{"id":50394,"date":"2025-09-07T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=50394"},"modified":"2025-09-07T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:58:42","slug":"tether-denies-bitcoin-sell-off-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/tether-denies-bitcoin-sell-off-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether Denies Bitcoin Sell-Off Rumors!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2606\" data-end=\"2843\">Rumors can often stir strong reactions in the crypto markets, and the latest speculation around <strong data-start=\"2702\" data-end=\"2712\">Tether<\/strong>\u2019s <strong data-start=\"2715\" data-end=\"2726\">Bitcoin<\/strong> holdings was no exception. However, the stablecoin issuer\u2019s leadership has moved quickly to clarify the situation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/tether-denies-bitcoin-sell-off-rumors\/#%E2%80%9CWe_Didnt_Sell_Any_Bitcoin%E2%80%9D\" title=\"\u201cWe Didn\u2019t Sell Any Bitcoin\u201d\">\u201cWe Didn\u2019t Sell Any Bitcoin\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/tether-denies-bitcoin-sell-off-rumors\/#Transfers_to_XXI_Explained\" title=\"Transfers to XXI Explained\">Transfers to XXI Explained<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/tether-denies-bitcoin-sell-off-rumors\/#El_Salvador_Boosts_Gold_Reserves\" title=\"El Salvador Boosts Gold Reserves\">El Salvador Boosts Gold Reserves<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 data-start=\"2845\" data-end=\"2878\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWe_Didnt_Sell_Any_Bitcoin%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\u201cWe Didn\u2019t Sell Any Bitcoin\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2879\" data-end=\"3242\"><strong>Tether<\/strong> CEO Paolo Ardoino stated on Sunday that the company had not sold any of its <strong data-start=\"2962\" data-end=\"2973\">Bitcoin<\/strong> holdings. Instead, Tether continues to allocate profits into Bitcoin, gold, and land acquisitions. His statement directly countered claims made by YouTuber Clive Thompson, who cited a decline in Tether\u2019s <strong>BTC<\/strong> reserves from 92,650 to 83,274 between Q1 and Q2 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2879\" data-end=\"3242\"><em>You Might Be Interested In: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/sonic-svm-research-can-new-stablecoins-shake-up-the-old-order\/\">Sonic SVM Research: Can New Stablecoins Shake Up the Old Order?<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3244\" data-end=\"3394\">Jan3 CEO Samson Mow debunked this theory, explaining that the shift was due to a transfer of 19,800 BTC to Twenty One Capital (XXI), not a sell-off.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"3396\" data-end=\"3427\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Transfers_to_XXI_Explained\"><\/span>Transfers to XXI Explained<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3428\" data-end=\"3714\">According to Mow, <strong>Tether<\/strong> moved 14,000 BTC in June and 5,800 BTC in July to support XXI, a Bitcoin-native financial platform. If those transfers are included, Tether\u2019s overall Bitcoin position actually increased. Ardoino reaffirmed this, emphasizing that the BTC was <em>\u201cmoved, not sold.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3716\" data-end=\"3844\">Currently, Tether holds more than 100,521 <strong data-start=\"3758\" data-end=\"3769\">Bitcoin<\/strong>, worth approximately $11.17 billion, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"3846\" data-end=\"3883\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"El_Salvador_Boosts_Gold_Reserves\"><\/span>El Salvador Boosts Gold Reserves<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3884\" data-end=\"4206\">Meanwhile, El Salvador made headlines with a separate reserve diversification strategy. The country added 13,999 ounces of gold, worth $50 million, marking its first gold purchase since 1990. Previously, El Salvador built a <strong data-start=\"4108\" data-end=\"4119\">Bitcoin<\/strong> reserve of 6,292 BTC, though no new BTC purchases have been reported since February.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3884\" data-end=\"4206\"><em>You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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However, the stablecoin issuer\u2019s leadership has moved quickly to clarify the situation. \u201cWe Didn\u2019t Sell Any Bitcoin\u201d Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated on Sunday that the company had not sold any of its Bitcoin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":42242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,657,2],"tags":[22,61,60,840,847,1996,3384,488,118,14888,119],"class_list":["post-50394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","category-en","category-news","tag-binance","tag-bitcoin","tag-btc","tag-crypto-market","tag-crypto-news","tag-paolo-ardoino","tag-samson-mow","tag-stablecoin","tag-tether","tag-twenty-one-capital","tag-usdt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tether Denies Bitcoin Sell-Off Rumors! 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