Tag: Paper

US Federal Reserve discussion paper takes cold, hard look at DeFi, gives it mixed review

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There are more than 1,400 DApps in operation and their number is growing rapidly, according to a United States Federal Reserve Board discussion paper dated in June but released on Aug. 30. Ethereum is their biggest host with 470, or 31%, of them. Those decentralized finance (DeFi) products represent a very small share of the global financial system, but may still pose risks to financial stability, the authors said. The cumulative gross value of DeFi products ranged from $78 billion to $224 billion at the beginning of the second quarter…

Tether Hires BDO Italia for Monthly Assurance Reports, USDT’s Quarterly Attestation Shows a 58% Decrease in Commercial Paper – Altcoins Bitcoin News

This week, the stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings Limited revealed an update to its assurance and attestation process and detailed that the company has been working with accounting firm BDO Italia. The accounting firm will conduct monthly tether assurance reports based on the stablecoin issuer’s reserves. The following day, Tether published its quarterly assurance opinion completed by BDO and it notes that the company has seen a 58% decrease in commercial paper reserves. Tether Hires BDO Italia, Company Publishes Quarterly Consolidated Reserves Report Tether Holdings Limited, the company behind the largest…

Independent Tether attestation reveals 58% decrease in commercial paper holdings

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An announcement from USDT issuer Tether Holdings Limited revealed information from an independent attestation about the company’s previous quarter’s performance. The reviewer, top accounting firm BDO Italia, assessed Tether’s assets as of June 30, 2022.  Tether had previously announced a commitment to decreasing its commercial paper holdings by the end of August 2022. Data from the report revealed a 58% decrease in commercial paper exposure since the previous quarter from $20 billion to $8.5 billion. The chief technology officer of Tether, Paolo Ardoino, tweeted that Tether has plans to continue to…

Tether says it holds zero Chinese commercial paper, denies 85% exposure

Tether reports that its total commercial paper exposure has been cut to $3.7 billion from $30 billion just one year ago. The major stablecoin issuer Tether has reiterated that the company plans to completely get rid of commercial paper backing for its U.S.-dollar stablecoin USDT already this year. In a blog post on July 27, Tether said it “holds no Chinese commercial paper as of today,” while its total commercial paper exposure has been cut to $3.7 billion from $30 billion one year ago. By late August 2022, Tether said…

Three Arrows Paper Trail Leads to Trading Desk Obscured Via Offshore Entities

While Three Arrows Capital used its tens of billions of dollars of assets under management to invest in new projects and take large market positions, it also operated an over-the-counter trading desk called Tai Ping Shan (TPS) Capital. The entity was once described on LinkedIn as “the official OTC desk of Three Arrows Capital,” according to a scraped version of the site by Google, but the language has since been changed, distancing the two firms. Source

Tether continues to reduce commercial paper in sharp reduction since March

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Tether is reducing its commercial paper holdings on pace with plans, the stablecoin company reported Friday. It has reached the target sum of $8.4 billion in commercial paper, as per intentions first disclosed last month, and will continue to reduce its holdings in the immediate future.  On July 31, $5 billion of Tether’s commercial paper holdings will expire, leaving the company with $3.5 billion dollars’ worth in its portfolio. As a result, treasury reserves will make up a larger proportion of the company’s reserves, the report emphasized. Tether stablecoin USDT had…

Tether aims to decrease commercial paper backing of USDT to zero

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The major stablecoin company Tether is looking to eventually get rid of commercial paper backing for its U.S. dollar-based stablecoin Tether (USDT). Tether issued an official statement on Wednesday to deny reports alleging that Tether’s commercial paper portfolio is 85% backed by Chinese or Asian commercial papers and is being traded at a 30% discount. The stablecoin firm called such allegations “completely false,” reiterating that more than 47% of total USDT reserves are now the “United States Treasuries.” In its latest assurance opinion issued in May, Tether reported that commercial…

Tether Denies Claims of Asian Commercial Paper Backing, Exposure to Three Arrows Capital

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