Tether Holdings, Inc. added 951 Bitcoin (BTC) to its reserves on April 15, 2026, worth nearly $70 million, increasing its total holdings to 97,141 BTC. This new purchase brings the company’s Bitcoin holdings to over $7.1 billion, solidifying its position as the asset’s largest institutional holder.
The operation was detected from on-chain data showing a transfer of 951 BTC from Bitfinex to a wallet identified as “Tether: BTC Reserve.” This was previously tied to a previous purchase by the company.
The acquisition is part of the policy adopted in 2023, which will see the company Allocate up to 15% of your operating profit to Bitcoin purchasesas reported by CriptoNoticias. This approach is different from other companies in its sector, as Tether uses surplus cash from its own operations rather than relying on debt issuance or capital increases.
Due to recent operations, Other similar moves by the company In the last few months. Last November, Tether transferred 961 BTC from Bitfinex to its main reserve wallet, with a transaction value of approximately $97 million. Similarly, the company withdrew 14,000 BTC from its Reserve wallet in June and transferred it to an address associated with Twenty One Capital, one of the companies associated with the conglomerate.
Currently, the company’s reserves are Includes up to $141 billion in U.S. Treasury debtIn addition to a surplus of $6.3 billion that exceeds debt, according to its own financial report.
tether in parallel Maintains a diversification strategy This includes approximately $17.4 billion in gold, as well as the accumulation of Bitcoin as part of its capital allocation policy.
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