U.S. Greenback Tether (USDT), a USD-pegged stablecoin by Tether Restricted, sees its capitalization exceeding $150 billion. Seasoned digital asset entrepreneur and investor Samson Mow sees USDT securing the standing of the biggest altcoin as quickly as this yr.
Tether (USDT) near “flippening” Ether (ETH) this yr: Samson Mow
Tether (USDT), the largest stablecoin asset in crypto, reaches a brand new capitalization ATH over $150 billion. JAN3 CEO Samson Mow is certain that it’s only the start for USDT. Mow is definite that USDT has all the possibilities to outshine Ethereum (ETH) by market cap as quickly as this yr.
I stated it earlier than and I’ll say it once more. Tether will flip Ethereum this yr. https://t.co/jnl7l7DdWw
— Samson Mow (@Excellion) Might 12, 2025
Samson Mow added this remark to a celebration tweet by Tether and Bitfinex CEO Paolo Ardoino. Ardoino hinted at $1 trillion capitalization as the subsequent milestone for his main product.
As of press time, Ethereum (ETH) capitalization is sitting at $303 billion. As such, to flip the second blockchain, USDT nonetheless wants a 100% rally – even when the ETH worth stays stagnant.
The Ethereum (ETH) worth has been closely criticized on this cycle for its underperformance.
In addition to reaching a brand new capitalization excessive, U.S. Greenback Tether (USDT) hit one other main milestone yesterday. As lined by U.Right now beforehand, USDT sees its Tron-based model exceeding the Ethereum-based one by market cap.
For the primary time ever, Tron (TRX) has turn out to be the dominant USDT blockchain because of quick operation speeds and decrease on-chain comissions.
Stablecoin phase targets $250 billion cap as crypto recovers
Minor implementations of Tether – corresponding to Solana-, Avalanche- and TON-based stablecoins, are nonetheless accountable for a negligible share of the USDT provide.
USDC by Circle, the second largest stablecoin, hit a $60 billion capitalization. That stated, the stablecoin phase stays fairly concentrated, with USDT, USDC and USDe being accountable for over 90% of the online stablecoin cap.
Even with these rocketing metrics, the aggregated worth of all stablecoins is 8x decrease than that of Bitcoin (BTC), the biggest cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin (BTC) is altering fingers at $103,800 as of press time, down 0.3% within the final 24 hours.
