Tether volume hits $600B as it attempts to take on Bitcoin as crypto’s benchmark
Tether accounts for a huge percentage of transactions and is taking on Bitcoin and Ethereum in a variety of ways The latest data from analytics providers suggest that cumulative Tether transaction volume has just surpassed $600 billion as it begins to dominate crypto exchange trading.On-chain analytics provider Glassnode has revealed that Tether transaction volume increased by around 20% over the past 30 days to reach that new cumulative milestone. Cumulative $USDT Transaction Volume just went above 600,000,000,000 USDT. Current value: 600,000,880,895 USDT View....
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