In an effort to increase transparency, Tether has recruited a new accounting company to undertake routine audits and attestation reports to guarantee that its stablecoin is appropriately backed by US dollars. As of September 30, 2022, Tether, the company that issues stablecoins, had less than $50 million’s worth of commercial paper units in its portfolio.
Unsecured, short-term debt instruments known as “commercial paper” are issued by corporations. It is frequently employed to finance short-term commitments like payroll, accounts payable, and inventories. While treasury bills are touted as more reliable than commercial papers, they offer “zero default risk” because investors are assured of recouping the purchase price.
Tether’s chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino made the statement in a tweet on October 3 and added that the percentage of US Treasury bills in Tether’s overall portfolio grew to 58.1%, up 25.1% from the 43.5% it held as of June 30.
To increase the stability of its ecosystem and the USDT stablecoin, Tether stated in June that it planned to roll USDT’s commercial paper backing into short-maturity U.S. Treasury bills, eventually reducing it to “zero.”
To increase transparency and frequently provide audit and attestation reports, it recruited BDO Italia, a European accounting firm, as a new auditor to independently assess its stablecoin reserves in July.
The United States District Court in New York ordered Tether to prove that the USDT stablecoin was backed 1:1 by US dollars on September 19.
Tether is well along the way to selling off all of its holdings of commercial paper by the end of 2022, having reduced its reserves from 20 billion units in Q1 2022 to 8.4 billion units in Q2 2022.
As of the writing of this article, USDT is trading at $1, with a market value of $70,163,891,644, and a 24-hour trading volume of $41,421,937,703. There is a market supply of 67.95 billion USDT. All the indicators are displaying a bullish momentum at the moment.
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