{"id":359364,"date":"2023-09-21T12:06:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T11:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=359364"},"modified":"2023-09-21T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T11:06:37","slug":"tether-brushes-off-concerns-over-restarting-controversial-usdt-short-term-loan-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tether-brushes-off-concerns-over-restarting-controversial-usdt-short-term-loan-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether brushes off concerns over restarting controversial USDT short-term loan services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s3\">Stablecoin issuer Tether (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/tether\/\">USDT<\/a>) has silently resumed its secured lending services less than a year after publicly announcing that it would remove it this year.<\/p>\n<p>Using Tether's quarterly financial update, the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tether-is-lending-its-stablecoins-again-b11705f2\">reported<\/a> that the stablecoin's issuer loan assets increased to $5.5 billion as of June 30 from the $5.3 billion recorded in the previous quarter. A Tether spokesperson reportedly said the increase was due to a &#8220;<span class=\"s5\">few short-term loan requests from clients with whom [the company] have cultivated longstanding relationships.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The lending services involve Tether issuing loans denominated in its USDT tokens to borrowers. Market observers have raised concerns about this practice as there is no certainty that the borrowers would pay back or that the stablecoin issuer could be able to sell the loans immediately. Additionally, Tether has failed to provide adequate transparency on the kind of collateral the borrowers provide.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, crypto lending service providers, including <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/celsius-bankruptcy-plan-faces-backlash-from-retail-crypto-borrowers-claiming-institutional-bias\/\">Celsius<\/a>, BlockFi, and others, folded up following the record market downturn that negatively impacted their business models.<\/p>\n<p>While Tether has consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tether-to-reduce-secured-loans-to-zero-by-2023\/\">maintained<\/a> that the &#8220;secured loans held in its reserves are overcollateralized and covered by extremely liquid assets,&#8221; a failure of its business could prove catastrophic for the crypto industry as its USDT stablecoin is the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/tether-now-a-top-global-buyer-of-us-treasury-bills-amid-market-turmoil\/\">largest<\/a> in the market.<\/p>\n<h2>Tether remains &#8216;committed to removing secured loans'<\/h2>\n<p>In a Sept. 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/tether.to\/en\/challenges-plague-banking-industry-as-tether-demonstrates-strength-and-commitment-to-high-quality-principles-amidst-scrutiny-from-wsj\/\">statement<\/a>, Tether stated that it remained committed to removing secured loans from its reserves.<\/p>\n<p>The stablecoin issuer did not provide a definite timeline for when it plans to remove the loans. 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