Connection, the company behind USDT Stablecoin, has moved approximately 80 tons of gold—Or $ 8 billion worth – to their own vault in Switzerland.
According to a ReportCEO Paolo Ardoino says this private vault is “the safest in the world.” He added that gold “should logically be a safer asset than any national currency.” This step follows Tether’s previous movement to hold 7.7 tonnes of gold, giving its total to about 80 tonnes since its March report.
Tether’s swiss vault move
Tether sets his own vault to lower the high fees that external operators charge, reports revealed. Ardoino noted that if Tether Gold Token grows to $ 100 billion in circulation, it would be a lot of money to pay 50 points in storage fees.
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Running a single facility can bring down his head, he said, making it easier to add more gold in the future. It also gives the company a heading -grabbing way to show concrete support for some of its Stablecoin reserves.
In addition to precious metals
Tether’s possession goes beyond gold. According to the company’s report from Q1 2025, it had almost $ 100 billion in US government bonds. The total reserves vary depending on the figure used – $ 112 billion as a certificate of March or almost $ 160 billion based on USDT’s market value last month. Either way, gold is below 5% of the total support required for the USDT.
Gold makes up a small proportion
Market data shows that USDT reached near one 160 billion dollar market cap And accounts for 62% of the Stablecoin sector of $ 250 billion. Still, gold is still a smaller piece of that puzzle.
Tether has a massive inventory of the precious metal. Image: The Royal Mint
Precious metals sit with Fiat and bonds, not instead of them. The move to centralize gold is a sign that Tether wants to diversify his reserve mix. It also reflects broader trends: central banks, especially in Brics countries, have bought gold, and the investors’ flows in Gold -etfs have taken up after prices met several years.
Tether’s gold reserves now match precious metals and goods exposure to large banks, according to one Bloomberg Report. This comparison puts the scale of 80 tonnes in perspective. But it also emphasizes how small 80 tonnes are next to the trillion that governments and large banks hold.
Image from Unsplash, charts from TradingView
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