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 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... Stablecoins see biggest drop since 2022 crypto winter led by Tether (USDT), Circle’s USDC decline The combined market capitalization of major stablecoins fell from... Previous articleFast-food chain Steak n Shake to pay hourly workers a bitcoin bonusNext articleOndo Finance launches tokenized US stocks and ETFs on Solana
