TRON USDT Supply Reaches $90.29 Billion Milestone
The supply of Tether’s USDT on TRON has surpassed $90.29 billion, marking a major liquidity milestone for the network’s role as a dollar-denominated settlement rail. TRON DAO said the network now hosts more than 74.9 million holding accounts and processes over 2.4 million daily transfers.
Hyundai Settles Corporate Treasury Flow via USDT
Hyundai Motor America has completed a live cross-border treasury pilot with Hyundai Motor Mexico, moving $20,000 through Tether’s USDT on Avalanche before converting the funds back into dollars. The entire transfer and verification process averaged seven minutes, compared with three to four hours or more through conventional interbank channels. The experiment places stablecoins inside a […]
Bybit Lists New Stock Perpetual Contracts AAOIUSDT, QNTXUSDT and IRENUSDT
Bybit has expanded its derivatives lineup with new USDT-margined perpetual contracts tied to publicly traded equity assets. The exchange listed AAOIUSDT, QNTXUSDT and IRENUSDT on June 9, with each contract offering up to 10x leverage for eligible traders.
Whale Entity Borrows $30 Million in USDT to Accumulate Ethereum
The on-chain entity known as 7 Siblings returned to Ethereum accumulation after a four-month lull, borrowing stablecoins through Spark and buying ETH during the latest market decline. Lookonchain reported on June 4 that the whale first borrowed 10 million USDT from Spark and bought 5,589 ETH at an average price of about $1,789.
Non-USD Stablecoins Struggle to Break Dollar Dominance
Non-USD stablecoins still account for only about 0.24% to 0.5% of the broader stablecoin market, based on aggregated April-May 2026 data. That tiny footprint underscores a persistent liquidity and regulatory gap, keeping traders, DeFi protocols and corporate users heavily anchored to U.S. dollar-pegged tokens.
Tether Freezes Over $514M in USDT as Issuer Controls Take Center Stage
Tether froze more than $514 million in USDT across roughly 370 wallet addresses during a 30-day enforcement window that ended in early May 2026, according to BlockSec’s USDT Freeze Tracker. The action shows how issuer-level controls have become a major compliance tool in stablecoin markets, especially when suspicious funds move through high-volume networks.
Trader’s $50.4M AAVE Swap Reduced to $36K After Liquidity Vacuum and MEV Extraction
A single oversized trade turned into one of the clearest recent examples of execution risk in decentralized finance. A trader routed a $50.4 million USDT order to buy AAVE and ended up receiving only about $36,200 worth of the token after extreme slippage and on-chain extraction tore through the transaction.
USDC Finally Beats USDT: How Solana’s Throughput and a Political Shift Reordered Stablecoin Flows
USDC handled about $18.3 trillion in transfers in 2025, topping USDT’s roughly $13.3 trillion and reshaping how stablecoins moved on-chain. The headline is not about which token was “bigger,” but about which one was used more aggressively for settlement-style throughput.