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May 14, 2026

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$450 Million Frozen And Counting: T3 Financial Crime Unit Continues Global Crackdown on Illicit Crypto Flows

14 May 2026 – The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU), a joint initiative by Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs, announced today that it has frozen over USD 450 million in illicit assets globally, strengthening regulatory collaboration to target cryptocurrency-related financial crimes. This year, T3 FCU has successfully supported investigations into crimes involving banned or […]

May 11, 2026

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Tether Launches Developer Grants Program to Fund Local-First AI and Payments Infrastructure

11 May, 2026 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, announced today that it is launching a grants program to fund developers building on its open technology stack, with no cap on total payouts, tied to specific technical deliverables. The grants program is now open, and developers can apply to active tasks. […]

May 7, 2026

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Tether Unveils Medical AI That Runs on Phones, Outperforms Much Larger SoTA Models, and Can Cut the Cloud Out Entirely

7 May 2026 – Tether’s AI Research Group today launched QVAC MedPsy, a new class of medical language models designed to run directly on smartphones, wearables, and other devices with limited processing power, delivering performance that rivals and, in some cases, surpasses significantly larger models while remaining local and private. Instead of scaling performance through […]

May 4, 2026

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Tether Gold Surpasses $3.3 Billion as Reserves Surge 36% in Q1, Driven by Flight to Hard Assets

4 May 2026 – Tether Gold (XAU₮), the world’s leading tokenized gold product, continued its rapid growth in the first quarter of 2026 as record gold prices and persistent macroeconomic uncertainty strengthened investor demand for safe-haven assets. The quarter marked a new high for global gold demand by value, as investors continued to seek exposure […]

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