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Richard Heathcote, who until March was Tether’s chief investment officer, is planning to sell part of his 1.26% stake in the stablecoin giant, according to a Bloomberg report. Heathcote is working with PJT Partners to sell his holding in the San Salvador, El Salvador-based company, Bloomberg said, citing sources close to the matter. The sources said discussions with potential buyers were ongoing. They declined to comment on the company’s potential valuation. Heathcote took on a non-executive advisory role at the issuer of USDT, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, in March, and was replaced by his deputy Zachary Lyons. In February, Tether scaled back from plans to raise as much as $20 billion after facing investor resistance to a proposed $500 billion valuation that would rank the stablecoin issuer among the world’s most valuable private companies. Tether advis
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Bitcoin News Stablecoin issuer Tether has committed 20 million dollars to a strategic financing round for Mercado Bitcoin, one of Latin America’s largest digital-asset exchanges, as it accelerates its push into on-chain finance. The capital, disclosed in the company’s official statement on July 7, will fund Mercado Bitcoin’s expansion across tokenization, digital payments, credit and capital-markets infrastructure in Brazil and the wider region. Tether chief executive Paolo Ardoino called the platform’s combined licensing and tokenization stack unrivaled in Latin America. The deal deepens Tether’s exposure to a market where regulated Bitcoin (BTC) rails are gaining traction, and it lands while broader Bitcoin sentiment stays cautious. Founded in 2013 as a crypto exchange, Mercado Bitcoin has grown into a full-stack financial-services platform serving roughly 4.5 million users
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Bitcoin futures demand flips positive as CryptoQuant flags a bull setup, but exchange stablecoin reserves near $63.2B say the cash to fund it keeps leaving. The cash sitting on exchanges keeps thinning out. That would normally end the conversation. Bitcoin futures demand apparently decided otherwise. Futures positioning for BTC has flipped positive, according to a CryptoQuant QuickTake published this week. The shift came from a sharp burst of upward pressure in derivatives, the analyst wrote, arguing the market sits on the verge of a real bull run. Bold call. Spot demand is still slightly negative. Source: CryptoQuant The $63 Billion Question Hanging Over Exchanges A separate CryptoQuant analysis is far less convinced. ERC-20 stablecoin reserves across all exchanges have slipped to roughly $63.2 billion. The 100-day moving average has rolled over too, meaning the bu
Bitcoin futures demand flips positive as CryptoQuant flags a bull setup, but exchange stablecoin reserves near $63.2B say the cash to fund it keeps leaving. The cash sitting on exchanges keeps thinning out. That would normally end the conversation. Bitcoin futures demand apparently decided otherwise. Futures positioning for BTC has flipped positive, according to a […]
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The divergence in USDT and USDC usage highlights evolving stablecoin roles, impacting global payment systems and decentralized finance growth.
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The world’s biggest stablecoins are increasingly becoming chain-specific financial products, with Tether’s USDt (USDT) and Circle’s USDC (USDC) serving distinct roles across the crypto ecosystem rather than competing head-on. Dune’s Digital Asset Brief found that USDT overwhelmingly dominates onchain payments. During the first half of 2026, the biggest stablecoin settled about $95 billion in identified commerce payments, compared with $14 billion for second-biggest USDC. It also accounted for roughly 92% of the $48 billion in business-to-business payment volume. On Tron, USDT’s largest network, around 93% of the token’s supply is held in ordinary wallets rather than on exchanges, underscoring its role as a payment and remittance asset. USDC, meanwhile, has established itself as the dominant stablecoin in decentralized finance. USDC on Base processed roughly $2.6 trillion in transfer volume in J
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Tether has invested $20 million in Brazilian crypto platform Mercado Bitcoin to support the company’s expansion into tokenized assets, stablecoin payments, lending and other blockchain-based financial services across Latin America. Since its 2013 launch, Mercado Bitcoin has expanded beyond crypto trading into regulated financial services, including tokenized assets, credit, stablecoin payments and cross-border services. The company said it has more than 4.5 million users, has issued more than 2 billion Brazilian reais (about $370 million) worth of tokenized assets, and operates under nearly a dozen licenses across Brazil and Europe, including a payment institution license from Brazil’s central bank. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said Mercado Bitcoin has built one of Latin America’s most comprehensive regulated onchain financial platforms, citing its licensing, tokenization infrastructur
Dune data shows Tether's USDT has become crypto’s dominant payments stablecoin while Circle's USDC powers DeFi, highlighting how blockchain choice shapes stablecoin use.
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One of the most opaque corners of the crypto industry just got a rare crack of light. Richard Heathcote, the former chief investment officer of Tether Holdings SA, is planning a Tether equity stake sale — offloading part of his 1.26% holding in the issuer of USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin by circulating supply. The process is being managed by Wall Street investment bank PJT Partners, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the development citing sources not authorized to speak publicly. Key takeaways Richard Heathcote holds a 1.26% stake in Tether Holdings SA and is selling part of it via PJT Partners. No buyer or sale price has been disclosed; negotiations are ongoing. Heathcote stepped down as CIO in March 2026 and moved into a non-executive advisory role, replaced by deputy Zachary Lyons. Tether has historically disclosed almost nothing about its capitalization table o
