Tether Moves to Purchase $200 Million Worth of Its Own Altcoin on the Market

Stablecoin market leader Tether has sought capital for a new venture with Antalpha Platform Holding, which has close ties to Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain Technologies ￰0￱ to sources familiar with the matter, the parties are in talks to raise at least $200 ￰1￱ funding will be used to stock Tether's tokenized gold product, ￰2￱ issues USDT, the world's largest stablecoin, while Beijing-based Bitmain supplies about 82% of global cryptocurrency mining ￰3￱ is a financial services company that works closely with ￰4￱ & ￰5￱ advising on the deal. However, Tether, Antalpha, and Cohen did not comment to the press, with Tether only highlighting a post recalling the collaboration with ￰6￱ News: New Development in the US Government Shutdown Crisis - Next Critical Date Set Tether and Antalpha are already working together on Tether Gold (XAUt).

Launched in 2020, the product consists of digital tokens backed by physical gold and currently has a market capitalization of approximately $1.5 ￰7￱ month, Antalpha announced that it was expanding its partnership with Tether and would establish physical gold vaults in major financial centers around the world, in addition to offering collateralized lending services to XAUt ￰8￱ for gold has surged by a record 46% this year, driven by global uncertainty and inflation concerns, according to Bloomberg ￰9￱ surge has also doubled interest in Tether's gold token. Tether, meanwhile, has previously floated plans to raise up to $20 billion in capital for its core stablecoin ￰10￱ initiative could bring the company's valuation to around $500 billion, making it one of the world's most valuable private companies. *This is not investment ￰11￱ Reading: Tether Moves to Purchase $200 Million Worth of Its Own Altcoin on the Market