Former Tether chief investment officer Richard Heathcote is seeking to sell part of his 1.26% stake in the stablecoin issuer, according to a Bloomberg report.
- Heathcote 的出售计划可能会让投资者难得一睹 Tether 的私人所有权结构。
- 尽管 MiCA 规则迫使一些欧洲平台将其下架,但 USDT 仍然在稳定币中占据主导地位。
- Tether 表示不需要 IPO,而竞争对手的加密货币公司仍在考虑上市。
报告称 Heathcote 正在与 PJT Partners 合作,并已开始与潜在买家进行谈判。
计划中的交易仅涵盖他的部分持股,而不是全部股权。彭博社没有报告此次出售的估值。 A completed deal could offer a rare public marker for Tether’s private shares, because the company does not trade on a public exchange.
该报告发布之前,Tether 成为按收入和储备计算的加密货币最大的私营公司之一。任何私募股权出售都可能会引起那些希望在不购买上市公司股票的情况下参与稳定币增长的投资者的注意。
Tether 仍为私人持有
Heathcote 在 3 月份辞去了日常职务,当时 Tether 任命 Zachary Lyons 为首席投资官。 Tether said Heathcote would stay connected to the company in a non-executive advisory role after helping guide its reserve management and investment strategy.
Tether 首席执行官保罗·阿多伊诺 (Paolo Ardoino) 反驳了公开上市的言论。他在 2025 年 4 月 X 上的帖子中表示,“Tether 不需要上市。”该评论仍然具有现实意义,因为所报道的 Heathcote 出售是通过私人程序而不是 IPO 进行的。
Tether doesn't need to go public pic.twitter.com/afa28xdKTg
— Paolo Ardoino 🤖 (@paoloardoino) April 4, 2025
该公司还继续报告巨额利润。 Tether公布2026年第一季度净利润10.4亿美元,超额准备金达到82.3亿美元。其资产仍然主要与美国政府支持的工具挂钩。
USDT 仍引领稳定币市场
Tether 发行 USDT,这是市值最大的稳定币。 DefiLlama data showed total stablecoin market cap at about $312 billion, with USDT holding about 59.05% market share and a market cap near $184.23 billion.
这样的规模使 Tether 在加密货币交易、支付和交易所流动性方面处于核心地位。这也使得其私有制的任何动向都受到密切关注。 Investors may view the reported sale as a way to assess private demand for exposure to the issuer behind the market’s largest dollar-pegged token.
USDT 在美国境外仍然广泛使用,特别是在交易者需要快速美元流动性的地方。随着稳定币越来越接近主流支付和银行相关服务,监管检查也在增加。
欧洲压力和 IPO 市场奠定了背景
据报道,此次出售正值 Tether 在欧洲面临更严格的规定之际。 As previously reported, Revolut will remove USDT from eligible European accounts after the European Union’s MiCA rules took effect.用户可以在 7 月 6 日之前购买 USDT,并可以在 8 月 31 日之前出售或提取支持的余额。其他大型加密货币公司采取了不同的路径。 Kraken said in November that it had confidentially filed a draft registration statement for a proposed IPO, though related coverage later reported that layoffs and AI-driven restructuring could push its listing timeline into 2027.
韩国的 Bithumb 也放慢了其公开市场计划。 As previously reported, Bithumb continues to prepare for a 2028 IPO while also discussing a possible stake sale to Kiwoom Securities.
Tether 尚未宣布其股票上市计划。 The Heathcote sale places attention on the company’s private value, its stablecoin market lead, and how buyers may price exposure to one of crypto’s largest private businesses.
