USDT0 added $115 million in a day, most since May. Sharks bought $2.57 million on Optimism
Tether's cross-chain token grew while USDT shrank, CoinGecko data show. DeepSea's data show large wallets swapping into it on Optimism and Berachain, and out of it on Unichain.
Key points
- USDT0's market value rose $114.6 million in the day to 7 p.m. ET on November 13, 2026, to $3.57 billion, its largest one-day rise in CoinGecko's daily data since May 19.
- Shark wallets bought $2.57 million of USDT0 on Optimism and sold $471,937 in the 24 hours to 6:36 a.m. ET on November 14, DeepSea's flow table shows. On Berachain they bought $1.65 million and sold $1.17 million.
- One Unichain shark went the other way, selling $1.37 million of USDT0, including one sale of 1.33 million tokens, DeepSea's data show.
What DeepSea's data shows
DeepSea's 24-hour flow table, built at 6:36 a.m. ET, tracks large wallets it calls sharks. For USDT0 it shows:
- Optimism: $2,572,839 bought and $471,937 sold by 11 wallets in 45 trades.
- Berachain: $1,645,573 bought and $1,170,595 sold by 2 wallets in 70 trades.
- Unichain: $70,013 bought and $1,370,176 sold by 1 wallet in 18 trades.
Buying a stablecoin means swapping another token into dollars. The table does not show what the wallets paid with. On Optimism, the same table shows sharks sold $2.91 million of OP and bought $2.71 million. The data do not link the two.
The Unichain seller is Hold8b87, tagged Shark and Holder. Its page shows $3.44 million in assets, $10.60 million traded in 30 days and one sale of 1.33 million USDT0 about eight hours before our 6:44 a.m. ET read. Its 30-day result is a profit of $310.11.
Data: DeepSea (desea.io), checked November 14, 2026, 6:36 a.m. ET.
What moved
USDT0 is a version of Tether's USDT built to move between blockchains. This story uses data from CoinGecko, DefiLlama and DeepSea. CoinGecko's daily readings show its market value went from $3.455 billion to $3.569 billion in the day to 7 p.m. ET on November 13, a rise of $114.6 million. That is the largest one-day rise in its data since May 19, 2026. At 6:57 a.m. ET on November 14 it stood at $3.567 billion, up $40.7 million in 24 hours.
It is still well below its high in that data: $4.089 billion on June 7. It lost $941.9 million in a single day on October 21. Over the same 24 hours, plain USDT shrank $323.1 million to $175.27 billion, while bitcoin fell 2.9% to about $67,113.
DefiLlama's Tether page counts $221.9 million of USDT on OP Mainnet, the Optimism network, $809.93 million on Arbitrum and $47.26 million on Monad. It does not list Berachain or Unichain.
Shark USDT0 trades in 24 hours, DeepSea
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Source: DeepSea, 24 hours to 6:36 a.m. ET, November 14, 2026
LC Insight analysis
This section is our reading of the facts above, not a statement of fact.
- We think the sharks' moves fit a market that is cutting risk: on two of three networks, large wallets swapped more into dollars than out.
- The sums are small next to a $114.6 million supply jump, so sharks on these networks are not what drove USDT0's growth.
- The Unichain sale shows the flows are not one-way. One wallet can move more than a whole network's buyers in a day.
What's next
- Whether USDT0's market value keeps rising from $3.57 billion.
- Optimism sharks' OP sales, which ran ahead of their buys.
- What Hold8b87 does with the dollars from its 1.33 million USDT0 sale.
Disclaimer. This article is based on public information and the sources listed below as of the update time shown. It is for information only and is not investment, legal or tax advice. Figures may change as companies and authorities publish new data.
Sources
- CoinGecko API, USDT0 daily market value, 180 days (read November 14, 2026, 6:57 a.m. ET)
- CoinGecko API, stablecoin market values and 24-hour changes (read November 14, 2026, 6:57 a.m. ET)
- DeepSea, 24-hour flows by token and wallet (built November 14, 2026, 6:36 a.m. ET)
- DeepSea, wallet page for Hold8b87, Unichain (read November 14, 2026, 6:44 a.m. ET)
- DefiLlama, Tether (USDT) supply by chain (read November 14, 2026, 7:00 a.m. ET)
