Tether confirms minimal EQIBank exposure following $89M US asset seizure
U.S. authorities seized about $89 million linked to EQIBank, and EQIBank said those funds made up around 80% of its monetary assets. Tether then said its exposure at EQIBank was below 0.034% of group assets, with one report putting that ceiling at about $64 million. The event also tied the bank’s strain to litigation involving Capstone Ltd. and to a liquidation risk mentioned by EQIBank.
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EQIBank’s customers and counterparties are the ones most likely to notice the seizure first, because the bank said the frozen funds made up about 80% of its monetary assets. That leaves its day-to-day ability to move money in question, and the bank linked the matter to a liquidation risk.
For Tether, the practical change is narrower: it said its holdings at EQIBank were less than 0.034% of group assets, so the bank’s problems do not map onto a large share of Tether’s balance sheet. The public detail that changed is the disclosure of the exposure ceiling, while the exact dollar amount Tether held with EQIBank still was not disclosed.
Still unknown is the full scope of the U.S. case around the EQIBank-linked funds and how much of the seized money sits with Capstone-related activity. What would settle that is the next court filing or a fuller statement from the bank or prosecutors, because the current coverage does not give the complete breakdown.
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