Bitcoin Gains Help Swell Tether’s Buffer to $8B

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Key Takeaways

  • Buffer rose $3.8B against a $1.5B profit.
  • Bitcoin holdings gained about $2.6B in value.
  • Short-term reserves slipped to $139.6B.
  • Restated opening equity blurs the quarterly comparison.

In its October 30 release, Tether reported $1.5 billion in quarterly net operating profit and $191.5 billion in reserve assets against $183.5 billion in liabilities.

The buffer grew faster than the business earned

$4.2B

June 30
~2.2% of liabilities

→

$8.0B

September 30
~4.3% of liabilities

Circles sized to the reported surplus of assets over liabilities

The buffer is simply reported assets minus liabilities. Comparing the Read Entire Article