Key Takeaways
- Tether will discontinue direct USDT issuance and redemption on Omni Layer, Bitcoin Money SLP, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand.
- The revised plan permits continued token transfers however removes official help and future redemptions on these blockchains.
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Tether has determined that it’ll not freeze sensible contracts on Omni Layer, Bitcoin Money SLP, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand after receiving suggestions from the affected blockchain communities, in line with a Friday assertion.
The corporate will discontinue direct issuance and redemption providers on the 5 legacy networks. Customers can proceed to switch tokens between wallets on these networks, however the tokens will not obtain official help like different Tether tokens.
The replace modifies Tether’s July 2025 announcement, which deliberate to fully stop redemptions and freeze USDT tokens on the 5 blockchains beginning September 1, 2025.
“Tether’s choice follows a complete overview of blockchain utilization information, market demand, and suggestions from group stakeholders and infrastructure companions. Whereas these networks performed a foundational position in Tether’s early development, the quantity of USDT circulating on them has declined considerably over the previous two years,” Tether acknowledged within the July announcement.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino mentioned on the time that the corporate wished to remain related and environment friendly because the business continued to vary and develop. He famous that ending help for these blockchains would permit Tether to focus its assets on extra lively, scalable, and extensively used networks.
Tether is increasing help for layer 2 networks, together with the Lightning Community, and different rising blockchains providing improved interoperability and velocity.
On Thursday, the corporate mentioned it might launch USDT on the RGB Protocol, enhancing the Bitcoin ecosystem with non-public, scalable, and versatile sensible contracts.
The transfer, following RGB’s debut on the Bitcoin mainnet, which helps numerous tokenized belongings and leverages the Lightning Community, marks USDT as the primary main token to make use of RGB’s client-side validation for enhanced privateness and environment friendly transactions.
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