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Tether moves $3.9B in BTC to back Twenty One Capital

Tether moved a combined Bitcoin of 37,229.69, worth around 3.9 billion dollars, to address the new Bitcoin native financial platform, Twenty One Capital, led by the CEO of Strike Jack Mallers.

Tether CEO, Paolo Ardoino, posted two transfers totaling 11,417 BTC ($ 1.2 billion) according to a position of June 3.

In a transaction, the Stablecoin transmitter transferred 10,500 Bitcoin (BTC) (approximately $ 1.1 billion) to an address linked to the SoftBank investment option in twenty. The executive said it was part of the pre-financing of SoftBank’s investment in the Bitcoin platform.

In another position, Ardoino said that Tether had made a separate transfer of 917 BTC to a portfolio associated with converted investors holding equity rights in the company. The pieces were worth around $ 96 million at the time of the editorial staff.