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Stablecoin Issuer Tether's Reserves Partly Managed by Cantor Fitzgerald: WSJ

The Wall Street bond trading powerhouse is managing Tether's $39 billion bond portfolio, according to the report.

Cantor Fitzgerald is reportedly managing $39 billion for Tether. (Andreas Wagner/Unsplash)
Cantor Fitzgerald is reportedly managing $39 billion for Tether. (Andreas Wagner/Unsplash)

Tether has been using Cantor Fitzgerald to manage more than half of the $67 billion in bonds, cash and loans backing its tether stablecoin (USDT), reports the WSJ.

Privately held and led by Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald is among the best-known bond trading houses on Wall Street, and one of 25 primary dealers for U.S. Treasurys, allowing direct trade with the Federal Reserve.

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Tether earlier this week reported assets at year-end 2022 of $67 billion, $39.2 billion of which were in U.S. Treasury bills. The rest of the assets were in money market funds, cash and other items.

According to the WSJ report, Cantor is managing a $39 billion bond portfolio for the stablecoin issuer.

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Stephen Alpher

Stephen is CoinDesk's managing editor for Markets. He previously served as managing editor at Seeking Alpha. A native of suburban Washington, D.C., Stephen went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, majoring in finance. He holds BTC above CoinDesk’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Stephen Alpher