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by gvhst 2921 days ago
While I am not ruling out any shenanigans (and would only really trust an audit from a big 4 firm, if that), the report says that their cash is unencumbered. From investopedia [1], "Creditors do not have any claims to assets that are unencumbered, as there are no associated debts relating specifically to the assets."

[1]: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/unencumbered.asp

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From the memo:

> FSS makes no representation regarding the sufficiency of the information provided to FSS and all inquiries made by FSS have been directed to the Client and/or third party personnel responsible for maintaining such information, and the data has been obtained from the Client and/or third party personnel responsible for maintaining such information.

In other words, "unencumbered" here means "Tether told us they're unencumbered".

I work for a big 4 although not as an auditor. Do not trust audits by big 4 firms.