With concerns growing about Tether’s growing number of secured loans and a possible reason for the stablecoin issuer’s demise, Tether made an official announcement today. The crypto firm now plans to minimize its credit exposure to zero by 2023.
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Tether's 2023 goal
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After The Wall Street Journal reported that the stablecoin operator's growing list of loans would make it impossible to repay buybacks in the event of a crisis, Tether announced that it would remove all secured loans from its balance sheet in 2023.
In response to the latest WSJ reports on Tether, the company states that:
Tether is managed professionally and conservatively, which will again be reflected in the successful completion of the credit transaction without losses
The announcement further states that “secured loans held in reserves are overcollateralized and backed by extremely liquid assets.”
$6.1 billion in loans
According to the company, as of September 30, its loans amounted to $6.1 billion, or 9.1% of Tether’s total assets. In the third quarter, the group’s consolidated total assets even exceeded $68 billion.
Tether previously claimed to ensure that borrowers were provided with highly liquid collateral for these loans, but now the operator apparently intends to remove them altogether.
This news comes after the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and more recent rumors surrounding Binance’s partial reserves, leading to ongoing fear among the crypto community.
Tether also recently introduced Chinese Yuan (CNHT) to its growing family of stablecoins, which includes USDT,EURT and MXNT.
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