Tether, Circle Vie for Upper Hand in Stablecoin Industry Regulatory Push
A WSJ article delved into the contrasting styles between Tether’s Giancarlo Devasini and Circle’s Jeremey Allaire.
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A WSJ article delved into the contrasting styles between Tether’s Giancarlo Devasini and Circle’s Jeremey Allaire.
This coincided with the launch of Donald Trump’s memecoin $TRUMP which caused a wave of inflows to the network
The group also increased its bitcoin holdings last quarter for the first time since March, holding nearly 84,000 BTC worth about $7.8 billion as of year-end.
Stablecoins are increasingly popular for everyday uses like payments, remittances and savings, and Tether’s expansion aims to spur activity to the Bitcoin-based ecosystem.
The stablecoin behemoth is setting up shop for the group and its companies in the nascent crypto hub.
Tether’s market cap has declined by over 1% this week, the steepest drop since the crash of FTX in November 2022.
The tokenization platform is part of Tether’s ambition to diversify its business from issuing the $126 billion USDT stablecoin.
The USDT issuer is expanding in trade finance, seeking to carve out a niche in the $10 trillion ecosystem.
The company’s flagship stablecoin USDT is the third-largest cryptocurrency with a $120 billion market capitalization.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s panel of Wall Street advisers see the tokenization of U.S. debt and other assets providing some significant potential advances, the group contended in a new report – while also envisioning an inevitable need for the kind of heavy central hand that may rankle the crypto sector.