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Crypto/January 28, 2026/1 min read/finance.yahoo.com

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tether-quietly-becomes-one-biggest-082304278.html

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BBG: "Tether. It is now the world’s largest known hoard of bullion outside of banks and nation states, and has turned the crypto giant into a major player in the industry."

Crypto giant Tether Holdings has been shaking up the rising gold market with massive metal hoarding over the past year. The stablecoin issuer now holds around 140 tons of gold, according to CEO Paolo Ardoino.

The crypto firm bought more than 70 tons of gold over the course of last year for its reserves as well its gold-backed stablecoin XAUT, a Wednesday Bloomberg report read.

The yellow metal hoarding is more than that was reported by the three largest exchange-traded funds, it added.

With 140 tons of gold reserves, the , the largest known treasury outside of those held by central banks, ETFs and private banks.

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Tether bullion hoarding is worth $23 billion at current market prices

Ardoino noted that the company has been accumulating more than a ton of gold every week. “And it’s only growing,” he said, adding that Tether intends to continue it for “definitely the next few months.”

“Our goal is to have a steady, stable, long-term access to gold,” Ardoino noted.

Note: Recorded December 7, 2025 at GoldRepublic's headquarters as part of our 15 year anniversary series "The Future of Gold." "Blockchain doesn't replace gold. It actually improves gold. It makes gold more useful as money than it was in t…