Tether mints more coins to break $60 billion market cap
Massive volatility on crypto markets has been always associated with an uptick on stablecoin markets, a Tether exec noted. Tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, continues to grow despite record-breaking cryptocurrency outflows triggered by Elon Musk’s Bitcoin (BTC) criticism. On Monday, Tether’s market cap hit $60 billion for the first time in history, marking another milestone of the stablecoin’s growth. According to data from Tether Transparency, USDT market value amounts to $60.4 billion at the time of writing, up over 580% from one year ago.
Tether's new market cap record follows a series of newly minted USDT tokens at Tether Treasury. According to data from blockchain analytics service Whale Alert, at least 6 billion new Tether USDT tokens have been minted at the treasury over the past 30 days, with the latest batch of 1 billion USDT minted on May 24. According to an announcement by Tether, institutional and corporate demand is the main driver of Tether's continued growth.
USDT repeatedly broke new market cap milestones over the past two months, adding $10 billion each month. Tether broke into the top three cryptocurrencies by market cap alongside Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) and has been gaining ground as the third biggest cryptocurrency by market cap over the past few days, flipping Binance Coin (BNB) on May 23.
Tether’s continued growth follows massive crypto volatility as the market shed $1 trillion from its mid-May high above $2.5 trillion. Bitcoin, which became a $1 trillion asset earlier this year, lost over $400 billion in the latest market crash, with its market cap sitting above $720 billion at the time of writing. Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino emphasized that periods of enormous crypto volatility have been often associated with stablecoin growth:
“During these extreme episodes, we’ve historically seen an uptick in stablecoin activity, made evident by Tether’s recent US$60 billion milestone as demand continues to grow. Events like these even support the ecosystem’s strength and help everyone refocus back to building rather than the distraction of token price gains.”
Founded in 2014, Tether USDT is a major stablecoin pegged at a 1:1 exchange ratio with the United States dollar. As the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether currently represents 60% of the $100 billion combined stablecoin capitalization, according to data from CoinGecko. USDT’s biggest rival, USD Coin (USDC), is ranked the eighth largest cryptocurrency by market value, with a market cap of $20 billion.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 60.8% | 76 | $61 243.77 | 1.02% | 1.11% | $1 154 572 840 442 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 68.4% | 57 | $4 109.03 | 4.38% | 6.19% | $485 054 173 428 |  |
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| 3 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 72.4% | 60 | $481.29 | 0.25% | 3.23% | $80 279 625 910 |  |
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| 4 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 90.8% | 12 | $2.15 | 0.11% | -1.89% | $70 787 881 107 |  |
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| 5 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 96% | 1 | $1.000556 | 0.09% | 0.06% | $69 612 761 722 |  |
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| 6 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 71.6% | 54 | $195.86 | -3.60% | 23.35% | $58 918 167 005 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 70.8% | 52 | $1.088407 | 0.20% | -5.19% | $51 096 748 647 |  |
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| 8 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 63.2% | 79 | $43.63 | -0.29% | 3.79% | $43 086 190 756 |  |
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| 9 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 70% | 56 | $0.250784 | 5.45% | 5.27% | $33 056 889 048 |  |
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| 10 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 95.6% | 1 | $1.000865 | 0.09% | 0.09% | $32 551 622 838 |  |
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| 11 |  LUNA |
Terra predictions | 68.8% | 65 | $42.68 | -0.63% | 15.43% | $17 137 911 904 |  |
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| 12 |  UNI |
UniSwap predictions | 74% | 48 | $26.59 | 3.60% | -2.02% | $16 261 823 078 |  |
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| 13 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 69.6% | 65 | $65.13 | -0.86% | 8.98% | $14 346 523 240 |  |
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| 14 |  LINK |
Chainlink predictions | 76.4% | 47 | $30.61 | 7.77% | 9.88% | $14 113 775 739 |  |
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| 15 |  WBTC |
Wrapped Bitcoin predictions | 63.2% | 75 | $61 285.05 | 0.88% | 1.17% | $13 592 575 892 |  |
