{"id":156046,"date":"2025-05-02T20:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=156046"},"modified":"2025-05-02T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:10:03","slug":"as-usdt-supply-grows-tether-funnels-billions-into-ai-and-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/as-usdt-supply-grows-tether-funnels-billions-into-ai-and-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"As USDT Supply Grows, Tether Funnels Billions Into AI and Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stablecoin issuer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tether.io\/news\/tether-approaching-120b-in-u-s-treasuries-confirms-quarterly-operating-profit-over-1b-and-strengthens-global-usdt-demand-in-q1-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a><\/strong> nearly $120 billion in exposure to U.S. Treasurys\u2014most of it in direct holdings, and the rest tied up in repurchase deals and similar liquid assets.<\/p>\n<p>Its flagship token, USDT, now boasts a market cap of $149 billion, growing by $7 billion over the quarter as millions of new wallets came online.<\/p>\n<p>While Tether\u2019s surplus reserves dropped slightly from $7.1 billion to $5.6 billion, the cushion remains substantial. That buffer continues to fuel the company\u2019s broader ambitions, with more than $2 billion funneled into sectors like AI, energy, and decentralized data services.<\/p>\n<style>\n    .dark-mode .read-more {background-color: #343a40 !important;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"read-more pb-3 pt-3 pt-md-2 px-3 my-4 border bg-light\">\n    <h5 class=\"text-uppercase border-bottom mb-3 pb-1 d-none d-md-block\">READ MORE:<\/h5>\n    <a class=\"article row\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/metaplanet-launches-u-s-arm-in-florida-to-expand-bitcoin-strategy\/\" title=\"Metaplanet Launches U.S. Arm in Florida to Expand Bitcoin Strategy\">\n        <div class=\"contentRight col-4\">\n            <span class=\"imgContainer mt-0\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image img-defer\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/metaplanet-1-240x170.webp\">\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"contentLeft col-8\">\n            <h4 class=\"title mb-0\">Metaplanet Launches U.S. Arm in Florida to Expand Bitcoin Strategy<\/h4>           \n            \n        <\/div>        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>USDT, alongside Circle\u2019s USDC, dominates the dollar-backed stablecoin landscape, controlling a combined 87% of the market. But as their influence grows, so do concerns abroad.<\/p>\n<p>EU policymakers and financial regulators like the Bank of Italy are warning that global markets could face ripple effects if these digital dollars\u2014or the assets backing them\u2014were to destabilize. With projections pointing toward a $2 trillion stablecoin market by 2028, the stakes are rising fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether kicked off 2025 with a massive financial showing, revealing over $1 billion in profit for the first quarter and deepening its footprint in U.S. government debt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>As USDT Supply Grows, Tether Funnels Billions Into AI and Energy - CryptoDnes EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tether kicked off 2025 with a massive financial showing, revealing over $1 billion in profit for the first quarter and deepening...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/as-usdt-supply-grows-tether-funnels-billions-into-ai-and-energy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"As USDT Supply Grows, Tether Funnels Billions Into AI and Energy - 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