Tether CEO Claims USDT Reached 500 Million Users Worldwide

According to Tether executive Paolo Ardoino, the stablecoin USDT has reached 500 million users ￰1￱ figure was posted on his social ￰2￱ on reports, that user base would represent about 6.25% of the global ￰3￱ the same time, USDT’s circulating supply is reported to be roughly $182 ￰4￱ Reading: Bitcoin Whale Goes Big — $255M Longs Opened Before Trump–China Summit Tether Reports 500 Million Users The announcement came in a short social post from Ardoino celebrating the milestone. It’s the “biggest financial inclusion achievement” in history, he ￰5￱ company frames this as a major step for financial access, pointing to broad use in markets where traditional banking is ￰6￱ method used to count “users” has not been made public, and the figure appears to be self-reported by ￰7￱ USDT reached officially 500 million users!

Likely the biggest financial inclusion achievement in history. ￰0￱ — Paolo Ardoino 🤖 (@paoloardoino) October 21, 2025 Use Patterns In Emerging Markets In several emerging economies, market participants say stablecoins are used for more than ￰8￱ are used for cross-border payments, local transfers, and as a quick store of value when local currencies fall in ￰9￱ on reports, people and businesses often move money into USDT to avoid volatility in their own ￰10￱ practical use is part of why the company emphasizes the inclusion ￰11￱ Size And Supply Figures USDT’s reported $182 billion supply places it among the largest stablecoins in ￰12￱ tracking on-chain data note that a large portion of stablecoin flows still occur on major blockchains and centralized ￰13￱ And Counting Caveats The 500 million claim has raised questions from industry observers and some ￰14￱ a “user” is defined is unclear: It wasn’t fully disclosed in detail if it is a unique person, a wallet address, an account on a partner platform, or an aggregate of multiple ￰15￱ emphasize that without detailed methodology, outside verification is ￰16￱ number should be viewed as a company figure that signals scale, but not as an independently audited ￰17￱ Reading: All It Took Was A Tweet: FLOKI Jumps 27% After Musk Mentions It Global Reach And Inclusion Claims Tether positions the milestone as a financial inclusion ￰18￱ even a portion of the 500 million are new entrants to digital finance, that would be significant.

meanwhile, regulators in several jurisdictions are watching stablecoins more ￰19￱ scrutiny could affect how stablecoins are used in payments and remittances going ￰20￱ image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView