May 12, 2023
💰 Tether made $1.48 billion profit in the first quarter
📌 The company takes dollars and issues USDT in return.
📌 Buys US bonds and other instruments with dollars and makes a profit.
📌 Since the dollar inflation is 4.9%, then the USDT has the same inflation.
📌 USDT holders do not receive any profit.
📌 Accordingly, Tether's profit is the loss of USDT holders due to inflation.
The surplus of USDT reserves is already $2.44 billion:
⏺ Tether's consolidated assets are valued at $81.8 billion.
⏺ Consolidated liabilities — $79.4 billion.
The firm holds $1.5 billion of bitcoin as reserves (2% of the total) and $3.3 billion of precious metals (4% of the total). About 85% is in cash, cash equivalents and other short-term deposits.