Rumors surrounding the stablecoin known as Tether (USDT) have long speculated that the parent company does not exactly have the funds to back up the total tokens in the market. The continual uncertainty as to whether USDT was backed by cold cash caused the fake news in mid October that Binance was delisting the stablecoin from the platform. The rumors were fueled by the fact that the bank Tether was using at the time, was facing insolvency issues.
Tether Finds a New Bank and Confirms Its Banking Balance
Two weeks after the fake news, and on the 1st of November, Tether Limited issued a statement that they had found a new banking partner in the Bahamas. The bank known as Deltec Bank and Trust Limited, went on to issue a statement stating that Tether’s account at the bank was $1,831,322,828.
The notice by the bank went on to state the following:
We hereby confirm that, at the close of business on October 31, 2018, the portfolio cash value of your [Tether] account with our bank is $1,831,322,828.
Bloomberg Concludes that Tether Has the Billions it Promised
It is with this brief background and research that the team at Bloomberg has concluded that Tether Limited does indeed have the funds to back up the amount of USDT in the crypto markets. The team at Bloomberg went to state that:
Statements spanning four separate months detail the cash held in Tether Ltd.’s accounts, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg.
At least some of the statements have been shared with regulators, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The question is whether there really is $1 in the bank for every Tether, and while the documents don’t provide a complete accounting of Tether’s finances, they do offer more detail than has ever been made public.
Trust Restored?
The news from Bloomberg comes days after several prominent crypto exchanges such as Huobi, Coinbase and Binance, started listed more Stablecoins onto their platforms. This act by the exchanges was taken by many to mean that they too had their doubts about Tether (USDT). However, the news from Bloomberg might go a long way in alleviating the doubts many crypto traders and exchanges had about the existence of funds to back up the digital asset in a 1:1 ratio.
About Tether (USDT)
The digital asset that is pegged to the USD has a circulating supply of 1.856 Billion and a total supply of $2.580 Billion according to coinmarketcap.com. USDT is currently ranked 7th on the same platform ahead of Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin SV (BSV) and Tron (TRX).
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