The European Union's upcoming MiCA Regulation is set to impose strict requirements on stablecoins, and issuers will be required to meet a range of criteria to ensure compliance. MiCA has two categories for stablecoins, so close in their definitions, that distinctions are difficult to spot.

Tether Gold (XAUT) and Euro Tether (EURT) are now available to users on the Bitget exchange.

The Wall Street Journal published an article on February 10, according to which a large Wall Street firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, will manage the reserves of Tether invested in US T-bills.

On February 9, 2023, Tether shared with its users the fourth quarterly report for 2022. By the end of 2022, Tether completely disposed of commercial paper in reserves, reduced secured loans by $300 million, and received more than $700 million in profits for the last quarter.

Tether and INHOPE have announced a collaboration to eliminate CSAM (child sexual abuse material) related payments on the network.

As we wrote earlier, 2022 was quite a difficult year for stablecoins, but they managed to reach a record settlement volume, exceeding $7 trillion. Then, Peter Johnson predicted that the total settlement volume of stablecoins in 2023 would bypass Visa.

A stablecoin linked to gold, Tether Gold (XAUT), has been listed on ICRYPEX crypto exchanges.

Bloomberg journalists are actively writing materials about Tether, releasing several articles per week. Articles question the reliability of the company and fan the flames of panic after the collapse of FTX. Tether is not keeping silent, and refutes Bloomberg’s claims.