Stablecoin leader Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino confirms that the company will buy an additional 8,888 Bitcoins in Q4 2025. This brings Tether’s total Bitcoin holdings to 96,185 BTC, worth over $8.5 billion.
“Big Prosperity,” Tether announces purchase of 8888 Bitcoins
Tether has a special fondness for the lucky number “8888,” consistently buying similar amounts of Bitcoin across multiple quarters. This is a friendly signal aimed at the Asian market (especially the Chinese community), using the pun “8=prosperity,” transforming serious asset allocation into a community marketing strategy.
This aligns with its policy established in 2023, which allocates 15% of quarterly realized operating profits to Bitcoin purchases as part of a long-term reserve diversification strategy.
This purchase brings Tether’s total Bitcoin holdings to 96,185 BTC, valued at over $8.5 billion.
USDT Reserve Assets: US Treasuries + Gold + Bitcoin
Credit rating agency S&P Global ( downgraded Tether’s USDT stability assessment to the lowest level, Level 5, in November last year. The main reason cited was the increasing proportion of high-risk assets in USDT reserves, raising concerns about insufficient buffers to absorb Bitcoin’s decline. However, Tether seems unfazed; CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that S&P’s analysis overlooks the overall capital structure of the Tether group, and he has taken action by further increasing Bitcoin purchases.
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Because Tether’s funds come from its substantial interest income from US Treasuries and operational net profits, not from misappropriating user reserves, but from the company’s “Excess Reserves.”
This move also demonstrates that the backing assets of USDT have shifted from purely USD/US Treasuries to a “triangular allocation” of “US Treasuries (liquidity) + Gold (inflation hedge) + Bitcoin (high growth).”
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