TREE NEWS update: Tether said its exposure is “limited” to EQIBank, the lender named in a US case tied to an $84 million seizure. US prosecutors alleged a payments business illegally moved hundreds of millions of dollars at EQIBank’s direction, and Tether holds some assets at the bank. The stablecoin issuer did not disclose the size of its holdings.
Tether Says Exposure ‘Limited’ to Bank Tied to $84M US Seizure
Tether's willingness to name the counterparty at all is itself the notable part: reserve disclosures have long been criticized for opacity, and this statement answers a question before regulators or auditors force it. The unresolved gap is scale — "limited" without a figure leaves the market to judge exposure on the issuer's word alone, which is precisely the dynamic that has dogged its reserve reporting. Whether Tether quantifies the EQIBank position, and whether the case widens to other counterparties, is the open question.
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