Tether’s total assets are not far away from $100 billion following a monumental rise over the past six years.
The current figure for the firm’s total assets is $95.2 billion, according to its transparency report. Of that amount, $92 billion is in the dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDT.
Tether Keeps Growing
On Jan. 3, Tether and VanEck strategy advisor Gabor Gurbacs reaffirmed his support for the firm, adding, “Like the Bitcoin ETF, many thought I was crazy.”
“USDT market cap was under $100 million in the spring of 2017 when I flagged to Wall Street that Tether has the potential to reach $100 Billion.”
Tether total assets are approaching $95 Billion.
USDT mcap was under $100 million in the spring of 2017 when I flagged to Wall Street that Tether has the potential to reach $100 Billion.
I supported Tether since then publicly. Like the Bitcoin ETF, many thought I was crazy. pic.twitter.com/BcKeIDvj3D
— Gabor Gurbacs (@gaborgurbacs) January 2, 2024
Since the beginning of 2018, just six years ago, Tether’s market capitalization has grown a whopping 6,560%.
The investment expert offered some lessons he has learned from his continued support of Tether, which appears to be morphing into a CBDC.
“Investors generally underestimate exponential innovations,” he said before adding that small, capable teams that are stubborn can bring to life exponential innovations.
“Listen to the guy with the ambitious project/prediction that sounds crazy at the time.”
On Jan. 3, Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino simply stated that the firm had a good fourth quarter.
Tether has been profiting from high yields on US Treasury bills and using a portion of their profits to buy Bitcoin.
Tether’s Q4/2023 was impressive.
— Paolo Ardoino 🍐 (@paoloardoino) January 2, 2024
According to its reserves report, 85.7% of Tether reserves are “Cash and Cash Equivalents and Other Short-Term Deposits.”
Of this amount, 76.4% are US Treasury bills, 11% are overnight reverse repurchase agreements, and 11% are money market funds.
Stablecoin Ecosystem Outlook
Stablecoins currently represent 7.2% of the total crypto market capitalization with $132 billion. This percentage has fallen from the 16-17% of the market that stablecoins represented in 2022.
Tether commands the lion’s share of this total, with a market dominance of almost 70%. Over the past 12 months, its supply has grown by almost 40% while its major rivals have declined.
Circle’s USDC supply has shrunk by 44% over the past year to its lowest level since June 2021. There are just $24.8 billion in USDC circulating, giving it a market share of almost 19%.
MakerDAO’s DAI is the third largest stablecoin with $5.3 billion in circulation, and TrueUSD (TUSD) is fourth with $2.3 billion.
