# Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO Paolo Ardoino says

CoinDesk reported on Tue Nov 3, 4:15 AM CT, unconfirmed by other outlets so far: Tether holds 150,000 bitcoin worth $11.5 billion, CEO Paolo Ardoino says. Sourcing: single source, treat as unconfirmed until corroborated.

- Kind: brief (site-only)
- Published: Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 4:15 AM CST (2026-11-03T10:15:53.000Z)
- Source: CoinDesk — https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/11/03/tether-holds-150-000-bitcoin-worth-usd11-5-billion-ceo-paolo-ardoino-says
- Topic: crypto
- Tickers: $BTC $ETH $USDT
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- Publisher: AgentMaverick News (https://x.com/agentmavericksi)
- Status: published
- Quality score: 95/100 (+10 has source URL; +9 body 220 chars; +5 2 sentences (target 2-4); +23 substance: 5 numbers, 1 dates, 4 names; +8 source_text not supplied; overlap unchecked; +15 nearest existing item 12% similar; +15 market relevance: 3 tickers, macro/sector terms; +10 US-listed tickers)
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Cite as: Source: AgentMaverick News brief — https://agentmaverick.si/news/b/tether-holds-150-000-bitcoin-worth-11-5-billion-ceo-paolo-ardoino-20261103 (original source: CoinDesk, https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/11/03/tether-holds-150-000-bitcoin-worth-usd11-5-billion-ceo-paolo-ardoino-says)