Exchanges began listing USDT pairs for nearly all major crypto assets, and alternative stablecoins began...As Tether’s issuance spreads across chains, the infrastructure supporting USDT is largely outside of...This means that the economic value generated by USDT usage is disproportionately captured by the base...

On the borrowing side, about 87% of Aries’ active loans are in USDC or USDT....USDC and USDT are both supported with incentives in thAPT....USDT-USDC 50/50 LP on Hyperion’s 0.01% pool....The strategy takes USDT or USDC collateral, borrows the remaining necessary USDT/C, and deploys it into...USDT currently comprises nearly 70% of all stablecoins on Aptos.

Most users will simply swap their USDT or USDC for deUSD on a Curve pool....When users swap USDT for deUSD, this will briefly cause USDT to trade at a marginal discount relative...APs can then mint fresh deUSD and swap it for slightly more USDT, thus rebalancing the pool and capturing...

Stablecoin Flows: USDT Drives Expansion as Ratio Surges to 7.59% Stablecoin supply expanded again in...June, led by renewed inflows into USDT, which added over $5 billion in circulating value....On a year-over-year basis, USDT is now up 40.8%, maintaining its position as the dominant stablecoin...

Stablecoin Flows: Net Expansion Driven by USDT, USDC Stablecoin supply expanded modestly in May, with...total circulating value rising across USDT, USDC, and smaller stablecoin issuers....USDT led in an absolute sense, increasing by 2.91% month-over-month to reach $152.73 billion, continuing...While still markedly smaller than USDT, USDC is quietly catching up.

Today, these network effects manifest in three primary ways: Liquidity – USDT and USDC are the most...liquid stablecoins in crypto; using some emerging USDT fork implies taking on more slippage Payments...– USDT has become more commonly used as a form of payments in emerging economies; the network effects...

USDT dominance is coiling at a key long-term trendline....USDT Dominance: Seven Years of Support, One Key Decision USDT dominance has respected a rising trendline...This lines up directly with the timing signals from TOTAL3 and USDT dominance.

The Orbit Bridge hack on December 31, 2023 cost $82 million in ETH, USDT, USDC, WBTC, and DAI due to...

’s a solid farming opportunity, especially in pools with minimal or no IL, like ETH derivatives and USDT...

For spot markets on the other hand, deposits are in the underlying assets (e.g. for an ETH-USDT spot...market, deposits are half in ETH, and half in USDT).

Put simply, there is a strong disincentive to use an emerging fork of USDT or USDC given it won’t be...or USDC Liquidity – USDT and USDC are the most liquid stablecoins in crypto; using some emerging USDT..., USDT would not have its utility....to expand, I believe this application-first stablecoin model may be well-positioned to compete with USDT...

...with a predicate that says, “Only lend to the top four lending protocols, and I’m fine swapping for USDT...

CDPs—not just HYPE—offering strong yield opportunities in a market that, at the time, lacked native USDT...borrowable fiat-backed asset—giving users native access to offchain dollars without needing to bridge USDT...

Competition: The veKITTEN Advantage Because lots of stables are launching on the HyperEVM (native USDT...protocols bidding to lock and control governance power for their liquidity – especially with native USDT...

The decentralized stablecoin flywheel works as follows: USDC / USDT are a clear example of this....subsidized yield. 60% of USDC supply on Ethereum sits on EOAs (regular wallets), almost similar to USDT.../CeFi — CEXs pairing $DAI with majors (DAI/BTC, DAI/ETH), Curve including it in the 3pool with USDC/USDT...

They do not have support for USDC and USDT.

They’ll use USDC, USDT, or native app tokens.

Each ERC-20 token from different chains is represented uniquely on ZetaChain; for example, USDT from...Ethereum appears as ZRC-20 USDT from Ethereum, and from Binance Smart Chain as ZRC-20 USDT from BSC....All xERC-20 USDT tokens are treated as identical, regardless of the chain they originate from, facilitating...

...accounting for roughly 75% of crypto-based purchases – with smaller contributions from tokens like PX, USDT...

KTA/USDT chart putting in an impressive 205% rally since the start of May after a 45 day consolidation...