Tether Invests Approximately 30 Billion Yen in Digital Market Whop, Expanding Stablecoin Payments

2026/02/26 13:14

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Tether Invests Approximately 30 Billion Yen in Digital Market Whop, Expanding Stablecoin Payments

Expanding Payment Infrastructure with USDT into Everyday Economy

Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin USDT, has made a strategic investment of $200 million (approximately 30 billion yen) in the online marketplace 'Whop'. This investment has brought Whop's corporate valuation to $1.6 billion, as revealed by co-founder and CEO Stephen Schwartz in a post on X on the 25th.

Whop enables creators to manage software tools, trading groups, online...

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