Tether Posts $1.5 Billion Q2 Profit as Reserve Buffer Shrinks by Half
The world's largest stablecoin issuer reported strong quarterly earnings driven by Treasury holdings, even as its excess reserves fell from $8.2 billion to $4.1 billion.
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Tether Posts $1.5 Billion Q2 Profit as Reserve Buffer Halves
The world's largest stablecoin issuer earned $1.5B in operating profit while its excess reserves fell from $8.2B to $4.1B amid declining asset values.
Tether Posts $1.5 Billion Q2 Profit as Reserve Buffer Halves to $4.1 Billion
The world's largest stablecoin issuer reported strong earnings from Treasury holdings even as its excess reserves fell from $8.2 billion to $4.1 billion, expanding both gold and Bitcoin positions.
Aave Weighs Exit From Six Chains as Revenue Falls to Loose Change
A governance proposal would shut down Aave deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos, plus retire 50 asset markets elsewhere, as deposits on some chains have dropped over 90%.
South Korea's POSCO International Tokenizes Trade Receivables With LG CNS on Injective
POSCO International and LG CNS are putting live commercial invoices onchain via the Injective network, marking another step for blockchain in corporate finance.
Brazilian Farmers Tokenize Dairy Cows to Unlock Credit on the Blockchain
An agtech startup in Paraná has placed 10 tokenized dairy cows on the B3 stock exchange, raising $20,000 in the world's first livestock tokenization — a test case for real-world asset financing in agriculture.
Uniswap launches Permissioned Pools for tokenized regulated assets
Uniswap Labs introduces permissioned trading pools built on v4 that let regulated asset issuers enforce investor eligibility onchain while accessing AMM liquidity.
Hyperion DeFi to deploy 500K HYPE for Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets
Hyperion allocates treasury assets to Hyperliquid markets, securing equity stake in Skew and revenue sharing