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Tether shifts from infrastructure layer to consumer platform with self-custodial wallet

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Finley Harrington

crypto money laundering enforcement · Apr 14, 2026

Tether shifts from infrastructure layer to consumer platform with self-custodial wallet

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Users can now send digital assets using human-readable identifiers like [email protected] and pay transaction fees in the asset being transferred. This removes the requirement to hold separate gas tokens to execute payments. These features are delivered through tether.wallet, a new self-custodial product that supports USDT, USAT, Tether Gold, XAUT, and Bitcoin.

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Tether has previously operated as the underlying infrastructure layer for the digital asset economy, providing liquidity and settlement across more than 160 countries. The launch of the wallet brings this infrastructure directly to end users for the first time. The product is built on the Wallet Development Kit, an open-source layer first deployed through Rumble Wallet in January 2026, which connected crypto payments to 80 million users.

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As of March 2026, Tether’s technology is used by more than 570 million people globally. The company aims to integrate tens of millions of new wallets to its platform every quarter.

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