Tether targets Georgia with lari-backed GEL₮ stablecoin launch

Tether plans to issue a stablecoin in Georgia with support from the country’s government, marking a new frontier for the crypto giant.

Tether and Georgia will launch GEL₮, a stablecoin pegged to the lari. The project aims to bring Georgia’s currency onto regulated digital rails. GEL₮ should enable faster, cheaper, and programmable payments. The Republic of Georgia is taking a giant step into the sovereign digital asset economy.  The government has entered a historic partnership with the […] The post Tether and Georgia Launch GEL₮, the Nation’s Official Stablecoin appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Georgia’s central bank released stablecoin rules in March covering reserve backing, issuer documents and external auditor verification.

Tether has announced plans to launch GEL, a stablecoin representing the Georgian Lari, with backing from the Government of Georgia. The post Georgian government taps Tether to launch national currency stablecoin GEL₮ appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Tether’s $141 billion Treasury pile reveals the stablecoin risk now embedded in US debt appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Make CryptoSlate preferred on There’s a huge contradiction sitting at the center of modern American finance. The same industry regulators tried to isolate from the mainstream financial system has become one of the largest US Treasury buyers on the planet. Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, closed 2025 with total direct and indirect exposure to US Treasuries surpassing $141 billion, making it one of the largest holders of American government debt worldwide. The company itself said it was the 17th largest overall, and the largest non-sovereign holder of US debt, a ranking that makes some policymakers nervous and others genuinely relieved. The US government spent years debating whether to ban digital assets like stablecoins, restrict them, or treat them as a fringe curiosity. Then, finally, after over a decade of a legal standst

Over the last seven days, the stablecoin sector posted a slight contraction of $90.01 million, bringing the market’s total valuation to $323.052 billion, according to figures compiled by Defillama. Tether continues to dominate the category, with its market capitalization sitting just below the $190 billion threshold at $189.468 billion, accounting for 58.65% of the stablecoin […]

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