Overview
- Tether and Opera said MiniPay now supports USDT and Tether Gold, letting users store, send, and receive dollar- and gold-backed assets inside Opera’s mobile browser wallet on the Celo blockchain.
- Opera reported 12.6 million activated MiniPay wallets, more than 3.6 million on-chain users, and over 350 million transactions since launch.
- In December 2025, MiniPay processed over $153 million in stablecoin transfers, recorded about 7 million phone-verified USDT wallets, and saw roughly 300,000 unique USDT buyers.
- User activity that month included more than 3.5 million peer-to-peer payments and over 96 million USDT transfers, reflecting growing real-world payments usage.
- Opera shares rose roughly 15%–18% after the announcement, while MiniPay’s fiat on- and off-ramps—such as Fonbank, Partna, Daimo, Cashramp, Binance, and Bybit—expanded access as Celo was reported as the fastest-growing native USDT chain over the past year.