Tether Alloy Gold-Backed Reserves Cross $210M
Tether’s Alloy gold-backed synthetic dollar reserves have crossed $210 million, according to the company’s transparency materials. The milestone relates to Alloy and aUSDT, not standard USDT reserves. That distinction matters because Tether’s main stablecoin is fiat-backed, while Alloy uses a different structure: a synthetic dollar overcollateralized by Tether Gold. In simple terms, Alloy is designed…
Circle Reserve Attestation Shows USDC Backing Above Circulating Supply
Circle has issued its latest monthly reserve attestation for USDC, with Deloitte’s review showing reserve assets above total circulating token supply. The attestation states that USDC reserves stood at $34.5 billion and were backed primarily by short-term U.S. Treasury bills and overnight repurchase agreements. That kind of reserve disclosure matters because stablecoins depend on confidence.…
Tether Reports $1.3B Q2 Profit As Excess Reserves Reach $5.2B
Tether reported $1.3 billion in Q2 net operating profit in its latest BDO attestation statement, while excess reserves rose to $5.2 billion above full USDT backing. The figures keep Tether at the center of the stablecoin market’s profitability and reserve debate. USDT remains the largest dollar stablecoin in crypto, and Tether’s reserve earnings have become…
Ethereum Turns 11 With $148B Stablecoin Base But Cooler Mainnet Fees
Ethereum has turned 11, and the network’s birthday arrives with a very Ethereum-style contradiction: it is still one of the most important settlement layers in crypto, but its base-chain revenue has cooled sharply. The validated July 31 notes show Ethereum hosting roughly $148.8 billion in stablecoins and around $15.5 billion in tokenized real-world assets. At…
Visa Stablecoin Treasury Engine Pushes Settlement Deeper Into Institutional Finance
Visa Stablecoin Treasury Engine Pushes Settlement Deeper Into Institutional Finance Visa has launched a stablecoin treasury engine for financial institutions, marking another step in the shift from crypto payment experiments to real institutional settlement infrastructure. The service is designed to let financial institutions settle merchant network balances using stablecoins such as USDC and EURC. That…
Sui Launches Gas-Free Stablecoin Transfers At Protocol Level
Sui has launched gas-free stablecoin transfers, a move that goes directly at one of the most annoying pieces of crypto payments: needing the network’s native token just to move dollars. For experienced crypto users, gas is normal. For everyone else, it is friction. A user may have USDC or another stablecoin in a wallet, but…
Tether’s Pact Labs Round Shows Stablecoin Issuers Are Still Building Compliance Rails
Tether’s Pact Labs Round Shows Stablecoin Issuers Are Still Building Compliance Rails is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: tether led a $7 million funding round…
XRP Utility Debate Returns As Ripple Stablecoin Migration Plans Draw Attention
XRP Utility Debate Returns As Ripple Stablecoin Migration Plans Draw Attention is a useful reminder that crypto coverage is not only about token prices. Sometimes the more important story is the infrastructure, regulation, security, or product layer sitting underneath the market noise. The immediate point is straightforward: fresh discussion around Ripple’s stablecoin plans has put…
Kraken Adds Arbitrum Stablecoins As Exchanges Keep Chasing Cheaper Settlement Rails
Stablecoin listings can look routine until you pay attention to the chain. Kraken adding USDT0 and USDC.e support on Arbitrum is really a story about where exchange infrastructure is moving: toward cheaper, faster settlement rails that users actually want to touch. That is important because stablecoins are no longer just exchange quote assets. They are…
Tether’s TON Integration Pushes USDT Deeper Into Telegram’s Crypto Economy
Tether’s TON Integration Pushes USDT Deeper Into Telegram’s Crypto Economy is the kind of crypto story that looks simple at headline level but becomes more useful once you place it inside the wider market backdrop. Stablecoin adoption often becomes most meaningful when it is embedded in apps people already use, and TON’s link to Telegram…