{"id":46490,"date":"2021-07-21T19:08:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T16:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=46490"},"modified":"2025-09-01T16:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:41:33","slug":"bitstamp-announces-listing-of-tethers-eurt-stablecoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitstamp-announces-listing-of-tethers-eurt-stablecoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitstamp announces listing of Tether\u2019s EURt stablecoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest European cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, began accepting deposits for Tether&#8217;s EURt stablecoin, fully backed 1:1 by euros, amid strong client demand.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24EURt&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$EURt<\/a> to Bitstamp! Stablecoins have recorded impressive growth of 300% so far this year, rising to a market cap of over $110B. Excited by the possibilities, we want to help pioneer the adoption of the first EUR-pegged stablecoin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6sKNmVY9p\">https:\/\/t.co\/K6sKNmVY9p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bitstamp (@Bitstamp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bitstamp\/status\/1417798583190003712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The exchange will list EURt\/EUR and EURt\/USD pairs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cAccess to EURt will save euro-area customers time and money without loss of their purchasing power,\u201d<\/em>\u2014 said Bitstamp&#8217;s head of product, Michael Widmar.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>European users will be able to trade, deposit and transfer funds without needing to use USD-pegged stablecoins.<\/p>\n<p>Bitstamp has introduced a 90% discount on trading fees for EURt trades and other fiat-stablecoin pairs through the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>On July 21, Bitstamp also <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bitstamp.net\/post\/welcoming-robert-zagotta-as-bitstamps-u-s-ceo\">\u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/a> about the appointment of Robert Zagotta as head of the U.S. unit. Previously, for three years the executive held the post of Chief Commercial Officer at Kraken, and before that \u2014 CEO of CME Group.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Bitstamp <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitstamp-announces-expansion-into-the-us-market\">announced<\/a> its intention to strengthen its presence in the American market.<\/p>\n<p> Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest European cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, opened deposits for Tether\u2019s EURt stablecoin, fully backed 1:1 by euros, amid strong client demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[174,1612,807,1245],"class_list":["post-46490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitstamp","tag-euro","tag-stablecoins","tag-tether-usdt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46492,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46490\/revisions\/46492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}