$BTC Tether will join the OCEAN mining pool developed by Bitcoin Core. The company behind the USDT stablecoin, Tether, will connect its current and future Bitcoin hash rate to the OCEAN mining pool launched by Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dash Jr. According to the statement, OCEAN allows miners to create their own block templates using the open-source DATUM protocol. This solution reduces reliance on centralized intermediaries and increases the resilience of the first cryptocurrency's blockchain to censorship. Back in November 2023, the company announced a $500 million investment in mining the first cryptocurrency.

Tether participated in the first round of funding for the Volcano Energy project for mining digital gold in El Salvador using geothermal energy from a volcano with a $1 billion investment. The firm also invested $100 million in Bitdeer by Jihan Wu.