DeFi Iran’s central bank bought $507 million USDT to underpin rial, report finds By info@uweb3.io January 21, 2026 Share This Post FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Elliptic traced more than $500 million in USDT tied to Iran’s central bank, suggesting the stablecoin was used to manage foreign-exchange pressures and build a “sanctions-proof” alternative to dollar banking. TagsBankboughtCentralfindsIransmillionReportRialunderpinUSDT Related Posts U.S.-Iran hostilities send BTC price lower even as ETF flows show demand: Crypto Daily Bitcoin is hovering near $63,000 after falling more than... Bitcoin slips below $63,000 in an Asian-session leverage flush Digital assets posted a third consecutive quarter of losses... Thailand Central Bank Audits USDT Amid Gray Money Crackdown Thailand’s central bank is stepping up stablecoin surveillance as... What recent U.S.-Iran strikes mean for bitcoin, ether, solana The moves priced a single fear, that a wider... Signs of life?: State of Crypto But the 2026 midterm election is coming up quite... Bitcoin nears the $58,000 floor that has marked every cycle bottom since 2015 Jurrien Timmer, Fidelity's director of global macro, says bitcoin... Previous articleFast-food chain Steak n Shake to pay hourly workers a bitcoin bonusNext articleOndo Finance launches tokenized US stocks and ETFs on Solana