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Maxatar | 1 month ago

If you read the article, it's because Tether also issues a gold token called XAUT whose value is pegged to the price of gold:

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tether-gold/

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Scoundreller|1 month ago

Their whole market cap only equates to ~14 tons at current prices though… and article says they bought 26 tons in the quarter before this quarter where they bought 27 tons…

jfyi|1 month ago

Step 1, people hand Tether real money at 0% interest.

Step 2, Tether invests in interest bearing assets.

Step 3, Repeat step 2 with profits from step 2.

The choice of gold is just diversification. Kind of odd timing though.