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Tether Group to Establish Headquarters in El Salvador in Emerging Markets Push

Tether, the crypto behemoth behind the $137 billion stablecoin USDT, is establishing headquarters for the group in bitcoin-friendly nation state El Salvador, the company said on Monday.
The firm said the development came after acquiring all the necessary licensing as a stablecoin issuer in the country.
The move will see Tether relocate incorporated subsidiaries to El Salvador and create its first brick-and-mortar headquarters, a company spokesperson said. Previously most of the group’s entities have been incorporated and licensed in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a source familiar with the company’s operations told CoinDesk. The move does not affect the company’s existing presence in Swiss crypto hub Lugano, the source added.
Two Tether-related companies — Tether NA El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. and Tether International El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. — obtained regulatory approval last August for most crypto-related activities in the country, according to the public registry of the National Commission of Digital Assets in El Salvador (CNAD), the government’s crypto regulatory body.
«This decision is a natural progression for Tether as it allows us to build a new home, foster collaboration, and strengthen our focus on emerging markets,” CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a statement. “El Salvador represents a beacon of innovation in the digital assets space.»
The relocation is a massive development for El Salvador’s aspirations as a crypto hub. Tether is one of the biggest digital asset companies and reported $7.7 billion in net profits for crypto in the first three quarters of 2024. That’s roughly 20% of the country’s annual GDP, per IMF data.
The move could also bring significant advantages for Tether, too, enjoying the country’s tax benefits aimed to attract tech and crypto firms. The «potential relocation leverages El Salvador’s new ICT Innovation Law, which offers 15-year tax exemption for tech firms on income, property and capital gains,» noted Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at investment firm VanEck.
Tether’s USDT is the largest stablecoin and popular payments and remittances vehicle for users in emerging countries.
El Salvador, a tiny country in Central America of over 6 million inhabitants, has become a nascent crypto hub under President Nayib Bukele. The country introduced bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender in 2021 and created comprehensive digital asset regulations attracting a range of crypto firms to settle. It’s also a significant bitcoin holder, currently holding over 6,000 BTC worth about $550 million, per Arkham data.
In other El Salvador news, Rumble (RUM), the video-sharing platform Tether acquired a stake in for $775 million, struck a cloud services deal with the Salvadorian government last week.
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Coinbase Outpaces S&P 500 With 43% June Rise as Stablecoin Narrative Grows: CNBC

Shares of Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) rose 43% this month, making the firm the top performer in the S&P 500 since it joined the index at the end of last month.
June’s run is already the stock’s best since November and caps three straight monthly gains. Coinbase’s shares reached their highest level since their public debut.
COIN hit a $382 high this week before enduring a slight correction, ending the week at $353 and seeing a slight 0.7% drop in after-hours trading to $351.
The wider S&P 500 index rose roughly 5% in June as geopolitical tensions eased.
Washington’s progress on the GENIUS Act, Congress’s first rulebook for dollar-pegged stablecoins, helped shift investor focus from trading fees to stablecoin revenue.
The bill brightened the outlook for Circle, whose shares hit a record high and saw its market cap near that of Coinbase this week.
Coinbase keeps all yield on USDC balances held on its platform and nearly half of other USDC income, equal to about 99 percent of Circle’s revenue, giving shareholders indirect exposure at no added cost, CNBC reported Friday, citing analysts including Citizens’ head of financial technology research Devin Ryan.
Trading, however, remains subdued. Average daily volume on Coinbase has drifted lower since April.
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Robinhood Launches Micro Bitcoin, Solana and XRP Futures Contracts

Robinhood (HOOD) has introduced micro futures on bitcoin (BTC), solana (SOL) and XRP in the United States., expanding its existing crypto futures offering for its nearly 26 million funded accounts.
Micro contracts need far less collateral than full-size futures, letting traders take directional positions while committing a smaller slice of capital.
The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on a cryptocurrency’s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.
The launch rounds out a futures suite that began with BTC and ETH in January. It also comes weeks after the firm closed its $200 million purchase of Bitstamp and finalized a $179 million deal for Canada’s WonderFi.
Robinhood’s data shows that crypto notional volumes have exploded upward over time, reaching $11.7 billion in May. The figure marks a 36% rise month-over-month, and a 65% growth year-over-year.
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Why is XRP Up Today? Trio of Catalysts Sees Token Outperform Wider Crypto Market

XRP climbed 5.5% to $2.19 in the last 24 hours after a trio of catalysts converged to help the cryptocurrency outperform the wider cryptocurrency market.
One of the catalysts was launch of XRP micro futures on Robinhood. The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on the cryptocurrency’s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.
Regulatory fog also thinned. On Friday, Ripple withdrew its cross-appeal in its long-running U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit. The SEC sued Ripple back in 2020 over its XRP sales, alleging these violated securities laws. The SEC is expected to drop its own appeal, leaving last year’s ruling, ordering Ripple to pay a $125 million civil penalty to the SEC, intact. The move could lift a lid that had kept some investors on the sidelines.
On-chain data rounded out the bullish setup. The XRP Ledger logged over a 1.1 million active addresses over the past week according to crypto analyst Ali Martinez, who cited Glassnode data.
XRP’s rise saw it outperform the wider crypto market, with the broader CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index rising 1.7% in the last 24 hours.
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