💎 Tether lent the large gold trader Gold․com about $1.5 billion — almost all of the company’s loans backed by gold are now financed by Tether.
The USDT issuer already holds about 146 tons of gold in its reserves — an asset worth roughly $18.8 billion based on the company’s reporting for Q2 2026.🐋 Crypto has already made 135,700 people dollar millionaires, but truly wealthy individuals are few — just 290 people have more than $100 million in assets, and there are 23 billionaires.
At the same time, around 742 million people worldwide own cryptocurrency.📲 Sam Altman’s World has launched World Money — a financial “super-app for people” that brings together stablecoins, international transfers, investments, Earn programs, and virtual accounts.
World ID is used to verify that a real person stands behind the account.🇪🇺 WSJ: Lagarde personally intervened in Binance’s bid to obtain a license in the EU — among her concerns were risks to the digital euro (CBDC) and the strengthening of dollar stablecoins.
🇯🇵 The Bank of Japan raised the rate to 1.25% — the highest level in 31 years — gradually bringing an end to the era of ultra-cheap money. This matters for the crypto market: as the yen gets more expensive, borrowing it to buy risky assets becomes less attractive.$XRP $SOL $DOGS