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Tether expands bitcoin reserves, maintains 15 percent of quarterly net profit buying policy

Stablecoin issuer Tether moved 951 bitcoin from a Bitfinex wallet to its reserve wallet, a transfer valued at $70.5 million at the time, according to Arkham Intelligence data cited by The Block Crypto. The move lifted Tether’s bitcoin reserves to 97,141 BTC. Tether said in 2023 it would allocate 15 percent of quarterly net profit to bitcoin purchases and has continued expanding reserves, with its website showing bitcoin makes up about 4 percent of more than $190 billion backing USDT.