Tether may tokenize equity to ensure liquidity for investors: Report

cointelegraphPubblicato 2025-12-12Pubblicato ultima volta 2025-12-12

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Tether, the issuer of USDT, is reportedly considering tokenizing equity and share buybacks to provide liquidity for investors as it aims for a $500 billion valuation. The company halted a shareholder’s attempt to sell a $1 billion stake, which would have valued Tether at $280 billion. Instead, Tether plans to offer liquidity solutions through tokenization or buybacks after closing a funding round aimed at raising $20 billion for a 3% stake. Tokenized equity enhances liquidity by enabling easier transfers, fractional ownership, and use as collateral in DeFi. The move aligns with growing regulatory support for onchain finance, including the SEC’s recent approval for DTCC to tokenize traditional assets like stocks and bonds.

Tether, the stablecoin company that issues the USDt (USDT) dollar-pegged token, is considering tokenizing investor equity and share buybacks to offer liquidity for investors as it seeks a $500 billion valuation.

Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing a source familiar with the matter, that Tether recently stopped an existing shareholder from selling their stake as the company is in talks to raise $20 billion for a 3% stake in the stablecoin's issuer business.

The investor sought to sell a $1 billion stake that valued Tether at $280 billion, Bloomberg reported. In response, Tether plans to offer investor liquidity through tokenization or share buybacks after the funding round closes.

Cointelegraph reached out to Tether but had not received a response by the time of publication.

Tokenizing a company’s equity can increase liquidity by making shares easier to transfer, fractionalize and borrow against. Onchain equity allows holders to maintain their positions while using a tokenized representation of their equity as collateral in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.

*The differences between tokenized equity and shares issued through the traditional financial system. Source:* *Cointelegraph*

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Tokenized finance is gaining steam as US regulators move to overhaul legacy financial tech

On Thursday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave the green light to the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a clearinghouse and settlement company, to tokenize stocks, exchange-traded funds and bonds.

“US financial markets are poised to move onchain,” SEC Chair Paul Atkins said on Thursday, adding, “Onchain markets will bring greater predictability, transparency, and efficiency for investors.”

Financial services company J.P. Morgan facilitated a $50 million tokenized bond issue for crypto investment company Galaxy Digital Holdings on the same day as Atkins’ announcement.

Crypto exchanges are also looking to expand trading of tokenized products, following the SEC’s nod to the DTCC and Atkins’ comments.

Coinbase, a US-based cryptocurrency exchange, is expected to announce its expansion into tokenized stocks and prediction markets as early as Wednesday.

The company told Cointelegraph that it will host a livestream to showcase new products, but did not specify which products would be unveiled.

Tokenized public stocks are still in the early stages of adoption, with nearly $700 million in public equities tokenized at the time of this writing, according to RWA.xyz data.

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