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Re:Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Rese... by zaroth on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:33PM (#17304625)
Not that I would trust them, but literally the next sentence;

Through our Transparency [1] page, anyone can view both of these numbers in near real-time.

[1] - https://wallet.tether.to/transparency

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Re:Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Rese... by FireBeyond on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:02PM (#17304949)
And right beneath that,

"Our reserve account is regularly audited".

By whom? Where can anyone see these audits, for transparency's sake?

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Re:Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Rese... by Animats on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:58PM (#17305505)
Tether fired their auditor for asking too many questions.[1]

[1] https://www.coindesk.com/tether-confirms-relationship-audito...

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Re:Bitcoin’s Price Was Artificially Inflated Last Year, Rese... by FireBeyond on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @03:01PM (#17306018)
Tether fired their auditor for _wanting to conduct an audit_, and not being willing to "rubber stamp these bank statements for us and call it good".
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