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 | 95.6% | 2 | $27 039.83 | 2.05% | 1.68% | $527 252 460 832 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 93.6% | 5 | $1 673.68 | 2.76% | 5.04% | $201 236 607 315 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 96% | 1 | $0.999935 | 0.08% | 0.01% | $83 271 159 494 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 94.4% | 4 | $216.15 | 1.27% | 2.52% | $33 253 779 336 |  |
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| 5 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 92% | 9 | $0.510677 | 1.70% | 0.44% | $27 225 409 135 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 94.8% | 1 | $1.000031 | -0.01% | 0.01% | $25 532 133 625 |  |
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| 7 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 92% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 8 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 85.2% | 24 | $0.088292 | 4.10% | 5.99% | $8 977 186 451 |  |
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| 9 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 91.6% | 6 | $0.251514 | 1.88% | 2.61% | $8 835 312 768 |  |
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| 10 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 90% | 4 | $0.061731 | 1.06% | 0.25% | $8 716 622 382 |  |
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| 11 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 84.8% | 20 | $20.15 | 4.81% | 2.65% | $8 320 025 559 |  |
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| 12 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 84% | 22 | $0.088863 | 4.54% | 6.44% | $7 915 896 490 |  |
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| 13 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 60.4% | 84 | $2.23 | 1.65% | -2.84% | $7 660 748 928 |  |
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| 14 |  DAI |
Dai predictions | 95.2% | 1 | $0.999533 | -0.04% | 0.01% | $5 345 391 790 |  |
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| 15 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 90% | 7 | $4.09 | 1.18% | 1.62% | $5 023 915 784 |  |
