Former Tether investment chief seeks to sell 1% stake in the stablecoin giant

The post Tether Is Quietly Building Bitcoin’s First Shadow Bank appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Strike’s new volatility-proof Bitcoin loans shift price risk from borrowers onto the lender’s capital providers. Tether supplies the $2.1 billion credit facility behind the program and co-designed the loan structure itself. A proposed merger would fold Strike, Twenty One Capital, and miner Elektron Energy into one Tether-linked platform. The combined stack covers every core banking function except the safety net regulated banks carry. The headline this week belongs to Strike. On July 7 the company launched Bitcoin-backed loans with no margin calls and no price liquidations, promising that collateral stays untouched no matter how far Bitcoin falls, as long as borrowers keep paying. Most coverage stopped there. The more consequential story sits one layer down, with the entity actually carrying the risk. A loan that never liquidates on price means somebody holds undercollateralized debt th

Strike’s new volatility-proof Bitcoin loans shift price risk from borrowers onto the lender’s capital providers. Tether supplies the $2.1 billion credit facility behind the program and co-designed the loan structure itself. A proposed merger would fold Strike, Twenty One Capital, and miner Elektron Energy into one Tether-linked platform. The combined stack covers every core banking [...]

The post Tether Invests $20M in Mercado Bitcoin to Expand Blockchain appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tether will invest $20 million in Mercado Bitcoin to strengthen blockchain-based financial services across Latin America. The funding marks another step in Tether’s strategy to support companies building real-world digital finance infrastructure. Moreover, the investment highlights Brazil’s growing importance as a hub for tokenization, stablecoins, and regulated blockchain innovation.  Mercado Bitcoin plans to use the capital to expand payment solutions, tokenized investment products, lending services, and international operations. Consequently, the partnership could accelerate broader adoption of on-chain financial products for both retail and institutional customers. Tether to Invest $20 Million in Strategic Financing Round for Mercado Bitcoin to Accelerate Onchain Financial Infrastructure in Latin AmericaLearn more: https://t.co/HImBaiwaX3 — Tether (@tether) July 7, 2026 Funding

The post Why Banks Prefer Stablecoin Infrastructure Now appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Your payroll team just got told to cut settlement times from days to minutes for a contractor in Nairobi. Cards are slow, wires are expensive, and compliance wants visibility on every hop. The answer on the table is not your bank launching a new coin. It is your bank plugging you into rails that already run on stablecoins. In the last few weeks, the signals got louder. State Street rolled out a reserves money market fund designed for stablecoin issuers. An enterprise dollar token, USDGO, crossed the 500 million mark. And a payouts network quietly wired USDC into 180 countries. Issuers are not the story. The plumbing is. Zoom out and you can see the baton passing from branded coins to neutral infrastructure that banks, asset managers, and payment processors can own, monetize, and regulate more easily. Stablecoins are now a core settlement medium for crypto markets and are seeping into fintech an

The post Tether Invests $20M In Mercado Bitcoin, Expanding Latin American Crypto Infrastructure appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tether is no longer content just issuing the world’s largest stablecoin. The company is now buying into the platforms where that liquidity moves. On Tuesday, the issuer announced a $20 million strategic investment in Mercado Bitcoin, a regulated Brazilian on-chain financial services platform, as first noted in the original report. The deal puts Tether directly inside one of Latin America’s most licensed crypto operations, with 4.5 million users, over R$2 billion in tokenized assets issued, and more than 10 regulatory licenses spanning Brazil and Europe. The capital will fuel Mercado Bitcoin’s push into payments, tokenized investment products, lending, on-chain capital markets, and international expansion. For a platform already operating under a layered regulatory framework, the funding isn’t about survival—it’s about scaling a model that merges tradition

Tether's investment in Mercado Bitcoin could accelerate Latin America's digital finance evolution, challenging existing fintech dominance. The post Tether invests $20M in Mercado Bitcoin to expand stablecoin footprint across Latin America appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post CLARITY Act Clock: August 7 and U.S. Crypto Market Stakes appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. We are officially in crunch time. The CLARITY Act has a narrow summer window, and the U.S. crypto market is basically running a two minute drill. If the clock expires, the playbook for exchanges, stablecoin issuers, and token teams could look very different through the rest of 2026. This piece breaks down what the bill is trying to solve, why August 7 matters, how a fresh Supreme Court ruling and ethics fights are altering the math, and what you can do with the time left. No hype. Just the moving parts that actually change decisions. If you build, trade, or advise in crypto, this is the part of the calendar where federal timing becomes a business risk. Let’s map it cleanly. The CLARITY Act is up against a real summer cutoff. After missing a July 4 target for a White House signing, advocates are treating August 7, 2026 as the last credible day for Senate passage before recess. If it d

The post Tether Invests $20 Million in Mercado Bitcoin to Fuel Expansion Across Latin America appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Tether will invest $20 million in a strategic financing round for Mercado Bitcoin, a Brazilian crypto platform, to expand blockchain-based financial services in Latin America. Mercado Brazil said it now serves 4.5 million users, has issued more than R$2 billion in tokenized assets, and holds over 10 licenses across Brazil and Europe. Funds will go toward expanding payments infrastructure, scaling tokenized investment products, growing lending capabilities, advancing on-chain capital markets, and pursuing international expansion. Prominent stablecoin issuer Tether said Tuesday it will invest $20 million in a strategic financing round for Mercado Bitcoin, a Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange, as the two companies push to expand blockchain-based financial services across Latin America. Mercado Bitcoin, founded in 2013, has grown from a digital asset ex