
KPMG reportedly acquires stake in deepfake detection firm Reality Defender
The rise of deepfake detection technologies highlights growing concerns over digital authenticity, impacting sectors like finance and media.

The rise of deepfake detection technologies highlights growing concerns over digital authenticity, impacting sectors like finance and media.
Tether's farmland and gold hedges raise questions as its own reserve buffer shrinks 40% despite a clean KPMG audit.
KPMG Australia will cut 27 partners and about 360 employees, roughly 5% of its workforce, as revenue slips and the firm absorbs the fallout from allegations that it misused confidential client information. Chief Executive John Sams said most of the affected roles are in the consulting arm, where client demand has weakened. The firm will

This week’s stories spanned old crypto fortunes, transparency, market forecasts, trading expansion, and macro shifts. Dormant Ethereum whales moved millions after more than a decade, while KPMG issued Tether a clean audit on its 2025 financials. Arthur Hayes warned bitcoin could fall to $50,000 before eventually reaching $1 million, Wintermute committed $1 billion to AI […]

Moon Pursuit Capital founder Utkarsh Ahuja has said crypto venture investors will prioritize quantum-ready infrastructure heading into 2027 as global VC investment reached $227.4 billion in the second quarter. KPMG’s latest Venture Pulse report found that global venture funding recorded…

Tether has reduced T-bills reserve assets to 75%, with BTC and gold now accounting for about 13% of the backing

A source with direct knowledge told The Block that Tether does not publicly share its audited statements because it is a private company.

Tether says KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on Tether International's 2025 financial statements, its first full audit from a Big Four accounting firm. The audited numbers show reserves exceeding liabilities by $6.814 billion as of Dec. 31, 2025. Quarterly reserve attestations confirm a snapshot of assets against liabilities. A full financial-statement audit examines the balance […]

The world's largest stablecoin issuer has completed its first full independent financial statement audit by KPMG U.S., earning an unqualified clean opinion for the year ended December 31, 2025.

The Big Four firm issued an unqualified opinion on 2025 accounts for Tether's El Salvador issuing entity. The work was done to AICPA standards rather than the PCAOB standards the GENIUS Act sets for licensed U.S. issuers, and Tether has released neither the statements nor the opinion letter.

KPMG’s audit covered Tether’s 2025 financial statements and found its reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.8 billion.

Tether disclosed that KPMG U.S. completed a full audit of its 2025 financial statements and issued an unqualified opinion, the most favorable conclusion an independent auditor can provide. KPMG Reviews Tether’s 2025 Books The stablecoin issuer detailed on Thursday that the audit covered Tether International, S.A. de C.V. for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025. […]

Bitcoin Magazine Tether Finally Completes Independent Audit of Reserves With KPMG The stablecoin giant for years struggled to get a Big Four accounting firm to audit its reserves. No more. This post Tether Finally Completes Independent Audit of Reserves With KPMG first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo .

KPMG U.S. issued an "unqualified audit opinion" on Tether International’s full 2025 financial statements, Tether said Thursday.

Tether said KPMG gave its 2025 financial statements a clean opinion, a milestone for the company after years of questions about the reserves backing USDT.

The stablecoin giant's reserves exceeded liabilities by $6.81 billion.
KPMG gave Tether a clean 2025 audit, but the $6.8 billion cushion it verified has since fallen 40% to $4.11 billion.

Tether has completed its first independent financial statement audit, with KPMG U.S. issuing an unqualified opinion after reviewing its 2025 accounts and a reported $6.814 billion reserve surplus. Tether said Thursday that KPMG U.S. conducted the audit of Tether International,…

Tether's audit enhances trust in stablecoins, potentially influencing regulatory frameworks and impacting global financial markets significantly.

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