Tether news

Tether Investments led a $1.4 billion funding round for Neura Robotics, a German startup developing AI-powered humanoid robots, marking one of the largest investments in physical AI on record. The round, announced Wednesday, also included Qualcomm Technologies, Amazon, and NVIDIA, and valued Neura between $9 billion and nearly $12 billion. Neura aims to produce 5 million robots by 2030, with about $1.2 billion in orders already. Tether is integrating its technology into Neura's systems, giving robots independent digital wallets for automated payments upon job completion, enabling machine-to-machine payments without human intervention. Tether, which made over $10 billion in profit in the first nine months of 2025, is expanding beyond crypto into industries like agriculture, brain tech, and sports.

Tether is leading a $1.4 billion funding round for German robotics firm NEURA Robotics, one of the largest private investments in humanoid robotics. The round also includes Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm, Bosch, Schaeffler, and the European Investment Bank. Beyond capital, Tether will integrate its payment and AI technologies into NEURA's robots, enabling them to create self-custodial wallets and run AI models on-device. This aligns with Tether's vision of a machine economy where robots can transact autonomously. The investment expands Tether's robotics portfolio after backing Blackrock Neurotech and Generative Bionics. Tether reported $1.04 billion profit in Q1 2026, funding its aggressive expansion despite a contraction in USDT supply earlier this year.

Tether led a $1.4 billion Series C round in German humanoid robotics firm NEURA Robotics, with participation from Nvidia, Amazon, Qualcomm, Bosch, and others. The investment is one of the largest in the physical AI and robotics sectors. Beyond capital, Tether will integrate its wallet development kit and QVAC edge AI runtime into NEURA's systems, enabling self-custodial transactions and local AI processing. The funding aims to accelerate development of autonomous robots for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and more.

Tether has led a Series C funding round of up to $1.4 billion in German robotics firm Neura Robotics, the stablecoin issuer announced Wednesday. The investment, months in the making, supports Neura's development of humanoid robots, precision arms, and autonomous mobile robots. Tether's statement highlighted that the funding will help redefine how machines interact with the physical world. As part of the deal, Tether plans to integrate its Wallet Development Kit into Neura's robotic systems, providing robots with financial tools. This investment adds to Tether's growing venture portfolio, funded by profits from its USDT stablecoin reserves. Neura previously raised nearly $140 million in January 2025 and will compete with Tesla in the robotics space.

Tether is leading a funding round of up to $1.4 billion for German robotics firm NEURA Robotics, valuing the company at roughly $7 billion. The stablecoin issuer's investment arm is spearheading the raise, which will integrate Tether's Wallet Development Kit and QVAC AI runtime into NEURA's robotic systems for autonomous payments and local AI processing. NEURA, founded in 2019, develops humanoid robots and AI-powered systems. The investment follows reports from November 2025 of a potential $1.15 billion deal. Tether's CEO stated that the collaboration advances robotics with evolved payment and compute systems. This move is part of Tether's broader expansion into AI and digital infrastructure, backed by its $1.04 billion Q1 2026 profit and $8.23 billion excess reserves. Tether's QVAC platform and grants program aim to foster local-first AI and payment applications.

Tether has launched a Visa card in collaboration with Fasset that allows users to spend its gold-backed stablecoin XAUT anywhere Visa is accepted. The card instantly converts XAUT to USDT and then to fiat at the point of sale. Cardholders can earn up to 6% cashback paid in XAUT on eligible purchases, along with a round-up feature that automatically invests spare change into XAUT. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that the initiative changes gold's traditional role from a store of value to a medium of exchange. Each XAUT token represents one fine troy ounce of physical gold held in Swiss vaults. Gold recently hit an all-time high above $5,500 per ounce but currently trades around $4,414.

Tether is launching a Visa card that allows consumers to earn rewards in its gold-backed stablecoin XAUT, the company announced on Wednesday. The card, issued in partnership with fintech Fasset, enables users to spend fiat at merchants worldwide where Visa is accepted, earning up to 6% cashback in XAUT on eligible transactions. Additionally, spare change from purchases will be automatically rounded up and invested in XAUT, which has a market cap of roughly $2.6 billion. The card also supports converting USDT to fiat for transactions. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that the initiative connects stablecoins and tokenized gold to real-world payment systems, making them more accessible. XAUT is backed by about 24 tons of gold held in reserves.

Tether's U.S.-focused stablecoin USAT saw its circulating supply surge 540% in April to $140.8 million, according to a Deloitte-signed reserve report. The token, issued by Anchorage Digital, debuted in January as part of Tether's expansion into the U.S. market. Despite the growth, USAT remains far behind its main rivals. Circle's USDC has a market cap of roughly $76 billion, while Paxos' PYUSD stands at about $5.5 billion and RLUSD at $1.7 billion. Tether's flagship USDT remains the largest stablecoin globally with a near $189 billion market cap.

Tether's USAT stablecoin supply surged nearly 540% month-over-month to over 140 million tokens in April, up from 22 million in March, according to a new attestation. The total reserve balance reached $141.18 million, with a surplus of $327,450 over outstanding tokens. USAT, issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, aims to comply with the GENIUS Act by maintaining 1:1 reserves in cash or cash equivalents. Reserves include $13.43 million in cash and $127.75 million in reverse repos backed by U.S. Treasuries. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino cited growing institutional demand amid clearer U.S. stablecoin rules.

Trezor has integrated native stablecoin yield functionality into Trezor Suite via Morpho, allowing users to deposit USDT and USDC directly from their hardware wallets without external DeFi applications. The feature uses two Morpho vaults curated by Steakhouse Financial, with yield generated from borrowing demand rather than token incentives. Trezor is the second-largest hardware wallet provider after Ledger, which already offers similar yield features. Stablecoin yield strategies are growing but face scrutiny over risks like smart contract vulnerabilities and centralization. Vitalik Buterin has criticized many yield products as overly dependent on centralized issuers, proposing alternative models aligned with DeFi ethos.