{"id":175,"date":"2026-02-03T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=175"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:54:36","slug":"tether-and-opera-join-forces-to-boost-financial-access-via-minipay-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Tether and Opera Join Forces to Boost Financial Access via MiniPay Wallet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stablecoin giant <strong>Tether<\/strong> has announced a strategic partnership with <strong>Opera<\/strong> to integrate <strong>USDT<\/strong> and <strong>Tether Gold (XAUT)<\/strong> into the <strong>MiniPay<\/strong> wallet. This collaboration specifically targets millions of users in high-growth regions, including Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, aiming to provide a lifeline of financial stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Empowering Emerging Markets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MiniPay, a self-custodial wallet integrated into the Opera browser and built on the <strong>Celo blockchain<\/strong>, simplifies the entry point into digital finance. Key highlights of the wallet&#8217;s reach include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Massive User Base:<\/strong> 12.6 million activated wallets across 60 countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rapid Growth:<\/strong> A 50% increase in users during the final quarter of 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High Activity:<\/strong> Over $153 million in transaction volume was recorded in December alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tether CEO <strong>Paolo Ardoino<\/strong> emphasized that the mission is to provide &#8220;simple, reliable access to stable value&#8221; for those living in regions with limited access to traditional banking or those facing local currency volatility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Hedge Against Inflation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the US-pegged USDT, the inclusion of <strong>XAUT (Tether Gold)<\/strong> offers a unique &#8220;inflation-resistant&#8221; savings tool. This move comes as tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) gain traction; XAUT recently hit an all-time high of <strong>$5,600<\/strong> in late January, mirroring the surge in spot gold markets. With a market cap of <strong>$3.4 billion<\/strong>, tokenized gold allows users in mobile-first regions to preserve their wealth without the physical storage hurdles of bullion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Divergent Market Trends<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, while adoption in emerging markets is booming, the broader global stablecoin landscape is cooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Market Contraction:<\/strong> According to <strong>CryptoQuant<\/strong>, total stablecoin market capitalization began to dip in December, breaking a long-standing growth trend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exchange Outflows:<\/strong> Net inflows of stablecoins to exchanges have vanished. After an initial drop of $9.6 billion, the market saw a further <strong>$4 billion in outflows<\/strong>, suggesting a shift from trading activity to private storage or specialized payment use cases like those supported by MiniPay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stablecoin giant Tether has announced a strategic partnership with Opera to integrate USDT and Tether Gold (XAUT) into<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-last-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}