The world's largest stablecoin provider Tether, on April 1 revealed bitcoin purchases totaling 8,888 BTC made during the first quarter of 2025, bringing its overall bitcoin holdings to 92,647 BTC or a mammoth $7.8 billion. Onchain data shows that the Q1 purchases were all moved simultaneously into Tether's primary bitcoin wallet on March 31st.
Tether has bolstered its Bitcoin reserves with a $735 million purchase of 8,888 BTC on the last day of Q1 2025, bringing its total holdings to 100,521 BTC, valued at approximately $8.44 billion, cementing its prominent position in the cryptocurrency market. The post Tether Quietly Becomes One of Bitcoin's Largest Whales With $8.44B in Holdings appeared first on Cryptonews.
Tether, this whale of the digital seas, seizes 8,888 BTC, its unwavering quest for the elevation of the dollar in a fluctuating world where only the stability of Bitcoin shines.
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TL;DR Tether acquired 8,888 BTC in Q1 2025, becoming the sixth-largest Bitcoin holder globally, with a total of 92,647 BTC. The purchase was made despite a 12% drop in Bitcoin's price, reinforcing Tether's long-term strategy of holding BTC as a reserve asset.
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In the first quarter of 2025, USDT issuer Tether has scooped up a massive 8,888 Bitcoin (BTC) worth a whopping $735 million.
Tether has added 8,888 BTC to its reserves, equivalent to $735 million, during the first quarter of 2025.
Stablecoin issuer Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) and Japanese firm Metaplanet Inc. have significantly increased their Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) reserves in the first quarter of 2025, reflecting a growing corporate trend of cryptocurrency investment. What Happened: Tether acquired 8,888 Bitcoin for approximately $735 million, bringing its total holdings to 92,646 BTC, valued at $7.8 billion as of April 1.
Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, acquired 8,888 Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2025, according to onchain data.Onchain transaction data shows that Tether moved its newly acquired Bitcoin (BTC), worth roughly $750 million at the time of writing, from a Bitfinex address to a wallet it controls. Data provided by onchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence shows that the firm currently holds 100,521 BTC, worth about $8.46 billion.
Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has announced the cessation of spot trading of Tether (USDT) in the European Economic Area (EEA): the move is part of the compliance plan with the new directives introduced by the European regulation MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation). Marking consequently a further step in aligning the crypto industry with the regulatory principles of the European Union.
Stablecoin issuer Tether is now the sixth-largest holder of bitcoin in a single wallet, following its latest $735 million BTC purchase.
Binance, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has officially stopped spot trading pairs for USDT and eight other stablecoins in the European Economic Area (EEA). This move is part of its efforts to comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), a new set of rules designed to regulate digital assets in the region.
Stablecoin issuer Tether made another bold cryptocurrency move by purchasing 8,888 Bitcoin worth around$735 million. The latest acquisition brings the firm's total BTC holdings to a whopping 92,637 tokens, worth approximately $7.69 billion. Tether's move confirms the growing crypto recognition as a reserve asset.
The latest purchase makes Tether the world's sixth-largest Bitcoin holder with over 92,000 BTC in its reserves.
Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin USDT, acquired 8,888 Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2025. According to crypto analytics firm SpotOnChain, the purchase is worth approximately $735 million and raises Tether's total Bitcoin holdings to 92,647 BTC, valued at around $7.64 billion.
Tether purchased 8,888 BTC worth $735 million in Q1 2025, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to over 92,000 BTC valued at more than $7.6 billion.
The drawdown in the price of Bitcoin at the start of this week comes off as a major buying opportunity for USDT issuer Tether Holdings Ltd. According to an on-chain data update from HODL15Capital, the stablecoin giant has purchased another 8,888 BTC in an epic buy-the-dip strategy.
Binance has discontinued spot trading pairs with Tether's USDt in the European Economic Area (EEA) to comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has delisted spot trading pairs with several non-MiCA-compliant tokens in the EEA in line with a plan disclosed in early March, Cointelegraph has learned. While spot trading pairs in tokens such as USDt (USDT) are now delisted on Binance, users in the EEA can still custody the affected tokens and trade them in perpetual contracts.
Tether has withdrawn at least 8,888 BTC from the Bitfinex hot wallet. Due to the development, the total Bitcoin holding of Tethter's BTC address, the sixth largest BTC address in the world, has grown to 92,647 BTC.
Tether, the issuer behind the USDT stablecoin, has continued its Bitcoin investment strategy, purchasing an additional 8,888 BTC on the last day of Q1 2025.
USDT stablecoin issues Tether added a massive 8,888 Bitcoins to its BTC holdings, worth $735 million, during the first quarter of 2025, while reinforcing its long-term commitment to BTC accumulation. This accumulation happened at a time when the BTC price declined over 12% in Q1, marking one of its worst-performing Q1s in the past seven
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The asset is fully backed by tether — the largest stablecoin by market capitalization — which is itself backed by cash and cash equivalents.
Tether's crosschain US-dollar stablecoin, USDT0, has been deployed to Optimism's Superchain, increasing access to the world's most widely used stable asset across Ethereum's layer-2 ecosystem.On March 27, Optimism announced that the dollar-pegged USDT0 is now live on the OP mainnet. The crosschain stablecoin's first deployment was on Ink, Kraken's DeFi-focused layer-2.