USDT unlocks new USD record $ 160 billion in market capitalization

By Hannah Pérez

USDT now represents 61% of the capitalization of the Global Stablecoins market of USD $ 261 billion; Its capitalization far exceeds the USDC of Circle.

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Tether ensures a new milestone: USDT breaks USD $ 160 billion in market capitalization.
“A new amazing milestone, a declaration of the incomparable utility of USDT,” celebrates the CEO Paolo Ardoino.
Tether’s business has grown in the midst of the company’s expansions to other sectors.
Meanwhile, Stablecoins gain prominence quickly within the traditional financial sphere.

The Stablecoin bigger in the world is making history with a market capitalization “hallucinatory“

USDT issued by Tethera token designed to maintain parity with the US dollar, broke on Thursday a level never seen before USD $ 160 billion in market capitalization.

The huge figure reinforces USDT’s domain among tokens with fiduciary parity, which now represents little more than 61% of all capitalization of the global market of Stablecoins of USD $ 261 billionaccording to data from Coinmarketcap.

USDT is ensured an unprecedented market capitalization. Capture on July 17, 2025. Source: CoinmarketCap

By way of comparison, the market capitalization of the distinguished product of Tether almost triples the valuation of USD $ 63 billion USDC Circlethe second largest Stablecoin of the world. Within the global cryptocurrency market, USDT is located in fourth place in terms of capitalization, just behind XRP with almost USD $ 193 billion.

“A new amazing milestone, a statement of the incomparable usefulness of USDT as a digital dollar for billions of people living in emerging markets and developing countries“, Said CEO Paolo Ardoino in X, celebrating the capitalization record.

A reflection of the growth of Tether

Unlike cryptocurrencies such as Bitcointhe Stablecoins They are linked to real world assets –Frequently fiduciary currencies such as the US dollar– with the aim of maintaining stable value.

The company behind USDT ensures that each token is supported by cash reserves and cash equivalents, such as US Treasury bonds. UU. In the short term. Tether has also declared to have Bitcoin and gold in their reserves.

USDT runs native to dozens of networks Blockchainbeing Ethereum and Tron those with the greatest supply of Token. Tron It currently represents around USD $ 81 billion in USDT, above the approximately USD $ 65 billion in Ethereumhe noticed The Block. Emission in networks such as BNB Chain, Solana and Polygon Follow, although to a lesser extent.

Tether He reported operational benefits for more than 1,000 million dollars in the first quarter, expanding the growth streak that began at the end of 2022, so its new capitalization milestone seems like a good reflection of the success of its business.

The station has been expanding beyond Stablecoins Towards such diverse sectors moving from sustainable energy, mining Bitcointhe development of artificial intelligence (AI), agriculture, to entertainment, cinema and sports.

As part of its ambitious roadmap, Tether wants to become a mining giant Bitcoin. Recently, the company announced the expansion of its mining operations Bitcoin In Latin America as part of an agreement with the South American agroindustrial company, Adecoagro. Tether This activity already promotes in countries such as Uruguay and El Salvador, where it is headquarters.

Stablecoins They gain prominence in the financial industry

USDT growth also coincides with a renewed interest of the traditional financial industry in Stablecoins. Banks around the world have revealed explorations and advances in the emerging sector of the Tokens Stable, motivated by the potential of technology to reduce costs and expedite cross -border payment processes of the inherited system.

The CEO of US bank giants, JPMorgan, Citigroup and Bank of Americathey revealed separately this week, efforts to integrate or issue their own Stablecoins.

The perspective of a new favorable regulation under the administration of Donald Trump in the United States, has promoted the appetite of financial institutions by digital assets. The House of Representatives are expected on Thursday on the bill ‘genius’ to regulate the Stablecoins. If approved, a Trump firm could arrive as soon as the weekend.

The analysts of Bernstein They have shared that they hope that Stablecoins will evolve from the monetary railroad of cryptocurrency markets to eThe money train on the Internetwith a total market capitalization that will grow 16 times to USD $ 4 billion during the next decade. This would be driven by a “Transforming growth”In the tokenized capital markets, payments and native financial services of Stablecoinsthey pointed out, according to cited The Block.

Hannah Estefanía Pérez / Diariobitcoin

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