隨著加密貨幣市場的繁榮，Tether 計劃將總部遷至薩爾瓦多

加密貨幣公司 Tether 執行長表示，作為全球最大穩定幣的創始人，計劃將總部遷至薩爾瓦多

Cryptocurrency firm Tether plans to move its headquarters to El Salvador, its chief executive said on Monday, as the founders of the world's biggest stablecoin capitalize on the Central American country's bid to become a hub for crypto trading.

加密貨幣公司 Tether 執行長週一表示，計劃將總部遷至薩爾瓦多，因為全球最大穩定幣的創始人利用這個中美洲國家成為加密貨幣交易中心的努力。

Tether has emerged as a dominant force in the booming market for stablecoins, which are designed to maintain a constant value by being pegged to traditional currencies and offer users a way to move money between cryptocurrencies without exposure to price swings.

Tether 已成為蓬勃發展的穩定幣市場的主導力量，穩定幣旨在透過與傳統貨幣掛鉤來保持恆定的價值，並為用戶提供一種在加密貨幣之間轉移資金而不受價格波動影響的方式。

CEO Paolo Ardoino told Reuters that Tether would relocate to El Salvador after the cryptocurrency recently obtained a license there as a digital asset service provider. Ardoino and his fellow managers and co-founders of Tether will also move their residences to El Salvador, he said. Previously, the company was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.

執行長 Paolo Ardoino 告訴路透社，在加密貨幣最近獲得薩爾瓦多作為數位資產服務提供商的許可證後，Tether 將遷往薩爾瓦多。他說，Ardoino 和他的同事以及 Tether 的聯合創始人也將把住所搬到薩爾瓦多。此前，該公司在英屬維京群島註冊成立。

"This move to El Salvador will be the first time we're going to have also a physical headquarters," he said.

「遷往薩爾瓦多將是我們第一次擁有實體總部，」他說。

But not all of the company's 100-plus employees will move there, he said, adding that many of the staff work remotely.

但他表示，該公司 100 多名員工並非全部都會搬到那裡，並補充說許多員工都在遠距工作。

The company plans to hire 100 Salvadorans over the next several years, he said.

他說，該公司計劃在未來幾年僱用 100 名薩爾瓦多人。

The booming market for stablecoins has worried regulators concerned that growing stablecoin reserves expose the broader financial system to bigger risks, because they act as a bridge between the crypto universe and mainstream financial markets.

穩定幣市場的蓬勃發展令監管機構感到擔憂，他們擔心不斷增長的穩定幣儲備會讓更廣泛的金融體系面臨更大的風險，因為它們充當了加密世界和主流金融市場之間的橋樑。

Tether has faced questions around its reserves and does not fully disclose where they are held or in what form. The firm says the vast majority of its stablecoin is backed by traditional currency reserves held with Wall Street brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald, whose CEO, Howard Lutnick, has been nominated to head the U.S. Commerce Department under President-elect Donald Trump.

Tether 面臨著有關其儲備的問題，並且沒有完全披露這些儲備的持有地點或形式。該公司表示，其穩定幣的絕大多數是由華爾街經紀公司Cantor Fitzgerald 持有的傳統貨幣儲備支持的，該公司的首席執行官霍華德·盧特尼克(Howard Lutnick) 已被提名為候任總統唐納德·川普(Donald Trump) 領導下的美國商務部負責人。

"So, we have some liquidity on other banks, but the vast, vast majority of the T-bills are in Cantor," Ardoino said.

「因此，我們在其他銀行有一些流動性，但絕大多數國庫券都在坎托，」阿爾多伊諾說。

Boosting monitoring of tokens

加強對代幣的監控

The company said last year it was increasing monitoring of how its tokens are used to combat illicit finance.

該公司去年表示，正在加強對其代幣如何用於打擊非法融資的監控。

Asked whether Tether had considered alternative locations for its headquarters, Ardoino said it lacked a license to operate in the European Union and had ruled out the United States for now.

當被問及 Tether 是否考慮將總部設在其他地點時，Ardoino 表示，該公司沒有在歐盟運營的許可證，目前已排除在美國的可能性。

It was "quite premature" to predict possible changes that might be implemented under Trump, he said.

他說，預測川普領導下可能實施的變革「還為時過早」。

Trump's victory in the November U.S. election sparked a record rise in cryptocurrency prices. The Republican has vowed to introduce a friendlier regulatory environment for crypto and said he planned to create a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve.

川普在 11 月美國大選中獲勝引發加密貨幣價格創紀錄上漲。這位共和黨人發誓要為加密貨幣引入一個更友善的監管環境，並表示他計劃建立美國比特幣戰略儲備。

El Salvador is seeking to become a hub for digital currency trading, and three years ago President Nayib Bukele made it the first country to establish bitcoin as legal tender, alongside the dollar.

薩爾瓦多正在尋求成為數位貨幣交易的中心，三年前，總統納伊布·布克萊 (Nayib Bukele) 使其成為第一個將比特幣確立為與美元並列的法定貨幣的國家。

"Welcome home," Bukele wrote on social media platform X in response to Tether's announcement.

「歡迎回家，」布克萊在社群媒體平台 X 上寫道，回應 Tether 的聲明。

In a separate post on Monday, Bukele asked the CEO of Rumble, Chris Pavlovski, to consider moving the headquarters of the video-sharing platform to El Salvador. Days earlier, the company announced a cloud services agreement with Bukele's government.

在周一的另一篇貼文中，布克萊要求 Rumble 執行長 Chris Pavlovski 考慮將影片分享平台的總部遷至薩爾瓦多。幾天前，該公司宣布與布克萊政府達成雲端服務協議。

Tether's eponymous dollar-pegged token USDT=CCCL (USDT) accounts for roughly two-thirds of the $212 billion worth of stablecoins in circulation, according to CoinGecko data.

根據 CoinGecko 的數據，Tether 的同名美元掛鉤代幣 USDT=CCCL (USDT) 約佔流通中價值 2,120 億美元的穩定幣的三分之二。

The overall market has grown around 45% over the last year, the data shows.

數據顯示，去年整體市場成長了 45% 左右。