Tether 技術長表示新的 aUSDT 穩定幣由黃金而非比特幣支持，因為貴金屬更穩定

Paolo Ardoino 在接受彭博社採訪時表示，該公司本可以選擇比特幣來支持 aUSDT，但 BTC 價格劇烈波動的傾向使黃金成為更可取的選擇。

Stablecoin giant Tether (USDT) has announced the launch of a new synthetic dollar (USD) product backed by gold.

穩定幣巨頭 Tether (USDT) 宣布推出一款新的以黃金為支撐的合成美元 (USD) 產品。

According to Tether, the synthetic USD is part of its new Alloy product line, which aims to track the price of reference assets through over-collateralization with liquid assets and secondary market liquidity pools.

Tether 表示，合成美元是其新 Alloy 產品線的一部分，該產品線旨在透過流動資產和二級市場流動性池的超額抵押來追蹤參考資產的價格。

The stablecoin issuer says that the synthetic aUSDT is backed by gold rather than Bitcoin (BTC) because the precious metal is more stable in price than the crypto king.

穩定幣發行人表示，合成 aUSDT 由黃金而不是比特幣 (BTC) 支持，因為貴金屬的價格比加密貨幣國王更穩定。

In a new interview with Bloomberg, Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino says that the firm could have chosen Bitcoin to back aUSDT, but BTC’s tendency to go through wild price swings made gold a more preferable option.

Tether 技術長 Paolo Ardoino 在接受彭博社採訪時表示，該公司本可以選擇比特幣來支持 aUSDT，但 BTC 價格劇烈波動的傾向使黃金成為更可取的選擇。

“Until 1971, the US dollar was backed by gold and we often hear interest from our customers to have optionality…

「直到 1971 年，美元都是由黃金支持的，我們經常聽到客戶有興趣擁有選擇權…

[So] we also see the opportunity to provide an [option] for others that want to see a more transparent backing of a synthetic dollar and gold is probably the best asset to make that happen because it’s much less volatile than Bitcoin. We could have done Bitcoin but gold is probably a better choice for the short term.”

[因此]我們也看到了為其他希望看到合成美元更透明支持的人提供[選擇]的機會，而黃金可能是實現這一目標的最佳資產，因為它的波動性比比特幣小得多。我們本來可以選擇比特幣，但從短期來看，黃金可能是更好的選擇。

Earlier this year, Tether announced that it would be launching aUSDT, which is described as a digital asset over-collateralized by Tether Gold (XAUT), a gold-pegged stablecoin. Each XAUT coin represents exposure to physical gold secured in vaults in Switzerland.

今年早些時候，Tether 宣布將推出 aUSDT，這是一種由與黃金掛鉤的穩定幣 Tether Gold (XAUT) 超額抵押的數位資產。每一枚 XAUT 代幣都代表著瑞士金庫中實體黃金的曝險。

The launch of aUSDT comes amid increasing demand for synthetic assets, which are designed to provide investors with exposure to the performance of an underlying asset without having to directly own the asset.

aUSDT 的推出正值合成資產需求不斷增長之際，合成資產旨在讓投資者無需直接擁有該資產即可了解基礎資產的表現。

Synthetic assets are typically created by a financial institution and are backed by a pool of assets, such as stocks, bonds, commodities or fiat currencies. They can be traded on exchanges like other cryptocurrencies.

合成資產通常由金融機構創建，並由股票、債券、商品或法定貨幣等資產池支持。它們可以像其他加密貨幣一樣在交易所進行交易。

However, synthetic assets are often more complex than standard cryptocurrencies and may carry additional risks, such as counterparty risk.

然而，合成資產通常比標準加密貨幣更複雜，並可能帶來額外的風險，例如交易對手風險。