Shocking: Tether Prints Billions as Bitcoin Parties Past $100K — You Won’t Believe What’s Next!

If ever you wanted proof that the crypto caper is run by fellows who find restraint as appetizing as an overcooked Brussels sprout, look no further than Tether’s latest shenanigans. Fresh off the heels of rustling up a casual billion USDT, the merry souls at Tether have now conjured another two billion smackers—a proper wallet-stretcher—on the Tron blockchain, and all because Bitcoin has swanned back above $100K. Stiff upper lip, anyone? Bitcoin may plummet on global turmoil, but back it bounces like a yo-yo in the hands of a caffeinated butler. 🚀

The cryptographic bloodhounds at Whale Alert have sounded the horn, reporting two separate one-billion-USDT transactions. I tell you, that’s the sort of transaction size that makes even an oligarch dab his brow. But Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s head honcho and chief steady-hand-on-tiller, insists it’s all frightfully routine and nothing to do with the market kerfuffle. Business as usual, just a spot of light minting. Jolly good, Paolo. Pull the other one, it’s got blockchain bells on. 🛎️

💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 1,000,000,000 #USDT (1,001,400,000 USD) minted at Tether Treasury

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) June 22, 2025

“Authorized, but not issued,” says Ardoino, as if he were discussing unhatched eggs at a hen convention. Just inventory, he insists—tokens languishing in the ledger, waiting for a reason to sashay into the limelight. One could almost picture them in evening dress, primed for the ballroom.

Still, every market punter with an eye for patterns is already reaching for the champagne: history says that when Tether starts splashing tokens about, Bitcoin tends to don its top hat and dance a merry jig. Cue the bitfinex crowd clinking glasses and making theatrical ‘buy’ gestures. 🥂

Bitcoin, meanwhile, has scampered past $101,000 yet again, undeterred by sabre-rattling and ominous headlines. The rest of the crypto bazaar is limbering up as well, with over a billion in liquidations swept under the digital rug faster than you can say “arbitrary regulation.”

Tether’s minting spree continues to give the rumor mill a lusty spin, especially as new-fangled rules like the GENIUS Act prod the likes of Circle and Ripple into puffing up their own stables. The stage is set, the crowd is rowdy, and the theatrical supply of USDT begs the question—will Bitcoin ride the next wave or trip over its own golden spats?

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2025-06-23 08:58