According to @AltcoinGordon, $1 billion USDT was just minted and a surge in weekend volatility is expected, highlighting a potential liquidity catalyst for crypto markets; source: @AltcoinGordon. USDT mint events can be verified on Tether’s transparency portal and via on-chain explorers for Ethereum and Tron to confirm issuance details; sources: Tether, Etherscan, TronScan. Tether has stated that large mints to the Tether Treasury are often authorized but not issued and serve as inventory for future issuance rather than immediate circulation, which means market impact depends on subsequent issuance to customers or exchanges; source: Tether. For trading impact assessment, professionals monitor changes in circulating USDT, exchange inflows, BTC and ETH order book depth, basis and perpetual funding, and stablecoin market share using institutional datasets; sources: Coin Metrics, Kaiko. If issuance to exchanges is confirmed by rising USDT balances on trading venues, spot and derivatives liquidity can expand, influencing spreads and funding rates in BTC and ETH markets; source: Kaiko.