USDT issuer Tether has added a significant amount of Bitcoin to close out the third quarter, a development that has caught the attention of the crypto community. Tether’s CEO, Paolo Ardoino, also confirmed this purchase, as the company ranks among the largest BTC treasury 0 Adds 8,889 BTC To Bitcoin Holdings Arkham data shows that Tether bought 8,889 BTC for $1 billion, with the coins transferred from Bitfinex’s hot wallet to the USDT issuer’s Bitcoin reserves 1 company now holds 86,335 BTC, which is valued at $10.23 2 also confirmed the purchase in an X post, highlighting their effort to keep accumulating 3 Reading: Bitcoin Price Reaches ‘Critical Junction’: How A Rally To $139,000 Would Play Out BitInfoCharts data shows that Tether is currently one of the largest Bitcoin holders, controlling 0.4% of the flagship crypto’s supply.
Meanwhile, based on BitcoinTreasuries data, the USDT issuer will rank as the second-largest BTC treasury company, just behind Michael Saylor’s Strategy. Notably, Tether also has more Bitcoin exposure through its stake in Twenty One Capital (XXI), which is currently the third largest BTC treasury company, behind Strategy and Mara 4 holds 43,514 BTC on its balance sheet, some of which it received from Tether as part of the USDT issuer’s investment. meanwhile, Tether has made it clear that it intends to continue buying as much Bitcoin as 5 stated last month that while the world continues to become darker, they will continue to invest part of their profits in safe assets like BTC, gold, and 6 came as he clarified that his company wasn’t selling Bitcoin to buy more gold but was instead buying both assets for their 7 is worth mentioning that Tether generates the most revenue among crypto 8 data shows that the stablecoin issuer has earned $22.27 million in revenue in the last 24 hours and $155.27 million in the last seven 9 such, the firm makes enough profits to keep buying 10 Bottom For BTC Notably, Tether’s latest Bitcoin purchase came just as the BTC price bottomed 11 USDT issuer had bought these coins when the flagship crypto was trading at around $110,000.
Since then, BTC has staged a parabolic rally, beginning this month with a gain of around 6%. Bitcoin had dropped to as low as $108,000 about a week 12 Reading: These Analysts Predicted The Bitcoin Price Crash And Their Forecasts Say It’s Not Over Bitcoin is expected to record significant gains this month based on historical 13 is its second-best performing month, recording average gains of 20% over the 14 like a Fed rate cut could also help spark massive gains for the flagship 15 the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $118,400, up over 3% in the last 24 hours, according to data from 16 image from Getty Images, chart from 17
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