Accoridng to the latest reports, it seems that Tether backed USDT with Chinese securities. Check out the latest reports about this below.
Tether in the news again
According to recently released documents by the New York Attorney General, it has been revealed that Tether, the issuer of stablecoin, had partially backed their stablecoin with Chinese securities.
Despite denying any such claims previously, Tether held securities from companies like China Construction Bank Corp. and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd.
There have been rumors circulating for some time now that Tether had used Chinese securities as backing for its stablecoin.
Although Tether has not commented on the matter, it did release a statement in September 2021 denying any holdings of commercial paper from troubled Chinese real estate company, Evergrande. In July, Tether stated that it did not hold any Chinese commercial paper at that time but did not disclose whether it had done so previously.
Accoridng to The Block, tt the time it criticized “naysayers who continue to spread falsities about its commercial paper holdings” and said they were wrong.
Tether new data is out
According to legal settlement documents released this week by the New York Attorney General, Stablecoin issuer Tether provided $11.6 billion in collateralized loans between June 2019 and May 2021.
Out of the 694 loans, 89% of the total amount was issued with Bitcoin as collateral, while 9% had ether as collateral. Tether Gold (XAUT) and unnamed securities made up the remaining 2%. Tether received a cumulative total of 450,000 BTC in collateral and 1.1 million ETH.
As the online publication the Daily Hodl notes, the documents also show that $8 billion of loans were repaid during that period.
Tether’s chief technology officer, Paolo Ardoino, said recently that the firm had no exposure to Signature Bank, directly or indirectly, despite a recent article by Bloomberg claiming that Tether used the bank to find its path into the US financial system.