Tether invested in EFY Finance's seed round to push USDT and USAT payments across Latin America, with settlement to local bank accounts in 17 countries.
The transfer was detected on Oct. 14.
The seed investment will support stablecoin-based cross-border payments, account services and digital-asset custody across Latin America.
Russia's A7 international settlement platform has announced a new payment service that will allow customers to settle foreign invoices using USDT while recipients receive funds through conventional SWIFT bank transfers.
A7 International will charge a fixed 0.3% fee and settle invoices through SWIFT in the recipient's requested fiat currency.
The Crest Fund and Liberty Bitcoin Accumulation Fund use Hadron for issuance, compliance and lifecycle management, with subscriptions scheduled through Oct. 29, 2026.
Tether has frozen $10 million of its USDT cryptocurrency after a theft drained up to $93 million in assets from Ledger hardware wallets sold by CryptoBilis, as the investigation into the money flow continues and Ledger claims the problem is isolated.
About $93.2 million in crypto was linked to devices sold by authorized distributor CryptoBilis across six blockchains.
Tether signed an agreement with the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Alatau City Authority to explore a tenge-pegged stablecoin and asset tokenization projects. Stablecoins denominated in local currencies could facilitate digital payments and expand access to financial services without relying exclusively on the U.S. dollar.
The token later traded at 0.159 USDT after its five-minute gain.
Withdrawals exceeded deposits during the measured period, slightly below Binance's previously reported 31.3819 million USDT one-hour net outflow.
Three transfers were recorded during the three hours ending at 5:04 a.m. ET on Oct. 11, including movements involving Spark and Aave.