Tether’s $1 Billion USDT Mint On Tron: What’s Fueling The Demand Surge?
31 October 2024 - 8:00PM
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It’s been a busy week for Tether, as the company announced that it
had authorized the minting of another 1 billion USDT tokens,
pushing the total number of minted tokens to $33 billion in the
last year. According to blockchain data, the additional tokens were
minted on the Tron network and immediately sent to the company’s
treasury wallet. Related Reading: On The Verge Of History: Bitcoin
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also confirmed the latest transaction last Tuesday at around 20:43
(UTC). The company’s latest replenishment order has sparked
speculation of increasing demand and a potential price surge. 💵 💵 💵
💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 1,000,000,000 #USDT (999,750,000 USD) minted at
Tether Treasuryhttps://t.co/Vxw2yhfwTY — Whale Alert (@whale_alert)
October 29, 2024 Tether CEO Confirms New Mint, Saying It’s
‘Authorized But Not Issued’ Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s CEO, has
confirmed this latest mint order, saying that the transaction was
“authorized but not issued.” In blockchain parlance, the newly
minted USDT tokens on the Tron network are not yet circulating but
are still part of the company’s inventory. In short, these are just
in storage, ready for the next batch of chain swaps and issuance
requests. The company officially disclosed the minting order on its
transparency page. The newly minted tokens totaling $1.05 billion
are listed under the “authorized but not issued” column of USDT.
USDT: Issuance At Tron Reaches $20 Billion Tether is experiencing a
surge in demand, reflected in the number of tokens minted on the
Tron network last year. To date, as of October 29th, the Tron
network had minted $20 billion in tokens. The Tron network occupies
a special place in USDT’s ecosystem, accounting for more than half
of the total USDT tokens in circulation. According to the latest
data available, as many as $120 billion Tether tokens are in
circulation; more than 51% and about 61.7 billion are stored on the
Tron network. Ethereum represents the second largest USDT reserve,
which is about 45% of $55 billion. All in all, Tether still leads
as a stablecoin issuer with a share of more than 67% of the overall
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For Tether? The most recent mint order has raised questions on what
the future holds for Tether’s USDT tokens. One of the assumptions
is that the recent spike in bitcoin price had caused an increase in
the stablecoins. “when they print, we go higher,” one user posted
on social media, relating it to the minting of fresh tokens to meet
future requests for the issuances. Traditionally, the minting and
deployment of stablecoins signal an increasing demand for crypto in
a bullish market. An increase in stablecoin’s supply often pushes
cryptos’ market prices. For example, when Tether introduced $3
billion worth of USDT tokens last August, Bitcoin’s price
stabilized after dipping below the $50,000 level. Featured image
from Tether.io, chart from TradingView
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