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Internet Computer (ICP) surged more than 20% to roughly $2.90 after Upbit, South Korea's largest exchange, added ICP trading pairs against KRW, BTC and USDT on March 11. The listing increased ICP's market cap by about $100 million and opened access to Korean retail liquidity.

Tether has taken a strategic stake in Eight Sleep at a $1.5 billion valuation and entered a long-term partnership to expand AI-driven, on-device personalized health and wellness technology beyond sleep monitoring. The deal signals Tether's push beyond crypto into longevity and artificial intelligence.

DHS tips and coordinated law enforcement action prompted Tether to freeze more than $4.2 billion in USDT linked to scams and money-laundering, including a $61 million multi-wallet scheme. The intervention highlights Tether's growing role in combating crypto crime and raises concerns about centralized control.

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, has frozen roughly $4.2 billion in USDT over the past three years, reflecting stepped-up action by global regulators and law enforcement to disrupt scams, money laundering and other illicit activity in crypto markets.

Telegram's self-custodial TON Wallet has been expanded into a full DeFi gateway, integrating Affluent smart vaults together with partners Morpho, TAC and Re7 to provide in-app on-chain yield strategies for USDT, BTC and ETH, aiming to deliver up to 3.5% APY to millions of users.

Growth for Tether and other large stablecoins has stalled, as USDT's market capitalization recorded a rare consecutive monthly drop, the first since the 2022 Terra collapse. The move signals slowing stablecoin growth, increased crypto-market fragility and suggests funds are rotating into rival stablecoins rather than broad market exit.

Tether has taken a stake in online marketplace Whop and integrated its WDK to facilitate on-chain USDT payouts. The move aims to broaden stablecoin adoption in the creator economy, spur global digital commerce, and advance financial inclusion for millions worldwide.

U.S. authorities in North Carolina confiscated more than $61 million in Tether (USDT) tied to pig butchering romance-investment schemes, demonstrating their ability to trace and freeze stablecoin transfers used to launder proceeds from sham online trading platforms amid a rise in AI-driven impersonation schemes.

Tether is retiring its CNH₮ offshore yuan stablecoin due to weak demand, stopping any new minting immediately and winding down redemption services within 12 months, citing low adoption and ongoing maintenance burdens.

Tether and Elemental Royalty announced an option for investors to receive dividend payments in Tether Gold (XAU₮), a blockchain token backed by physical gold. This move makes Elemental Royalty the first publicly listed gold firm to offer cryptocurrency dividends directly linked to tokenized gold.

Tether has taken a stake in Dreamcash’s parent, Supreme Liquid Labs, to expand USDT0-collateralized equity and commodity perpetual markets on the Hyperliquid DEX. The move will let retail traders access real-world asset futures via Dreamcash’s mobile interface; the investment size was not disclosed.

Fueled by heavy demand for its USDT and the recently launched USAT stablecoins and robust 2025 earnings, Tether says it expects to rank among the world’s top ten purchasers of U.S. Treasury bills, deepening its stake in traditional finance.

Tether has invested in and teamed up with LayerZero Labs to adopt its Omnichain (OFT) interoperability protocol, allowing USDT to flow across multiple blockchains, enhancing cross-chain liquidity, practical stablecoin use cases, and emerging 'agentic finance' applications.

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Tether has invested $150 million for a 12% stake in Gold.com, increasing its gold exposure to about 140 tons and strengthening its $2.4B XAUT token within the $5.5B tokenized gold market. Tether is working with Gold.com to enable purchases of physical gold using its stablecoins.

Tether invested $100 million in Anchorage Digital, strengthening a partnership to build secure, regulated digital-asset infrastructure and to support the U.S.-focused USAT stablecoin. The investment highlights shared focus on regulatory compliance, institutional-grade security and long-term market stability.

In Q4 2025, Tether (USD₮) bucked a roughly one-third fall in total crypto market cap by expanding its supply and reserves, hitting a record near $187B market capitalization and about $193B in reserves, while users and on-chain activity grew as rival stablecoins waned.

Tether has quietly shelved plans to solicit as much as $20 billion at a proposed $500 billion valuation following strong investor resistance, highlighting market doubt and possibly influencing the company's future strategic choices and financial stance.

Tether has launched MiningOS, an open-source, modular Bitcoin mining operating system aimed at simplifying, scaling, and decentralizing mining for users ranging from home hobbyists to large industrial operators, while reducing reliance on proprietary vendor-controlled software and expanding Tether’s role in Bitcoin infrastructure.

Opera's MiniPay, now supporting Tether's USDT and Tether Gold, has exceeded 12.6 million activations and handled more than $153 million in stablecoin volume. The integration has accelerated growth in phone-verified wallets and broadened financial access in emerging markets, lifting Opera's share price and advancing inclusion for underbanked users.