Leading stablecoin issuer Tether has added an additional 7,629 bitcoin to its balance sheet after a nine-month hiatus from accumulating the flagship cryptocurrency. The firm’s latest move brings its total holdings to 82,983 BTC worth around $7.68 billion.
According to data from Arkham Intelligence, a wallet tagged as belonging to the leading stablecoin issuer has been steadily increasing its BTC holdings, to the point that they’re now its largest holding, above $6 billion worth of the leading stablecoin.
The wallet also holds around $210.5 million worth of Tether’s gold-backed cryptocurrency XAUT, as well as $25.6 million of its discontinued euro-backed stablecoin EURT.
The firm’s latest purchase came after Nasdaq-listed video-sharing platform Rumble revealed it signed a strategic partnership with Tether, as part of which it would receive $775 million from the stablecoin issuer. Tether, as part of the deal, was purchasing 103.33 million shares of Rumble’s Class A common stock at $7.5 per share.
Rumble plans to use $250 million of the funds to expand its business. The rest will be allocated to a self-tender offer, allowing shareholders to sell up to 70 million shares of Class A common stock back to the company at $7.50 per share.
As CryptoGlobe reported, Tether reported $2.4 billion in net profits in the third quarter of the year, with the profit being mainly driven by earnings from its substantial holdings in U.S. Treasuries and gold, with Treasuries contributing around $1.3 billion to the results.
The stablecoin giant, as reported, committed to using 15% of its realized net operating profits to invest in the flagship cryptocurrency last year. Since then, Tether has become one of the largest BTC holders while also investing in cryptocurrency infrastructure, including mining operations.
When it comes to private companies, according to data from BitcoinTreasuries, Tether is only behind Block.one, which holds 164,000 BTC on its balance sheet. The largest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency, it’s worth adding, is Nasdaq-listed business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, with 446,400 BTC.
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