Tether (USDT) News Today

According to Bitcoin.com’s report on May 9, stablecoin issuer Tether has filed a lawsuit with the São Paulo court in Brazil, seeking repayment of a $300 million defaulted loan by Titan Holding, a company under the Master Group. The loan was issued in March 2025, with a scheduled repayment date of March 28, 2026, but Tether has not received any repayment to date.

According to Onchain Lens, Tether destroyed 2 billion USDT on Ethereum early on May 9. The burn occurred approximately 5 hours before monitoring, part of a broader activity period where Tether minted 5 billion USDT since

According to the blockchain security firm BlockSec, in a May report titled “Stablecoin Issuer Freezing Risk and Treasury Security Management White Paper,” its USDT Freeze Tracker on-chain statistics show that as of May 7, over the past 30 days Tether has cumulatively added 384 addresses to the blacklist across the Ethereum and Tron networks, involving frozen funds of about $515 million.

According to CoinDesk, Tether government affairs lead Jesse Spiro warned on May 8 that the 2026 U.S. midterm elections could significantly impact the crypto industry, testing whether Washington's recent pro-digital asset stance will endure. Spiro noted the sector gained ground over the past year, in

According to Odaily, Tether AI Research Group released QVAC MedPsy, a medical AI model designed to run locally on smartphones and wearable devices without cloud dependency. The 1.7 billion-parameter version scored 62.62 on seven medical benchmarks, outperforming Google's MedGemma-1.5-4B by 11.42 poi

According to Tether's AI research team, the company today launched QVAC MedPsy series medical language models designed for local deployment on smartphones and wearables without cloud dependency. The 1.7B-parameter version scored 62.62 on seven medical benchmarks, exceeding Google MedGemma-4B

At Consensus, Ben O'Neill, head of capital flows at Bridge, said that Tether and Circle's dominance in the stablecoin market is detrimental to the industry's overall growth. O'Neill noted that while each issuer has design trade-offs, their fee structures are problematic for large payment

According to Cointelegraph, Tether Chief Executive Officer Paolo Ardoino announced on May 6 that the company's AI research team will release another breakthrough in local AI this week.

Gate News message, Tether has minted another $1 billion USDT on the Tron Network. Over the past two weeks, the company has minted a total of $5 billion USDT across Ethereum and Tron networks.

Tether added over 6 tons of gold in Q1 2026, bringing total USDT-backed reserves to 132 tons valued near $19.8 billion. Gold now makes up about 10% of reserves, alongside $117B in U.S. Treasuries and $7B in Bitcoin holdings. Combined gold holdings hit 154 tons, positioning Tether among to

Tether reported a Q1 profit of $1.04 billion and a reserve buffer of $8.23 billion, according to the stablecoin issuer's official announcement.

According to Foresight News, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated on X that the stablecoin issuer may need to advance integration between WDK and QVAC to support Agent Cards functionality.

According to Tether, the stablecoin issuer posted a $1.04 billion profit in the first quarter and reached an $8.23 billion reserve buffer. The company noted that the crypto market remained highly volatile during

Stablecoin issuer Tether significantly expanded its reserve diversification strategy during the first quarter of 2026, acquiring more than six tons of gold bullion while simultaneously increasing USDT issuance on the Tron blockchain. The combined developments underscore Tether's approach to

Tether posted a $1.04 billion profit in the first quarter and reached an $8.23 billion reserve buffer, according to the stablecoin issuer. The company noted that the crypto market experienced high volatility during the

Senators escalated scrutiny of a reported Tether loan tied to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s family trust, raising conflict-of-interest and national security concerns. Warren and Wyden cited a New York credit filing involving “Dynasty Trust A.” Key Takeaways: Senators questioned a reported T

Tether, the stablecoin issuer, posted a first-quarter profit of $1.04 billion and reached a reserve buffer of $8.23 billion. The company noted that the crypto market was highly volatile during the first quarter.

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have written to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino requesting information about loans made by the stablecoin firm to a trust