--- title: "Tether CEO says company holds about 150,000 bitcoin, above reserve report figure" description: "Speaking at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company holds about 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, Bitcoin Magazine reported,…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/tether-tether-holds-150-000-bitcoin-aff4afdf098cff" published: 2026-11-03T10:16:57.000Z updated: 2026-11-03T18:10:01.000Z indexable: true --- # Tether CEO says company holds about 150,000 bitcoin, above reserve report figure Speaking at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company holds about 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, Bitcoin Magazine reported,… Attributed sources: [CoinDesk](), [Bitcoin Magazine]() ## Key facts Speaking at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company holds about 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, Bitcoin Magazine reported, roughly 50,000 coins more than its latest reserve attestation implies. The third-quarter report lists $8.37 billion in bitcoin at $83,621.23 per coin as of Sept. 30, about 100,060 BTC. CoinDesk reported that Ardoino did not say where the extra coins sit. Evidence strength: Multiple publishers, 2 publisher group(s) (CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine). No complete post-detection return window is available yet. ## Claims and open questions - Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano that the company holds about 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, Bitcoin Magazine reported. - Tether International's third-quarter reserve report, with an attestation from BDO, lists $8.37 billion in bitcoin valued at $83,621.23 per coin as of Sept. 30, implying about 100,060 BTC, Bitcoin Magazine reported. - Ardoino did not say where the additional coins sit, and holdings outside USDT reserves, such as Tether's investments, would not appear in the report, CoinDesk reported. - Whether Ardoino's 150,000 bitcoin figure includes coins held by Tether Investments or any of its other ventures, which only a company statement or breakdown would confirm. - Whether Tether plans to publish a breakdown of the bitcoin held outside its USDT reserves, as Bitcoin Magazine noted the company has not said. ## Source evidence - [Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO Paolo Ardoino says]() — CoinDesk; published Nov 3, 2026, 10:15; received Nov 3, 2026, 10:16 (UTC). - [Tether Holds 150,000 Bitcoin CEO Says, 50,000 More Than Its Reserve Report Shows]() — Bitcoin Magazine; published Nov 3, 2026, 18:06; received Nov 3, 2026, 18:09 (UTC). ## Recent USDT events and market reactions - [Binance investigates multibillion-dollar wallet breach; Tether and Circle freeze stablecoins]() — Published Oct 29, 2026, 21:36 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (2 publishers) · Security · Complete reaction windows unavailable - [Senate Democrat seeks Tether records on payments tied to Nxum]() — Published Oct 23, 2026, 17:42 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (4 publishers) · Regulation · Complete reaction windows unavailable - [Full coin archive]() ## Recent General news events on other coins - [BTC: CoinDesk says bitcoin is breaking a midterm election pattern dating to 2014]() - [BTC: Tether CEO says company holds about 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion]() - [ETH: Ethereum Foundation launches public sector site for digital public infrastructure]() - [General news]() Evidence levels describe source coverage, not the probability that a report is true. Price moves and their timing cannot establish a cause; minute samples show an observed interval and alert thresholds are heuristics. Explanations are model-assisted, with citations and figures checked. Source titles stay in their original language; full articles are not republished. [Methods and limitations]()