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The Information: Offshore Bank EQIBank Faces Liquidation, Tether Funds Frozen

According to The Information, Tether has a portion of its funds trapped at one of its offshore banking partners, which is facing liquidation risk after assets were seized in the United States. Tether stated that the assets held at EQIBank represent a limited scale, accounting for less than 0.034% of its total assets.

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