USDt: Driving Financial Inclusion and Global Payments
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USDt claims widespread utility: 9 blockchains support the token, with $167 billion issued and about 40% of blockchain fees attributed to USDT. The network reports ~473 million users and cites up to $90 billion daily transfer volume, 35% of supply held as savings, and remittances that can cost under six cents via local corridors and kiosk liquidity in LATAM and Africa. Examples include merchant payments, freelancer payout flows, escrow-like programmable transfers, and law‑enforcement freezes of over $3 billion.
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- 0:00USDT introduction
- 1:04The birth of USDT in 2014
- 3:14Exchange liquidity with USDT
- 4:41USDT during Terra Luna crash
- 6:08USDT in emerging markets
- 8:20USDT global payment volumes
- 9:45Why USDT for cross-border
- 11:28USDT real-world use cases
- 12:33Tether’s blockchain agnostic
- 13:38USDT for small transactions
- 15:07Hyper-local USDT adoption
- 16:13USDT vs local currency devaluation
- 17:15USDT in online commerce
- 18:21USDT for trade finance
- 19:46USDT payment growth
- 20:31USDT revenue for exchanges
- 20:54Tether and law enforcement
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