During the fourth quarter of 2023, Tether Holdings Limited izuzwe a record-breaking level of profitability, generating a net profit of $2.85 billion. This result may mostly be attributable to operational income of one billion dollars from US Treasuries, as well as gains from gold and Bitcoin reserves. Additionally, the firm made a strategic investment of $640 million in projects such as mining, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and peer-to-peer telecommunications, which resulted in a large rise in the company’s surplus reserves, which reached $5.4 billion.

Isitifiketi esatholwa yi-Tether kwa-BDO, inkampani yokucwaninga amabhuku eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke, sibonisa ukuzinikela kwenkampani ekugcineni uzinzo lwezezimali kanye nokugcina izinto obala. I-BDO iqinisekise ukuthi izimali ezigciniwe zenkampani zanele ukukhokha zonke izikweletu ezisele eziqinisekisiwe ngokugcwele. Lesi sinyathelo senziwe ngenxa yokusabela kokukhathazeka komphakathi ngobungozi bephothifoliyo. Isamba sezimpahla ebezingaphansi kokulawulwa yi-Tether senyuke safinyelela ku-$97 billion, kanti amaphesenti abalulekile alezo zimpahla atshalwa emalini yebhizinisi, i-Bitcoin, izinsimbi eziyigugu, kanye ne-United States Treasuries.

Ngonyaka ka-2023, i-Tether yakwazi ukukhiqiza inzuzo ephelele yezigidigidi ezingu-6.2 zamaRandi, namaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4 avela empahleni eyayingahlobene ne-cryptocurrency. Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kufaka phakathi amabhondi e-US Treasury. I-Tether ibekwe njengenhlangano eqinile nehloniphekile ngaphakathi kwemakethe ye-cryptocurrency ngenxa yalokhu, okugqamisa indlela ebanzi neqinile yezezimali eqashwe yinkampani.

U-Paolo Ardoino, oyiSikhulu Esiphezulu sale nkampani, ugcizelele ukuzibophezela kwenkampani ekukhokheleni imali nasekuzinzeni, egcizelela ukubaluleka kwamasu okugcina ingxenye enkulu yemali ebekiwe, ehlanganisa ukheshi nezinto ezilingana nemali. Impumelelo yokusebenza kwe-Tether ngo-2023, ehlanganisa ukungena kwe-United States Federal Bureau of Investigation ngokubambisana ekuqapheni nasekunqandeni umsebenzi ongekho emthethweni, ikhombisa isikhundla senkampani sokuphayona ekusunguleni isimo sezezimali esiphephile nesibandakanyayo.

Isu le-Tether elibanzi lezezimali nokusebenza lingacutshungulwa ngombono wabo wesiqinisekiso sakamuva kanye noMbiko Ohlanganisiwe Wezindawo Eziziqingqe. Le mibhalo ikhombisa ukuzinikela kwenkampani ekuvulelekeni nasekuphatheni ngobuhlakani emhlabeni oshintsha ngokushesha embonini yemali yedijithali.

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