Tether (USDT) dominance in Ethereum is on the rise according to GlassNode, an on-chain market intelligence firm. Cumulatively, the amount of USDT transacted in Ethereum exceeds $100 billion, a 6,000% rise since early 2019. USDT is a stablecoin that is pegged 1:1 against the USD and several fiat currencies. It is officially issued by Tether Limited, a company that has links with Bitfinex, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange.

#Tether adoption on #Ethereum still on the rise: $USDT cumulative on–chain volume just surpassed 100 billion USD.

That's an increase of more than 6000% since the beginning of 2019. pic.twitter.com/eoPKG9pEfq

— glassnode (@glassnode) November 19, 2019

With the shift to Ethereum, USDT transactions are now more active and even harder to track. Combined, Tether’s smart contracts have spent over 2,000 ETHs in Gas as per data from ETHGas Station. This translates to $367k paid as fees with each transaction billed at 21.1 GWei. It is over 10X more than those paid by IDEX smart contracts.

There are 562,969 USDT holders generating 11,734,646 transfers pushing Tether’s diluted market cap to $2.03 billion. Overall, the token circulating supply stands at $4.12 billion with a market cap of $4.124 billion at the time of press.

At this rate, USDT smart contracts burn 10.49% of all Gas with average GWei fluctuating depending on supply and demand forces. When there is a noticeable rise or fall in Bitcoin prices, USDT activity tends to spike.

According to a circular from Tether Limited, the company has made headway in allowing users to send value over the blockchain without the inherent risk of volatility and complexity associated with free floating cryptocurrencies.

By rolling out a stablecoin on Ethereum and complying with the ERC-20 standard, a guide used by most fungible tokens generated on the smart contracting platform, users enjoy faster confirmation times, low transaction fees than they would have on the Omni Protocol.

Earlier, a report by Bloomberg revealed that USDT was rapidly catching up with ETH and BTC as a preferable means of payment. Statistics published by CoinPayment showed that USDT popularity surged 30% as merchants were attracted to the token’s non-volatility and low transaction fees. BTC related payment shrunk to 60% from 80% with ETH dropping to third as USDT climbed to second.