ChainCatcher news, CoinGecko's latest data shows that the market capitalization of the US dollar stablecoin Tether (USDT) has surpassed 145 billion dollars, currently reaching 145,310,190,188 dollars, setting a new historical high, with a 24-hour trading volume of 39,626,773,182 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to FT, three insiders revealed that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick's son Brandon Lutnick is collaborating with SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex to create a multi-billion dollar Bitcoin acquisition platform. The platform raised $200 million in January and will use these funds to establish a new company called 21 Capital, which will acquire $3 billion worth of Bitcoin from other investors and companies. Tether will invest $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, while SoftBank and Bitfinex will contribute $900 million and $600 million, respectively.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Tether Treasury has newly burned 1.5 billion USDT on Ethereum.

ChainCatcher message, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Tether Treasury has minted 1 billion USDT on the Tron network 4 minutes ago.

ChainCatcher news, according to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino's post on X, USDT is driving the dominance of the dollar in all emerging markets, with over 450 million users, especially in developing countries, growing by more than 30 million each quarter.

ChainCatcher message, according to Whale Alert monitoring, at 22:20 Beijing time, 229,767,998 USDT (approximately 229.68 million USD) was transferred from Bitfinex to Tether Treasury.

According to ChainCatcher news, the on-chain data analysis platform MistTrack has monitored that Tether has frozen a total of approximately 870,000 USDT across three addresses. Address one has interacted with WhiteBIT and OKX, address two is associated with addresses related to theft, phishing, and pig butchering schemes, and address three has a record of interaction with Gate.io.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Galaxy Research reports that the size of the crypto lending market in Q4 2024 is $36.5 billion, a 43% decrease from the peak of $64.4 billion during the 2021 bull market.Tether, Galaxy, and Ledn hold nearly 90% of the $11.2 billion in outstanding loans from CeFi centralized lending institutions, with CeFi loans down 68% from the peak of $34.8 billion in early 2022.

ChainCatcher message, according to Whale Alert data detection, Tether minted an additional 1 billion USDT on the Tron network today at 15:45 Beijing time.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, 4 hours ago, Tether Treasury minted another 1 billion USDT on TronNetwork.By 2025, Tether Treasury has minted a total of 8 billion USDT on TronNetwork and burned 1 billion USDT on Ethereum.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, 120,000,000 USDT (approximately 119,999,414 USD) was transferred from Tether Treasury to Bitfinex at 15:04.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released new regulations clarifying that certain stablecoins do not fall under the category of securities and may be exempt from trading reporting obligations. Some analysts believe that the stablecoins covered by the SEC's new regulations may not include those issued by Tether, as the SEC pointed out that acceptable reserves for stablecoins do not include precious metals or other crypto assets, both of which are included in Tether's reserves.In addition, the SEC also requires that any token must be redeemable for U.S. dollars at any time, but Tether's terms of service suggest that there may be minimum redemption amounts or delays in redemption.

ChainCatcher news, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that Tether does not need to go public.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted payment protocol AEON announced a partnership with TON and Tether, enabling users to use $TON and the native $USDT for payments at tens of thousands of online and offline stores. It will provide various forms of crypto payment touchpoints such as DApps and Telegram mini-apps, gradually covering over 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and other regions, promoting the application of crypto assets in real-world payments.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, USDT issuer Tether purchased another 8,888 BTC ($735 million) in the first quarter of this year:On the first day after the end of the first quarter, Tether's address for purchasing and reserving BTC withdrew 8,888 BTC from Bitfinex. This is the BTC that Tether purchased in the first quarter of this year: Tether announced in May 2023 that it would regularly use 15% of the company's profits to purchase Bitcoin to enhance its reserves.Tether currently holds a total of 92,647 BTC ($7.64 billion), making it the 6th largest BTC wallet address. Their comprehensive purchase cost for BTC is approximately $41,147, with current unrealized gains reaching $3.83 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, Tether has issued an additional 1 billion USDT on the Tron network.

ChainCatcher message, according to WhaleAlert monitoring, Tether Treasury has issued an additional 1 billion USDT on the Tron chain.