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Tether posts $10B profit; amasses $141B in US Treasuries — Assets.beincrypto.com

Tether posts $10B profit; amasses $141B in US Treasuries

Tether posted a record $10 billion net profit for 2025, driven by aggressive issuance that pushed total USDT in circulation above $186 billion. The company said the year included a $50 billion expansion of USDT — its second-largest annual increase — which it attributes to global demand for dollar liquidity outside traditional

What Tether’s weekly gold buys mean for the XAU price — Assets.beincrypto.com

What Tether’s weekly gold buys mean for the XAU price

Tether is buying about 1–2 tons of physical gold each week and CEO Paolo Ardoino says the firm plans to lift gold to roughly 10–15% of its investment portfolio, a move that is turning the stablecoin issuer into a meaningful new force in the bullion market, Ardoino told

Gold at $5,300: Tether hoards 130 tons while Coinbase promotes futures — Images.cointelegraph.com

Gold at $5,300: Tether hoards 130 tons while Coinbase promotes futures

As spot gold surged above $5,300 per ounce this week — peaking at $5,311 at 3:30 am UTC, according to TradingView — Tether and Coinbase took divergent approaches to gaining exposure to the rally. Tether, issuer of the gold-backed stablecoin XAUT and the dollar stablecoin USDt, increased its gold

FBI arrests ex‑Olympian Ryan Wedding, accused of running crypto-linked drug ring — Assets.beincrypto.com

FBI arrests ex‑Olympian Ryan Wedding, accused of running crypto-linked drug ring

Beincrypto reports the FBI announced the arrest of Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, on charges of cocaine trafficking and murder; Mexican authorities said he turned himself in at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City. Authorities said the arrest ends a decade-long manhunt for one of the

Iran central bank purchased over $500M in USDT amid rial crisis — Assets.beincrypto.com

Iran central bank purchased over $500M in USDT amid rial crisis

Beincrypto reports that crypto security firm Elliptic found Iran’s central bank secretly purchased more than $500 million in Tether’s USDT during 2025 as the rial crisis deepened. Elliptic said it identified a network of wallets it attributed to the Central Bank of Iran that accumulated at least $507

USDT demand falls over 40% in Venezuela as exchange gap narrows — Assets.beincrypto.com

USDT demand falls over 40% in Venezuela as exchange gap narrows

Beincrypto reports USDT demand in Venezuela has fallen by over 40% in the past 10 days, sharply narrowing the gap with the Central Bank’s official exchange rate. Policy shifts and new oil agreements with the United States have raised expectations of greater foreign-currency supply; earlier in January the American

Estimated 156% Increase in Revolut Stablecoin Payments to $10.5B in 2025 — Images.cointelegraph.com

Estimated 156% Increase in Revolut Stablecoin Payments to $10.5B in 2025

Stablecoin payment volumes on fintech platform Revolut rose an estimated 156% in 2025 to $10.5 billion, according to crypto researcher Alex Obchakevich; Revolut has not published official 2025 payment volume data. Obchakevich estimated that the share of stablecoin volume on Revolut nearly doubled to 0.583% of total payment

South Korea ends nine-year corporate crypto ban with 5% investment cap — Assets.beincrypto.com

South Korea ends nine-year corporate crypto ban with 5% investment cap

Beincrypto reports South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has reportedly finalized guidelines allowing listed companies and registered professional investors to allocate up to 5% of their equity capital to cryptocurrencies, ending a nine-year corporate ban. Under the new rules, investments would be limited to the top-20 cryptocurrencies by market

Tether freezes $182 million in USDT from five Tron wallets — Assets.beincrypto.com

Tether freezes $182 million in USDT from five Tron wallets

Beincrypto reports that Tether froze more than $182 million in USDT in a single day, targeting five Tron-based wallets during the last 24 hours. On January 11 the blockchain tracking service Whale Alert flagged five distinct freezing actions, with the targeted wallets holding sums ranging from $12 million to $50

USDC overtakes USDT in 2025 transfer volume driven by Solana growth — Assets.beincrypto.com

USDC overtakes USDT in 2025 transfer volume driven by Solana growth

Beincrypto reports that Circle’s USDC processed $18.3 trillion in transfers in 2025, surpassing Tether’s USDT which processed $13.2 trillion and marking the first time USDC has overtaken USDT in annual transaction volume. According to Artemis Analytics, the $18.3 trillion versus $13.2 trillion result represents

Bloomberg: Stablecoin payment flows could reach $56.6 trillion by 2030 — Images.cointelegraph.com

Bloomberg: Stablecoin payment flows could reach $56.6 trillion by 2030

Bloomberg Intelligence projects that stablecoin payment flows could reach $56.6 trillion by 2030, a rise the firm said would make stablecoins one of the most important payment tools in global finance. Bloomberg reported that stablecoin payment flows were $2.9 trillion in 2025 and said achieving the projected total

Polymarket political betting could boost stablecoin use in 2026 — Assets.beincrypto.com

Polymarket political betting could boost stablecoin use in 2026

Beincrypto reports that political and geopolitical betting on prediction market Polymarket is driving rapidly growing, high-value activity and could spur a major stablecoin boom in 2026. Top-charting markets largely center on US politics and global leadership polls, with trading volumes on these polls ranging from near $1 million to highs