{"id":75993,"date":"2026-03-12T07:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=75993"},"modified":"2026-03-12T07:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:18:16","slug":"tether-mints-1-billion-usdt-as-global-economic-uncertainty-persists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=75993","title":{"rendered":"Tether Mints $1 Billion USDT as Global Economic Uncertainty Persists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Tether, the world\u2019s largest stablecoin issuer, just minted $1 billion worth of USDT on the Tron network. This is the first time the company has issued such a large amount in over a month, and it pushes the total circulating supply to about $183 billion, which is over $100 billion more than its closest competitor, USDC.<\/p>\n<p>According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/tether.to\/en\/transparency\/?tab=usdt\">official transparency page<\/a>, over $96 billion of the total supply sits on Ethereum, while Tron is a close second with $86 billion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tether minted another 1B <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDT&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$USDT<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tron?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tron<\/a> 6 hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>The circulating supply of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDT&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$USDT<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tron?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tron<\/a> has reached 85.3B, far more than on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ethereum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ethereum<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2wFo2DEvz3\">https:\/\/t.co\/2wFo2DEvz3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YPmRZ7nFHM\">pic.twitter.com\/YPmRZ7nFHM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2031923236871770342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While moves of this kind don\u2019t usually cause significant volatility in the markets immediately, the firm may be anticipating increased demand for USDT amid ongoing military tensions worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/war-in-2026-3-cryptocurrencies-to-watch-amid-the-ongoing-geopolitical-storm\/\">war in Iran<\/a> has sent massive ripples across the global economy. Just last week, the price of crude oil <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/surging-oil-prices-and-inflation-data-will-rattle-crypto-markets-this-week\/\">exploded<\/a> by more than 30% daily, reaching a high above $120, before <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/oil-price-crater-on-reports-that-g7-could-release-400-million-barrels-crypto-market-reacts\/\">plummeting<\/a> during the same day (and the ones to follow) on subsequent announcements. This had an immediate impact on Bitcoin\u2019s price, which followed suit and also went through extreme volatility.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s inevitable that global geopolitical turmoil impacts crypto markets, and while the current move to mint $1 billion USDT might not lead to an immediate change in pricing, increased liquidity across the board can help the market absorb potential shocks.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/tether-mints-1-billion-usdt-as-global-economic-uncertainty-persists\/\">Tether Mints $1 Billion USDT as Global Economic Uncertainty Persists<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether, the world\u2019s largest stablecoin issuer, just minted $1 billion worth of USDT on the Tron network. This is the first time the company has issued such a large amount in over a month, and it pushes the total circulating supply to about $183 billion, which is over $100 billion more than its closest competitor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-75993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}