{"id":65983,"date":"2026-01-01T22:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=65983"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:01:31","slug":"tether-bought-8888-bitcoin-in-q4-2025-ceo-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=65983","title":{"rendered":"Tether Bought 8,888 Bitcoin In Q4 2025, CEO Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has revealed how the company expanded its Bitcoin treasury by over 8,888 tokens during the last quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n

Tether Has Purchased Another 8,888 Bitcoin<\/h2>\n

In a new post<\/a> on X, Tether<\/a> CEO Paolo Ardoino has shared the blockchain details of a Bitcoin transaction that the company made during the past day. With this transfer, the firm moved exactly 8,888.8888888 BTC from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex to its BTC reserve.<\/p>\n

Tether is a digital asset company best known for being the issuer of the stablecoin USDT. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that have their price pegged to a fiat currency and USDT, tied to the US Dollar, is currently the largest asset of this type in the world in terms of market cap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tether has been maintaining a Bitcoin reserve since 2023, when it announced <\/a>that it will regularly be allocating 15% of its net realized operating profits to the number one cryptocurrency as part of a new investment strategy.<\/p>\n

The company has since gradually been adding to the reserve, with the latest expansion announced by Ardoino corresponding to accumulation that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n

At the time that the transaction shared by the Tether CEO occurred, the new coins were worth $778.7 million. This latest purchase has taken the company\u2019s total holdings to 96,370 BTC, equivalent to more than $8.46 billion.<\/p>\n

For comparison, the second largest public Bitcoin treasury company, MARA Holdings, owns just 53,250 BTC ($4.68 billion). Thus, the firm\u2019s BTC reserve is one of the largest in the world.<\/p>\n

Though, while Tether\u2019s holdings are very significant, they still pale in comparison to Strategy, the largest corporate holder of the asset. Led by co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor, the company has been accumulating the coin for years now, with the latest purchase<\/a> coming just this Monday.<\/p>\n

This buy, involving 1,229 BTC, took the treasury firm\u2019s total holdings to 672,497 BTC to cap off 2025. At the current exchange rate, this massive reserve is worth more than $59.1 billion.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency sector have been experiencing a bearish phase since the top in October, but it would appear that this market shift hasn\u2019t discouraged the likes of Tether and Strategy from accumulating more of the asset.<\/p>\n

The bearish momentum in the sector has also affected the stablecoins. As data from DefiLlama<\/a> shows, the market cap of these assets was following an uptrend between 2024 and the last quarter of 2025. Since October, though, growth has flatlined.<\/p>\n

\"Stablecoins<\/p>\n

As mentioned before, Tether\u2019s USDT is the most dominant stablecoin. It makes up for $187 billion of the $308 billion market cap attached to the sector.<\/p>\n

BTC Price<\/h2>\n

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $87,900, down 0.5% over the last week.<\/p>\n

\"Bitcoin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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