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Tether Reports $1.5 Billion Q3 Operating Profit, $7.95 Billion Reserve Buffer
Tether reports $1.5B Q3 operating profit, with the attestation covering only the quarter-end report.
Also covered by The Block - 2
Tether Gold issuer follows USDT to complete Big Four audit
KPMG gave TG Commodities a clean opinion on its 2025 accounts; overlaps the XAUT audit story, kept as the secondary source.
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Ledger Theft Funds Shift Into USDD, Beyond Tether’s Freeze Controls
Funds from a Ledger theft moved into USDD, which Tether's freeze controls did not cover, per Tron records and Bitquery.
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Tether has about $4.8B in exposure to US stock markets
Protos reviewed Tether's regulatory filings and found about $4.8B of exposure to US stock markets via 13 listed companies.
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Anchorage Digital Lets Institutions Borrow Against Tether’s Tokenized Gold
Anchorage Digital now lets institutions hold, trade and pledge Tether Gold (XAU₮) as collateral through its Prime platform, with more tokenized assets planned.
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Blumenthal Sets Jan. 4 Deadline for Binance, Tether and Trump Crypto Firms
Senator Blumenthal sets a January 4 deadline for Binance, Tether and Trump-linked crypto firms to provide records.
Also covered by Cointelegraph, Unchained - 7
Bitcoin’s Rebound Drove Most of Tether’s $3.8 Billion Reserve Recovery
Unchained breaks down that most of Tether's $3.8B reserve recovery came from higher bitcoin and gold marks, not new capital.
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USDT vs. USDC: What Backs Them and How Dollar Redemptions Work
Explains how USDT and USDC are backed and what redemption routes exist, including Tether's $100,000 minimum.
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Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B
Tether's Q3 attestation shows excess reserves nearly doubling to $8B and $1.5B profit, with Bitcoin reserves at $8.37B.
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The most boring coin in crypto is out-earning everything else
Tether leads DefiLlama 7-day revenue at about $112M, more than the next nine protocols combined, driven by reserve yield on $1 coins.
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Tether’s Next Bitcoin Power Play: The Software Behind the Miners. Fifteen mining industry players back its open-source toolkit. The stakes reach far beyond hashrate.
Tether has gathered 15 mining firms, including Bitmain and Foundry, around an open-source mining software toolkit, raising centralization questions for smaller miners.
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Tether Payments Reportedly Traced to Bo Hines’ Firm Through a Marketing Middleman
Tether payments reportedly traced to Bo Hines' firm via a marketing intermediary, starting May 2025 while Hines led the White House stablecoin effort.
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Tether-Backed Utexo Sets November 28 Launch for Bridged USDT on Bitcoin
Tether-backed Utexo sets a November 28 launch for bridged USDT on Bitcoin, with testing on Signet first.
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Tether: Senator's investigation misses positive work that's led to lower Iran volumes
Tether's CEO responds to a senator's investigation into stablecoin flows tied to Iran.