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Today in crypto: Tether acquired 8,888 Bitcoin (BTC), making its wallet the fifth-largest holder. Bitcoin ended 2025 lower than it began, marking the first time it’s fallen in a post-halving year. Meanwhile, Strategy’s Michael Saylor and other crypto industry leaders saw their net worths shrink by billions in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Tether picked up 8,888 Bitcoin on New Year’s Eve, increasing its disclosed Bitcoin stash to more than 96,000 to close out 2025, its CEO Paolo Ardoino said.
The USDt (USDT) stablecoin issuer has become one of the biggest active Bitcoin holders, placing the company’s Bitcoin address as the fifth-largest behind Binance, Robinhood, and Bitfinex and ranking second among privately held corporate BTC treasuries.
