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Tether Investments has announced a strategic investment in Whop.com, an internet marketplace where creators and users can build, connect, and transact. The deal will see Whop integrate Tether's Wallet Development Kit (WDK) to enable stablecoin-powered payments across its platform, with users given the option to transact in USD₮ and USA₮.
Whop.com is the world's largest internet market supporting more than 18.4 million users, with participants earning approximately $3 billion annually. The platform reports gross transaction volume growing roughly 25% month over month.
The WDK integration will allow Whop to function as a self-custodial digital wallet for its community, supporting features including lending and borrowing through decentralised finance (DeFi) primitives. The framework is designed to enable on-chain settlement without reliance on traditional payment intermediaries.
Paolo Ardoino, Chief Executive Officer, Tether
Paolo Ardoino, Chief Executive Officer, Tether commented:
"Stablecoins and wallets become most powerful when they are embedded directly into people's lives, supporting their businesses, activities, families and individual stories. Our investment in Whop proudly reflects Tether's focus on supporting real economic activity by providing efficient digital dollar and wallet infrastructure that can scale to billions of people, across every continent. By integrating Tether's Wallet Development Kit, WDK, Whop can offer users faster global payments and more reliable financial tools, driving growth, individual, family and community self-sufficiency and financial inclusion. Whop is the future of the Internet Markets."
The funding round will support international expansion across Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, as well as the development of artificial intelligence tools aimed at creating what the company describes as agentic income opportunities for internet entrepreneurs.
Tether reports its ecosystem currently reaches more than 530 million users globally, with more than $180 billion of issued digital dollars in circulation. Tether Investments, the independent investment arm of Tether, is based in El Salvador and deploys capital from the firm's profits and excess reserves.
Steven Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Whop
Steven Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Whop said:
“With Tether's investment, we're accelerating our vision to build the world's largest internet market - where anyone in the world can create, connect, and get paid instantly. The next generation of business on the internet is global from day one, and payments need to move as freely as the internet itself. This partnership strengthens the financial backbone of our platform, aligning our infrastructure with a future where people can operate across the globe and build sustainable income - regardless of where they live or what currency they use.”
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