Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino was attributing almost 40% of all blockchain gas fees from transactions sending USDT. He pointed out that hundreds of millions of users from ETH, Arbitrum, BSC, Solana, Polygon, Ton, Ton, Avalanche and Tron use USDT every day.
Aldoino Claim Tether Digital Dollar (USDT) protected families in emerging economies against local inflation and devaluation of national highways. He added that blockchain, which focuses on “low gas fees” paid in USDT, “take over the world.”
However, Ardoino said Tether will continue to focus on emerging markets that have advantages over their rivals, even after expanding in the US. Tether’s boss boasted that his company had been doing “incredibly well” in emerging markets for over a decade. He said Tether understands “more than anyone else” the better technology and understanding of this market segment.
Ardoino has revealed that his company will provide efficient stable coins for interbank settlements, payments and transactions as part of its “US domestic strategy.” Tether will also focus on the US institutional market after the Landmark Genius Cryptography was passed. Ardoino claimed Tether’s distribution was worth around $162 billion, an USDT, up 18% since the start of 2025.
Ardoino says achievement is a statement of the utility of USDT
40% of all blockchain fees are paid to send USDT.
It spans nine chains: ETH, TRON, TON, SOLANA, BSC, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Polygon & Optimism.Hundreds of millions of people in emerging markets use tether digital dollar USDT every day.
-Paolo Ardoino🤖 (@paoloardoino) August 5, 2025
Ardoino said that achieving a 40% gas rate market share tether is a “statement of the utility of USDT” for countless users in developing countries and emerging markets. He previously claimed that over 400 million people around the world used USDT.
The use of USDT increased 35 million wallets per quarter. US Treasury statistics show that Tether owns more than $127 billion in the US Treasury as of the second quarter of 2025. The holdings were compared to sovereign nations such as Germany, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.
Bernstein analysts hope that USDT will continue to control with a 65% share of the Stablecoins market. They also argued that stubcoin would soon evolve from a “coin market monetary railway” to a “internet money railway.”
Analysts believe Stablecoin’s market capitalization will grow 16 times over the next decade, up from its current $249 billion. They said this “transformative growth” will be driven by the widespread use of crypto in payments through Stablecoin-Native Financial Services and tokenized capital markets.
According to the GasfeesNow platform, sending USDT on Ethereum costs $0.5619 for BNB, $0.0002 for polygons, and $3.94 to $8.01 for Tron. Also, sending USDT with Ton costs $0.0427, $0.001 to $0.1 for Solana, $0.0001 for Aptos, $0.0006 for Avalanche, $0.006 for Polkadot, $0.0062 for Polkadot. However, the platform has revealed that estimating gas prices for the Tron network is a bit difficult.
Tether plans to launch a new Stablecoin
Ardoino said in early April that Tether was considering developing a new Stablecoin that complies with Shehding Us Stablecoin law. He noted that his company is not an issue with USDT banned in the US due to regulatory restrictions. Tether CEO argued that the new Stablecoin would help circumvent ongoing regulatory issues.
However, Ardoino revealed that his company has “highest level of compliance” when it comes to cooperation with regulators. He said theories and rumors that Tether is leaving the US market due to regulatory issues are the despair of competitors. Tether’s boss said his company has no issues with the US pending stable laws.
“We believe our main stub coins are complete for emerging markets, but we can create stable coins for payments that work in the US. We need two products with two different value propositions.”
–Paolo AldoinoTether CEO
CEO Tether was optimistic that USDT will remain listed in the US secondary market, noting that global access to USDT is important for remittances. However, Ardoino also noted that USDT portrays “long-term future reality” that was not a “major player” in Europe or the US.