Hey, check out this craziness! 🤯 The CEO of Tether just dropped the numbers and the situation is more powerful than we thought.

What's up with this! The big boss of Tether, Paolo Ardoino, just spilled the beans about the second quarter of 2025 and the numbers are jaw-dropping. It turns out that the company behind USDT, that stablecoin we all use, is sitting on a mountain of cash and assets that puts them in the big leagues.

Imagine this: Tether is already the 18th largest holder of U.S. Treasury bonds on the planet, with over $127 billion! 🤑 It's as if they've snuck onto the list of countries that lend the most money to the U.S.

But it doesn't stop there. They are also going all in on physical gold. Their reserves of this precious metal rose to $8.7 billion, putting them on par with the 40 most important central banks in the world. Imagine, more gold than many countries! 🥇 And as if that weren't enough, they have a reserve of Bitcoin that, according to reports, already exceeds 77,780 BTC, valued at over $9.2 billion. Ardoino even says they have more, an amount that sends chills down your spine! 😱

USDT, the in-house stablecoin, remains the undisputed queen of the market, with a circulating supply exceeding $164 billion. And the profits... wow! In just the second quarter of 2025, they pocketed $4.9 billion. Most of that gain came from the Bitcoin and gold boom, assets that skyrocketed this year.

And don't think they're standing still. They are also investing in other heavy moves. They have fully entered the AI business with a project called Tether AI and bought a stake in the Spanish crypto exchange Bit2Me. This move is key because it gives them an entry point into Europe and, watch out for this, they plan to expand into Latin America, starting with Argentina.

So, what does all this mean for us? That Tether is no longer just the company that issues a cryptocurrency, but a global player with tremendous economic power. They have so much money and control that any move they make can shake the market. It's like having a financial giant operating in the crypto world, and that, my friends, needs to be on our radar.

Is Tether becoming the central bank of the crypto world? The question is one of those that leaves you thinking.