Tether Alternatives: 8 Companies Compared company
Why these alternatives
Tether is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 92 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0910. The 8 companies below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with Tether — the chains, companies, auditors, investors and events that connect them — ranked by shared neighbors, then by their own graph centrality (PageRank).
Comparison table
| # | Alternative | Type | Category | Graph connections | Shared with Tether |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Circle | company | — | 100 | 12 |
| 2 | BlackRock | company | — | 101 | 5 |
| 3 | Anchorage Digital | company | custody_bank | 58 | 4 |
| 4 | Visa | company | — | 51 | 4 |
| 5 | Cantor Fitzgerald | company | — | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | Ledger | company | — | 84 | 3 |
| 7 | Mastercard | company | — | 53 | 3 |
| 8 | BNY Mellon | company | — | 42 | 3 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. Circle
Circle is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 100 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1134. It shares 12 graph neighbors with Tether, including Fireblocks, Fidelity and Solana. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between Circle and Tether. Also known as Circle Internet, Circle Internet Financial.
2. BlackRock
BlackRock is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 101 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0977. It shares 5 graph neighbors with Tether, including Bitcoin (BTC), Circle and Anchorage Digital. Also known as BlackRock Inc.
3. Anchorage Digital
Anchorage Digital is a custody_bank company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 58 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0612. It shares 4 graph neighbors with Tether, including Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether USA and USA₮ (Tether US). The graph also records a direct “investor” relation between Anchorage Digital and Tether. Also known as Anchorage.
4. Visa
Visa is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 51 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0544. It shares 4 graph neighbors with Tether, including Circle, Anchorage Digital and Ethereum. Also known as Visa Inc.
5. Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 8 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0075. It shares 4 graph neighbors with Tether, including Tether USD, Anchorage Digital and Twenty One Capital, Inc.. The graph also records a direct “custodied by” relation between Cantor Fitzgerald and Tether.
6. Ledger
Ledger is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 84 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0649. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Tether. Also known as Ledger SAS.
7. Mastercard
Mastercard is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 53 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0522. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Tether, including Circle, Fireblocks and Anchorage Digital. Also known as Mastercard Inc.
8. BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 42 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0418. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Tether, including Fireblocks, Anchorage Digital and Fidelity.
How this list is built
DeFi Intel maps 11,787 entities and 25,338 relationships extracted from source-cited crypto news and research. An alternative to Tether is defined here as another tracked company ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with Tether, with ties broken by PageRank (graph centrality). Only entities with their own DeFi Intel profile page are listed. This page is generated from the graph data alone and contains no editorial ranking or opinion.
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