that’s pegged to the price of the U.S. dollar. Here’s everything you need to know.

Tether News

Mar 13, 2026

Markets

Billionaire Investor Stanley Druckenmiller Bullish on Stablecoin Growth

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller thinks that stablecoins are “incredibly useful”—so much so that he expects them to become the backbone of the financial system in the coming decades. “I assume our whole payments systems will be stablecoins in 10 or 15 years,” he said in a newly posted video interview with Morgan Stanley, calling the fiat-pegged tokens highly productive thanks to their efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The former hedge fund manager did not speak as highly about the...

by Logan Hitchcock · 2 min read

Mar 2, 2026

Law and Order

US Prosecutors Seek $327K Crypto Forfeiture Over Romance Scam

Prosecutors for the Massachusetts District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office are seeking the civil forfeiture of $327,829 in USDT as part of a money laundering scheme that victimized the user of an online dating app. An individual operating under the guise of “Linda Brown” communicated with the victim—a Massachusetts resident—for a few weeks beginning in November 2024 before offering a purported cryptocurrency investment opportunity to the individual. The victim then sent funds to wallets controlled...

by Logan Hitchcock · 2 min read

Feb 2, 2026

Business

The Link Between Trump's Fed Pick and Tether's 'Made in America' Stablecoin

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, helped shape Anchorage Digital, a key player in Tether’s efforts to gain a regulated foothold in U.S. markets. Prior to being tapped by Trump for the role on Friday, Warsh served as an advisor to Anchorage Digital for years. The American financier and bank executive was listed on the company’s website as an advisor, but he was removed sometime after Jan. 16, per the Internet Archive. On Friday, Anchorage Digital co-found...

by André Beganski · 3 min read

Feb 2, 2026

Business

Opera Shares Jump After MiniPay Wallet Adds Support for Tether's USDT

Opera’s aggressive pivot into the crypto space paid off in the markets on Monday, with shares climbing nearly 18% following the integration of Tether’s USDT into its MiniPay wallet. The Oslo-based company saw its stock jump from an opening price of $12.42 to $14.87 earlier Monday after announcing that users can now hold and transfer the world's largest stablecoin, alongside the gold-pegged token Tether Gold. Opera's shares finished the day trading at $14.10, still showing a more than 13% rise on...

by Jason Nelson · 3 min read

Jan 27, 2026

Law and Order

Chinese National Gets 46 Months in Prison for $37 Million Crypto Scam Targeting Americans

Jingliang Su, a Chinese national, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for the role he played in the laundering of more than $36.9 million taken from victims of crypto scams. Su, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal money transmitting business, was also ordered to pay restitution of more than $26.8 million. “This defendant and his co-conspirators scammed 174 Americans out of their hard-earned money,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Dep...

by Logan Hitchcock · 2 min read

Jan 27, 2026

Markets

Stablecoins Are a Bigger Threat to US Banks Than Regulators Admit: Standard Chartered

Roughly $500 billion worth of cash will shift from bank deposits into stablecoins by 2028, estimated Standard Chartered Global Head of Digital Assets Rearch Geoff Kendrick in a note shared with Decrypt. It's a more modest estimate than Kendrick offered up in October, when he wrote that stablecoins could lure $1 trillion away from banks. The report comes as lawmakers in D.C. debate over the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, or CLARITY Act, which would create a federal regulatory framework for dig...

by Stacy Jones · 2 min read

Jan 27, 2026

Business

Tether Launches US-Regulated USAT Stablecoin Issued By Anchorage Digital

Tether said Tuesday that its USAT stablecoin is now available for trading and will be issued by Anchorage Digital, providing it with a pathway toward compliance under the GENIUS Act. In a press release, the El Salvador-based firm said the stablecoin—which debuted on several crypto exchanges, including Kraken and Crypto.com—was specifically designed for U.S. markets, with Anchorage's status as a federally chartered digital asset bank placing the product under the supervision of the U.S. Office of...

by André Beganski · 3 min read

Jan 26, 2026

Business

Gold Hits Record High as Tether Reports Gold-Backed Token Is Growing Faster Than USDT

Tether’s legacy was built around the U.S. dollar, but an attestation report published by the stablecoin issuer on Monday underscored a recent shift in momentum toward gold—with the report coming right as gold hit a new all-time high above $5,100. As of Dec. 31, the company had minted 375,000 Tether Gold (XAUT) tokens, a 38% increase compared to three months ago, according to a report from accounting firm BDO Italia. Meanwhile, USDT’s market cap grew 7% to $187 billion, according to CoinGecko. Th...

by André Beganski · 3 min read

Jan 24, 2026

Long Reads

Can Stablecoins Break Free From the US Dollar?

More than a decade after the first stablecoins emerged, the U.S. dollar still reigns supreme in crypto. The stablecoin market has grown to more than $306 billion in total capitalization, data from DefiLlama shows. According to JPMorgan, around 99% of the stablecoin market remains U.S. dollar‑denominated. USD-pegged stablecoins’ dominance is half inertia and half convenience, according to Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of Concordium. “The dollar is the global reserve currency, so it's the natural d...

by Callan Quinn · 7 min read

Jan 23, 2026

Law and Order

Olympic Snowboarder Turned Alleged Crypto Crime Kingpin Arrested in Mexico

The FBI announced Friday that it has arrested Ryan James Wedding, a wanted fugitive and former Olympic snowboarder accused of operating a drug-smuggling empire backed by crypto. Wedding, a Canadian national, was accused in 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice of managing a cocaine trafficking operation running from Colombia, through Mexico, and into the United States. Wedding and his business partners also orchestrated numerous murders as part of that operation, the prosecutors alleged. The DO...

by Sander Lutz · 3 min read

Jan 12, 2026

Coins

Crypto Needs 'Better Decentralized Stablecoins', Says Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin has warned that today’s decentralized stablecoins are not resilient enough to support crypto’s long‑term vision, arguing that the industry needs new designs that are less dependent on the U.S. dollar and less vulnerable to capture by wealthy actors. In an X post on Sunday, Buterin said existing models suffer from three core flaws, namely reliance on a single fiat price reference, oracle systems that can be manipulated by large pools of capital, and staking yie...

by Callan Quinn · 4 min read

Jan 7, 2026

Law and Order

Crypto Advocates Renew Stablecoin Rewards Push as Market Structure Bill Nears Key Senate Vote

The debate surrounding stablecoin rewards is growing louder as the Senate Banking Committee approaches a key markup vote on a crypto market structure bill next Thursday. After hundreds of community bank leaders urged U.S. Senate members to protect local lending from perceived stablecoin risks, several high-profile members of the crypto industry pushed back, including Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad. “Congress already settled this in GENIUS—reopening it now only creates uncertainty a...

by André Beganski · 4 min read

Jan 7, 2026

Business

YouTube Rival Rumble Debuts Bitcoin, Tether Wallet for Crypto Creator Tips

Publicly traded video streaming firm Rumble rolled out its crypto wallet—called Rumble Wallet—on Wednesday to support crypto payments and tipping for its creator economy. Built with stablecoin issuer Tether’s wallet development kit and using payments infrastructure from MoonPay, the non-custodial wallet is directly embedded within the Rumble platform and initially supports dollar-backed stablecoin USDT, Tether’s Gold-backed token (XAUT), and Bitcoin (BTC). “Rumble represents free speech and li...

by Logan Hitchcock · 2 min read

Dec 30, 2025

Markets

The Year in Stablecoins 2025: Record Growth as GENIUS Act Opens the Floodgates

Stablecoins just had their biggest year on record. The total stablecoin market capitalization has grown by 49% in 2025, going from $205 billion in January to $306 billion at the end of November, according to data on crypto analytics platform DeFi Llama. The ballooning of the stablecoin category has been driven by very strong catalysts. In the past 12 months, stablecoin issuers have gained a U.S. regulatory framework, further clarity and rollout of MiCA in the European market, and the embrace of...

by Stacy Jones · 4 min read

Dec 25, 2025

Coins

From Tether to the Trump-Backed USD1: The 7 Fastest-Moving Stablecoins of 2025

This was a defining year for stablecoins, with the signing of the GENIUS Act, a high-flying IPO for Circle, and a handful of tokens outpacing the rest. Since the start of January, the overall U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin supply has increased by more than $100 billion, to $314 billion total. But that doesn’t mean all boats have risen at the same rate. To measure stablecoin performance, Decrypt calculated velocity using historical data from crypto price aggregator CoinGecko from January thro...

by Stacy Jones · 8 min read

Dec 16, 2025

Coins

Tether Invests in Crypto Startup Powering Stablecoin Use via Bitcoin Lightning Network

Prominent stablecoin issuer Tether has announced a strategic investment in Speed, a payments infrastructure firm utilizing the Bitcoin Lightning Network and stablecoins for instant global settlements. Tether said Tuesday that it co-led Speed's $8 million funding round alongside Ego Death Capital. Via products like Speed Wallet and Speed Merchant, Tether said that Speed currently processes over $1.5 billion in annual payment volume, serving 1.2 million users and businesses. The platform offers in...

by Andrew Hayward · 3 min read

Dec 15, 2025

Markets

Juventus Owner Rejects Tether's $1.2 Billion Acquisition Offer, Sending Team's Stock Soaring

Shares in Italian soccer club Juventus rose than 17% after Exor, a holding company with majority ownership, rejected an all-cash offer from stablecoin giant Tether. Tether’s all-cash offer to Exor on Friday was reportedly valued at €2.66 ($3.13) a share—a value around 21% higher than Friday’s closing price, according to data from Yahoo Finance. The offer valued the club around €1.1 billion in total ($1.29 billion). “Exor N.V. announces that its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected an uns...

by Logan Hitchcock · 2 min read

Dec 12, 2025

Business

Crypto Giant Tether Makes Offer to Acquire Juventus Soccer Club

Stablecoin giant Tether is making a push to become the owner of Italian soccer club, Juventus. The USDT issuer submitted a binding all cash proposal to acquire 65.4% of the club that is currently owned by Exor—a holding company for the Agnelli family, creators of car brand Fiat. Financial details were not disclosed. “For me, Juventus has always been part of my life,” said Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, in a statement. “I grew up with this team. As a boy, I learned what commitment, resilience, and r...

by Logan Hitchcock · 2 min read

Dec 12, 2025

Law and Order

Lawmakers Say Bank of England Stablecoin Proposals Will ‘Limit Adoption, Push Activity Overseas’

A group of British lawmakers has urged the Bank of England to reconsider proposals that would cap stablecoin holdings for citizens and businesses, and impose stringent reserve requirements on issuers. Under the proposals—which are still undergoing consultation—stablecoin holdings would be capped at $26,350 (£20,000) for private individuals and $12.7 million (£10 million) for businesses, with some exemptions possible for larger firms. In addition, stablecoin issuers would only be permitted to hol...

by Will McCurdy · 3 min read

Dec 11, 2025

Law and Order

Crypto Is Now Central to Venezuela’s Economy—And Poses Sanctions Risks: TRM

New research suggests Venezuela has become increasingly dependent on crypto as the United States and its allies escalate a push for regime change in the isolated nation. Nearly a decade of economic isolation, aggressive international sanctions, and economic collapse have made crypto tokens—particulary, Tether’s USDT stablecoin—central to the everyday life of Venezuelans, according to a new report from TRM Labs. The report also underscores how Venezuela’s largely unregulated crypto economy has po...

by Sander Lutz · 3 min read