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EXCLUSIVE: Inside Tether’s KPMG Audit: Gold Bars, Bitcoin, and $6B in Excess Equity Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino joins The Starting Block to unpack details of their KPMG US audit. Ardoino explains how Tether finally cleared the biggest hurdle in the room with a Big Four audit from KPMG US,... why the timing mattered, and what the new yearly audit plus quarterly attestations mean for the company and the industry. Timestamps 00:00 - Paolo Ardoino joins to discuss Tether’s Big Four audit announcement 01:16 - Why the audit took years and what made it possible now 03:31 - Why Tether chose KPMG US after earlier controversy around attestations 04:58 - Yearly audits and quarterly attestations as a transparency standard 05:15 - Responding to critics who still question Tether’s transparency 06:36 - The 7 billion redemption stress test in 2022 07:57 - Why auditors counted gold bars in Tether’s reserves 08:40 - Tether’s gold and Bitcoin reserve holdings 09:23 - The private fundraising narrative and why Tether says it does not need capital 12:31 - Tether’s AI effort, Qvac, and the mission to serve the unbanked 14:59 - Supporting Bitcoin security work after the Coldcard exploit 16:52 - Confirming annual audits and quarterly attestations going forwardshow more

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Luca - Finance & Crypto2 months ago

@paoloardoino @tether @tethergold @gazza_jenks @TheBlockPods

Arjun2 months ago

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@alexdolbun2 months ago

@paoloardoino @tether @tethergold @gazza_jenks @TheBlockPods 12 years…

Guine.ETH2 months ago

@paoloardoino @tether @tethergold @gazza_jenks @TheBlockPods Finally some real proof

Airi Lab⚡️2 months ago

@paoloardoino @tether @tethergold @gazza_jenks @TheBlockPods I'm glad it's annual. I care more whether the quarterly attrstations stay this detailed

The Daily Digits2 months ago

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Ryo Signal2 months ago

@paoloardoino @tether @tethergold @gazza_jenks @TheBlockPods I'm more interested in whether the quarterly attesttations stay this detailed over time

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@paoloardoino @tether @tethergold @gazza_jenks @TheBlockPods Annual cadence is the only way to kill the fud for good

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