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The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) issued a MiCA license to WB-Shield Innovations GmbH (operating under the WhiteBIT EU name) on June 19, making it one of only nine authorized providers in Austria to date. Austria is one of the most strictly regulated jurisdictions in the EU, and this authorization required additional approval from the FMA. Austria’s FMA issues a MiCA license, with only nine providers authorized in Austria so far According to reports, WB-Shield Innovations GmbH (White

SosoValue data as of June 16 shows that Ripple’s native stablecoin RLUSD market cap first exceeded $164 million, becoming the world’s ninth-largest stablecoin, surpassing Tron’s USDD. In the same period, 24-hour trading volume rose by more than 72%. This milestone occurred about one year after RLUSD’s launch. RLUSD Market Cap and Ranking Confirmed Numbers (Source: SoSoValue) According to SosoValue data and U.Today’s report: Market cap: first exceeded $164 million (over $160 million) Global stabl

According to CoinDesk, the Charles Gerstein law firm filed a petition in Manhattan federal court on May 15 seeking to have Tether transfer over $344 million in frozen USDT to victims of Iran-linked terrorism judgments. The USDT was frozen after the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign

The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU), jointly established by Tether, Tron, and TRM Labs, announced on May 15 that since its launch in September 2024, it has frozen more than $450 million in illegal digital assets, while continuing to expand law enforcement cooperation with 23 jurisdictions. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has recognized T3 FCU as a “valuable resource for global law enforcement.” Operational Scale Confirmed and Cooperation Framework of T3 FCU According to the figures confi

According to multiple U.K. reports, Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK and a member of Parliament, is facing a formal investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over an undisclosed £5 million ($6.8 million) gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. The donation was received

According to The Block, T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU)—jointly established by Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs—has frozen over $450 million in illegal crypto assets since its establishment in 2024, with 2025 interceptions up 43.9% year-over-year. The unit operates across 23 jurisdictions including the U

Tether has frozen $213 million in cryptocurrency assets connected to Gurhan Kiziloz following Brazilian government allegations of unpaid gambling taxes and unregistered digital token offerings, according to filings and enforcement documentation. The freeze affects holdings spread across multiple dig

Speaking at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas on May 11, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino declared that regulatory clarity is finally coming to the global crypto market. He noted that the era of regulation by enforcement is giving way to defined legislative frameworks across major economies, citing r

According to Arkham, the blockchain intelligence firm recently identified and publicly mapped two Tron wallets connected to Iran's Central Bank (Bank Markazi), collectively holding approximately $344 million in frozen USDT. The wallets were previously sanctioned in April by the U.S. Treasury

On May 13, Sasha Mills, Executive Director of Financial Market Infrastructure at the Bank of England, said at the Financial Times Digital Assets Summit: “We are treating stablecoins as a new form of money.” Based on a report by Decrypt, Mills emphasized that the Bank of England is not “picking winners” between tokenized bank deposits and stablecoins; instead, it will allow these two “new forms of money” to develop in parallel, with users deciding through actual use which option fits which scenar

According to OSL Group, the company and Tether Point Finance completed the first transfer test of HKDAP (HKD At Par) on the Ethereum mainnet on May 13. The test covered the full process of converting fiat HKD into reserve assets, minting, and transferring HKDAP, with all transactions backed 100%

According to Onchain Lens, Tether minted 6 billion USDT on Ethereum and Tron networks over the past 3 weeks. During the same period, the stablecoin issuer burned 2 billion USDT on the Ethereum blockchain.

According to Whale Alert, Tether Treasury minted 1 billion USDT on the Tron blockchain today, equivalent to approximately $999.6 million.

According to BlockBeats, Tether launched a developer grant program on May 11, offering USDT or Bitcoin rewards ranging from $1,500 to $4,000 per task. The program has no total funding cap and distributes rewards based on technical deliverables. The initiative focuses on Tether's open-source

According to ChainCatcher, Tether's USDT0 protocol unveiled its security architecture following the Kelp incident, implementing a 3/3 verification consensus mechanism requiring three independent validators using separate codebases. Current validator nodes include USDT0's proprietary DVN,

According to Bitcoin.com’s report on May 9, stablecoin issuer Tether has filed a lawsuit with the São Paulo court in Brazil, seeking repayment of a $300 million defaulted loan by Titan Holding, a company under the Master Group. The loan was issued in March 2025, with a scheduled repayment date of March 28, 2026, but Tether has not received any repayment to date.

According to Onchain Lens, Tether destroyed 2 billion USDT on Ethereum early on May 9. The burn occurred approximately 5 hours before monitoring, part of a broader activity period where Tether minted 5 billion USDT since

According to the blockchain security firm BlockSec, in a May report titled “Stablecoin Issuer Freezing Risk and Treasury Security Management White Paper,” its USDT Freeze Tracker on-chain statistics show that as of May 7, over the past 30 days Tether has cumulatively added 384 addresses to the blacklist across the Ethereum and Tron networks, involving frozen funds of about $515 million.