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📍Tether bought an additional 6 tons of gold in Q1/2026, raising the total holdings to a record 132 tons, worth approximately $19.8 billion.
Previously, Tether purchased an additional +21 tons of gold in Q4/2025 and +26 tons in Q3/2025. In just 12 months, Tether's gold holdings have doubled.
In terms of value, this figure has nearly tripled.
In 2025, Tether bought more gold than all central banks except Poland.
In Q1/2026 alone, only four central banks bought more gold than Tether: Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and China.
Tether is directly competing with central banks in the gold accumulation race.