Tether, the world\u2019s largest stablecoin issuer, just minted $1 billion worth of USDT on the Tron network. This is the first time the company has issued such a large amount in over a month, and it pushes the total circulating supply to about $183 billion, which is over $100 billion more than its closest competitor, USDC.<\/p>\n
According to its official transparency page<\/a>, over $96 billion of the total supply sits on Ethereum, while Tron is a close second with $86 billion.<\/p>\n Tether minted another 1B $USDT<\/a> on #Tron<\/a> 6 hours ago.<\/p>\n The circulating supply of $USDT<\/a> on #Tron<\/a> has reached 85.3B, far more than on #Ethereum<\/a>.https:\/\/t.co\/2wFo2DEvz3<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YPmRZ7nFHM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n While moves of this kind don\u2019t usually cause significant volatility in the markets immediately, the firm may be anticipating increased demand for USDT amid ongoing military tensions worldwide.<\/p>\n The war in Iran<\/a> has sent massive ripples across the global economy. Just last week, the price of crude oil exploded<\/a> by more than 30% daily, reaching a high above $120, before plummeting<\/a> during the same day (and the ones to follow) on subsequent announcements. This had an immediate impact on Bitcoin\u2019s price, which followed suit and also went through extreme volatility.<\/p>\n It\u2019s inevitable that global geopolitical turmoil impacts crypto markets, and while the current move to mint $1 billion USDT might not lead to an immediate change in pricing, increased liquidity across the board can help the market absorb potential shocks.<\/p>\n The post Tether Mints $1 Billion USDT as Global Economic Uncertainty Persists<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tether, the world\u2019s largest stablecoin issuer, just minted $1 billion worth of USDT on the Tron network. This is the first time the company has issued such a large amount in over a month, and it pushes the total circulating supply to about $183 billion, which is over $100 billion more than its closest competitor, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":141588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}