Tether accumulated another 9,850 BTC in Q4, bringing the total reserves to over 96,185 BTC

RektRecovery · 2026-01-01T01:00:11+00:00

Tether purchased 9,850 Bitcoins in Q4 2025, valued at approximately $876 million, demonstrating its strong confidence in the long-term value of Bitcoin. To date, Tether owns 96,185 BTC, with an unrealized profit of $3.524 billion, reflecting its continued investment confidence.

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2026-01-01 01:00:11

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【Crypto World】Stablecoin issuer Tether is quietly accumulating more coins. According to on-chain data monitoring, Tether bought 9,850 Bitcoins in Q4 2025, with a total value of approximately $876 million. Specifically, on November 7th last year, they withdrew 961 BTC from Bitfinex, worth about $97.18 million; by January 1st, 2026, they withdrew another 8,888.8 BTC, valued at approximately $778 million, all transferred to their BTC reserve address.

Interestingly, Tether had already issued a strong statement in May 2023 — committing to buy Bitcoin with 15% of the company’s profits each quarter. This is not just talk; they are actually following through. Usually, at the end of each quarter or the beginning of the next, they move that quarter’s BTC into on-chain wallets. So far, Tether’s BTC reserve address has accumulated 96,185 BTC, worth $8.42 billion, ranking fifth among global BTC wallets.

What’s fascinating is that the average cost basis of these BTC holdings is $51,117 per coin, but the current market price has long surpassed that. Doing the math, these reserves alone have an unrealized profit of $3.524 billion. This move also reflects that major institutions remain quite confident in the long-term value of Bitcoin.

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MEVictim

· 01-03 18:18

Wow, Tether's move is really treating Bitcoin as reserve assets? 96k BTC... If this pace continues, they'll end up becoming the second MicroStrategy.

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MoneyBurnerSociety

· 01-01 01:28

How come I still don't have 96,000 tokens? I'm still counting sheep in my dreams... Tether is steadily accumulating each quarter, while I'm consistently losing. Why is the gap so huge?

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LongTermDreamer

· 01-01 01:19

Oh wow, Tether's move is really brilliant, 96,185 BTC. How long will it take to accumulate enough to be satisfied... I mentioned three years ago that these people are playing the long game, and it seems I was right. Buying coins with a 15% quarterly profit—sounds simple, but actually doing it is the real challenge. Speaking of this rhythm, I feel like I'm watching a slow-motion blockbuster. Every time, they make their move at critical moments, which is quite meticulous. Over 96,000 coins—us retail investors would be lucky to accumulate that number. But it's also quite interesting; they just believe that Bitcoin will keep rising, so they are so capriciously stacking up. I think, in three years, it will definitely double again.

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AirdropHuntress

· 01-01 01:10

You're stacking coins again. I've seen this tactic too many times. Data shows no issues, but you should keep an eye on the future movements of these wallet addresses.

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MrDecoder

· 01-01 01:05

Tether's move is amazing, buying coins every quarter, and directly pouring 15% profit into BTC. Now that's a real hodler. 96,185 BTC, how much money would it take to accumulate that...

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