{"id":625147,"date":"2026-08-14T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=625147"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:55:54","slug":"we-proved-them-wrong-tether-lands-kpmgs-first-clean-audit-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/we-proved-them-wrong-tether-lands-kpmgs-first-clean-audit-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We proved them wrong\u2019: Tether lands KPMG\u2019s first \u2018clean\u2019 audit opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tether has finalized its full audit by KPMG, marking the first time by one of the Big Four auditing and accounting firms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, the USDT stablecoin issuer said that the auditor gave a \u2018clean\u2019 opinion on its 2025 financial statements. The firm added that this is the most positive form of opinion an independent auditor can issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his part, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino used the final audit to clap back at critics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a defining moment for the stablecoin industry. For years, some detractors said an audit of Tether could not be completed. They said the Company refused to subject itself to the most rigorous scrutiny. We have once again proven them wrong.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_625151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-625151\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-134713.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-625151\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-134713.png\" alt=\"Tether \" width=\"875\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-134713.png 875w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-134713-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-134713-768x612.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-625151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Tether&#8217;s reserves under scrutiny<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For years, critics have poked holes at the firm\u2019s management and questioned the authenticity of its reserves backing USDT.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, in late 2025, S&amp;P Global joined the list of critics and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/tether-ceo-blasts-sp-global-after-usdt-downgrade-to-weak-rating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">downgraded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the firm\u2019s USDT stablecoin from \u201cconstrained\u201d to \u201cweak.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the rating agency, USDT had only 77% of its reserves in U.S Treasury bonds and cash equivalents. The rest were increasingly exposed to BTC and gold, which the rating agency deemed highly risky.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stablecoin\u2019s issuer alleged lack of transparency was also included as part of the reasons for the downgrade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, USDT is the firm\u2019s offshore product and has no solid guidelines on its reserve composition. In fact, for the period ending in June, USDT had only about 75% reserve exposure on T-bills and cash equivalents. Gold and metals accounted for 10% while BTC exposure was only 3%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_625153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-625153\" style=\"width: 1275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-140339.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-625153\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-140339.png\" alt=\"Tether\" width=\"1275\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-140339.png 1275w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-140339-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-140339-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-140339-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-140339-1200x598.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-625153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Tether\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Will critics now leave Tether alone?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, its U.S-focused product, USAT, is meant to have 1:1 backing with nearly 100% reserves in T-bills or cash equivalents.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reacting to the audit, ETF expert Nate Geraci said,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until that problem is solved (sharing stablecoin yield), Tether will never face any real competitive pressure given its scale IMO.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But some critics aren\u2019t fully satisfied with the audit. According to Swan CEO Cory Klippsten, Tether ownership still remains a mystery, and the audit was only for one of the subsidiaries (Tether International).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_625150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-625150\" style=\"width: 892px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-142138.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-625150\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-142138.png\" alt=\"Tether\" width=\"892\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-142138.png 892w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-142138-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-142138-768x499.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-625150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, the stablecoin issuer is a money printer. It raked in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/tether-posts-1-5b-net-profits-in-q2-as-usdt-users-hit-record-high-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1.5B in net profits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the last quarter alone. Its USDT holders have crossed the 650M milestone and are climbing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Final Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tether has finalized its first full audit by KPMG with a positive \u201cclean\u201d rating from the auditor\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, critics still question the firm\u2019s ownership, claiming that the audit is only for a subsidiary company called Tether International.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether has reduced T-bills reserve assets to 75%, with BTC and gold now accounting for about 13% of the backing <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":625170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,4,5825,20],"tags":[6427],"class_list":["post-625147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-news","category-social","category-stablecoins","category-trading-view","tag-ambcrypto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - 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