Tether Delivers First Big Four Audit as SEC Delays Crypto Rulemaking Again

August 14th, 2026: Tether achieves a milestone with KPMG's first full audit confirming reserves exceed liabilities by $6.8 billion, while the SEC postpones its Regulation Crypto meeting indefinitely amid White House and Wall Street concerns. Bitcoin holds near sixty-two thousand seven hundred fifty dollars as rising Treasury yields and weak ETF flows create headwinds. Meanwhile, Trezor warns thirteen thousand customers of a data breach at shipping partner ShipMonk, and Strategy and Metaplanet face potential MSCI index exclusion under new rules targeting bitcoin treasury companies.