Tether Is Extending The Timeline For A Full Audit – Again

Tether is extending the timeline for a full audit yet again. It was reported yesterday that the date for a full audit is postponed by months. Crypto investors are concerned because of the crypto market collapse that happened this year and rightfully so.

A Period Of Five Years And More

For more than five years, the stablecoin issuer has promised investors and the general public a thorough examination of its stablecoin holdings. The crypto business has aroused concerns again with this shift in the goalposts.

The current deferral was announced by the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Paolo Ardoino, who has long functioned as the company’s public face. Paolo stated that the much-anticipated assessment of what underpins the USDT is still months away.

Despite the fact that the corporation produces attestations every quarter, as mandated by the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office as part of a litigation settlement, this has not been sufficient. Instead, the issuer is seeking verification of its claims from legal professionals, law enforcement agencies, government organizations, and industry players.

According to a study by BDO Italia, the accounting company recently engaged by Tether, Tether and its subsidiaries had about $66.4 billion in consolidated assets and $66.2 billion in liabilities, with a $200 million cushion. Tether’s website also states that unsecured obligations via commercial paper account for more than 15% of USDT reserves.

According to other sources, Tether reduced its commercial paper by 58%, from $20 billion to $8.5 billion, with intentions to reduce it even lower to zero.

These claims and reports, among others, are designed to disclose what backs the USDT and maintains it tied to the US dollar value, and many institutions want to gain a better understanding of them through a complete audit.

They must, however, wait a bit longer before receiving the clarity and confidence they need as Tether is extending the timeline for a full audit again.

Low Accounting Standards For Digital Assets

Based on its market value of around $67.6 billion, USDT is the world’s largest stablecoin. Tether Limited is a key participant in the cryptocurrency market as the creator of the industry’s largest stablecoin. This date change contradicts the firm’s previous remark about wanting to promote transparency, and it comes at a time when most crypto industry participants want to know that their money is secure.

The cryptocurrency ecosystem and its assets are ambiguous, and this lack of specific classifications has resulted in a lack of boundary norms that exist in regular financial contexts. Some of these policies compel conventional financial businesses to post statements or make their books and information available to the public.

This absence of tight requirements might be the source of the USDT issuer’s constant change of decisions.

Other developments, like Tether’s (USDC) support for Ethereum’s (ETH) shift to the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, suggest that Tether is still in the game for a long time. However, by providing limited information about its reserves in lieu of a thorough audit report, the issuer invites investors and other industry participants to continue to pursue it.

The British Virgin Islands-registered corporation may claim to be completely supported, but seeing is believing when it comes to finances, especially after it momentarily lost its dollar peg in May of this year.

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