As someone who has worked at a big four accounting firm hearing the clip of Tether’s CEO insisting no one would audit them was infuriating. I don’t know a singl

As someone who has worked at a big four accounting firm hearing the clip of Tether’s CEO insisting no one would audit them was infuriating. I don’t know a single public accounting firm that wouldn’t be jumping at the opportunity to do that audit and use it to show how tech-savvy they are in an effort to drum up consulting business. Unless, of course, while negotiating every potential engagement Tether insisted on exceedingly unreasonable audit restrictions. (That’s assuming Tether has actually tried to engage an independent auditor, and I’m not really convinced they have.) Insane restrictions on the scope of the audit and/or the scope of auditor access is the one and only reason they’d be “unable” to find an accounting firm willing and able to conduct the audit. But lack of skill? Knowledge? Willingness to engage with potentially shady clients? Those are not really things that hinder an accounting firm’s ability to engage a client.