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Tether slows down gold purchases: In Q1, increased holdings by approximately 6 tons of gold, totaling about 154 tons of gold held
BlockBeats News. May 2. According to Reuters, in the first quarter of 2026, Tether slowed the gold purchases used to support USDT. Its quarterly report shows that its gold-buying volume fell to about 6 tons, below the 27 tons in the fourth quarter of last year. As of the end of March, Tether’s gold reserves used to back USDT increased to about 132 tons (about $19.8 billion), accounting for around 10% of its reserve structure. Its main asset is still U.S. Treasury bonds of about $117 billion. Bitcoin reserves are about $7 billion.
Meanwhile, the gold reserves used to support the gold-backed stablecoin XAUT increased to about 22 tons. The two products combined hold about 154 tons of gold. Tether previously said it planned to allocate 10% to 15% of its roughly $20 billion investment portfolio to physical gold, but the relevant trading team was disbanded in March this year due to limitations involving its management structure.