Tether

Mercado Bitcoin plans to allow clients to view their accounts starting November 9 after a hack that analysts estimate caused damages of approximately $46–49 million. Withdrawals and trading will resume later, following security checks. The exchange promises to cover losses with its own funds and reports the blocking of over $15 million in stolen assets.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino estimated the company's reserves at "plus or minus 150,000 bitcoins" at the Plan ₿ forum in Lugano. Tether has over 730 million users and about 30 million new wallets per quarter. Investments in U.S. Treasury bills reach $132.4 billion.

Tether has released its report for the third quarter of 2026: reserve assets amounted to $191.45 billion against liabilities of $183.50 billion, while excess reserves increased to $7.95 billion from $4.1 billion in the previous quarter. The net operating profit for the quarter was $1.5 billion, totaling $4.5 billion for the nine months. The auditing firm BDO confirmed the figures as of September 30.

Tether expands support for the open-source MDK toolkit for Bitcoin mining automation. The initiative has attracted 15 companies and projects, including Bitmain, Canaan, MicroBT, and F2Pool, which aim to create compatible modules for hardware and software systems.

Tether invests in Bolivian fintech Peso to expand USDT payment acceptance services in four Latin American countries, including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina.

Market analysis shows how the reduction in USDT supply creates liquidity issues for Bitcoin, hindering its recovery.

Tether invested $15 million in startup Mural to develop AI payment infrastructure, bringing the total funds raised to $28 million.

Saber Money has secured funding to expand its international payment operations in the Asia-Pacific region and the Persian Gulf.

Tether has introduced the offline AI speech recognition model TranscribePsy for devices without cloud access.

Tether announced investments in EFY Finance to expand stablecoin services in Latin America.