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Tether and Opera Add USDT and Tether Gold to MiniPay on Celo

The rollout focuses on smartphone users seeking stable-dollar payments alongside gold-backed savings.

Overview

  • MiniPay now supports USDT and Tether Gold (XAUt0) inside Opera’s self-custodial wallet built on the Celo blockchain.
  • MiniPay reports 12.6 million activated wallets and more than 350 million transactions since launch, based on company and on-chain data.
  • In December 2025, users moved over $153 million through the wallet, including more than 96 million USDT transferred and over 3.5 million peer-to-peer payments.
  • December metrics include 7 million phone-verified USDT wallets and roughly 300,000 unique USDT buyers, up 33% from November.
  • Celo is cited as the fastest-growing native USDT network over the past year, while users added over $49 million via partners such as Fonbank, Partna, Daimo, Cashramp, Binance, and Bybit to support local fiat on- and off-ramps.