Tether Gold deposits hit $102.9M with Aave dominance
Tether Gold (XAUt)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Tether Gold deposits into decentralized finance have surpassed the $100 million mark. The total value reached $102.9 million across ten different venues. Aave is the primary driver of this surge, accounting for 74.2% of the total deposits.
This growth highlights a trend of investors seeking exposure to digital assets through innovative platforms. The broader crypto market shows mixed signals with varying momentum across major assets. The increase in deposits illustrates a growing appetite for secure assets within DeFi.
Aave’s leading position enhances its reputation and reflects evolving liquidity dynamics in decentralized markets. Tether’s trading environment currently shows no significant price fluctuations. Volume data remains sparse, but momentum behind Tether Gold’s integration is notable. This could herald a shift in how investors view stablecoins in the context of decentralized finance.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for XAUt, measured when this story was written up on 1 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
XAUt is trading at $4,443.22 with strong buying pressure evident in the short term. The 1-hour buy ratio stands at 59.9%, while the 4-hour ratio is higher at 62.4%, indicating that buying pressure is building relative to the 24-hour period. The 24-hour buy ratio is 58.3%, showing consistent but slightly lower aggression over the full day. Volume delta confirms this trend, with positive inflows of $153,007 in the last hour and $4,141,662 over four hours. The 24-hour volume delta is +$4,570,254, meaning buyers are aggressively absorbing sell orders. This net buying activity has resulted in a cumulative volume delta of +$5,973,923 by the 24-hour close.
The latest daily buy ratio of 64.6% sits at the 98th percentile of the last 204 days, against a median of 48.5% - among the strongest buying days it has had.
Twenty-four hours later
What XAUt did over the 22 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for XAUt, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
This buying activity contrasts sharply with the preceding week, where the average buy ratio was only 44.1%. Today’s 24-hour buy ratio of 58.3% is 14.3 percentage points higher than the weekly average, marking a significant shift. Volume for the day is 1.14 times the weekly average, suggesting increased participation. Unlike today, the preceding week saw zero days of net buying, with a total volume delta of -$16,616,422. This indicates that today is an unusual day of sustained net inflow compared to the previous seven days.