Tether 报告 2024 年上半年利润创纪录达 52 亿美元

币界网Publicado a 2024-08-01Actualizado a 2024-08-01

币界网报道：

作者：Alex O’Donnell，CoinTelegraph；编译：陶朱，

根据 7 月 31 日的公告，与美元挂钩的 USDT 稳定币管理者 Tether 报告称，2024 年上半年其利润达到创纪录的 52 亿美元，且其持有的美国政府债券数量也达到了前所未有的水平。

Tether 表示，其美国国债投资组合目前价值约为 976 亿美元。该公司美国国债持有量的增长反映了 Tether 稳定币的持续增长，Tether 表示这些稳定币以 1:1 的比例与流动美元计价资产挂钩。这些数据基于独立会计师事务所 BDO 的证明。

图表展示了 USDY 和 BUIDL 在代币化国债产品中的市场份额。资料来源：Bluechip

据币安称，USDT 的总市值约为 1140 亿美元，略低于 Tether 的总储备（超过 1180 亿美元）。

Tether 表示，Tether 的国库储备超过了除德国、阿联酋和澳大利亚等 17 个世界政府以外的所有政府的规模。在购买三个月期美国国债方面，Tether 也仅次于英国和开曼群岛，位居第三。

“考虑到 USDt 的采用情况，[Tether] 认为明年有可能成为第一，”该公司表示。

该公告还公布了截至 6 月 30 日的 Tether 合并净资产（即公司所有资产减去所有负债的总和）数据，为 119 亿美元。Tether 在第二季度发行了约 83 亿美元。

Tether 的资产负债表使该公司能够“继续在稳定性和流动性方面引领稳定币行业，并将其专业知识带到人工智能、生物技术和电信等不同领域”，Tether 首席执行官 Paolo Ardoino 表示。

Tether 表示，它一直在将部分利润再投资于邻近行业，包括可持续能源、比特币挖矿、数据、人工智能基础设施、点对点电信技术、神经技术和教育。

Tether 和竞争对手 USD Coin 等稳定币正在迅速普及，总支付量超过 Visa，达到 4 万亿美元以上。

与代币化的现实世界资产相结合，加密货币正在成为美国国债的主要需求来源。研究策略师 Tom Wan 认为，到 2024 年底，代币化的美国国债市场将达到 30 亿美元。

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