Tether (USDT)

CoinspeakerTether Decides to Discontinue Bitcoin Stablecoin amid Lack of Usage Along with Bitcoin Omni Layer, Tether has also decided to discontinue the stablecoin versions of Bitcoin Cash and Kusama. Tether Decides to Discontinue Bitcoin Stablecoin amid Lack of Usage

Stablecoin giant Tether announced on Thursday that it has discontinued USDT support for three blockchains, on which the token “lacks significant traction.” Those chains include Bitcoin’s Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash’s Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP), and Kusama. No Signs Of Omni Adoption As explained on Tether’s website on Thursday, community interest is a “key factor” in deciding whether or not the company will bring USDT to a particular network. “If a blockchain lacks significant...

Shiba Inu has shared yet another announcement with its community. The ecosystem’s marketing strategist took it to Twitter (now known as X) to reveal that the SHIB Doggy DAO has partnered with a leading digital asset advisory and investment firm. Source: XSHIB Doggy DAO Shakes Hands with ATH The new partnership is struck between Alpha Transform Holdings (ATH) and SHIB Doggy DAO. The latter is the decentralized autonomous organization that’s governed by holders of the SHIB...

Ethereum price is struggling to climb above the $1,880 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading below $1,860 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $1,850 on the 4-hour chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $1,835 support zone. Ethereum price is declining below $1,850 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD remains at a risk of more...

Singapore Red Cross – a humanitarian aid and community services charity in the Asian city-state – allowed people to contribute to its cause via donations in digital currencies. The option became possible after a partnership between the organization and the crypto payment gateway Triple-A. ‘Coin a new Way to Give Today’ The charity entity revealed that individuals willing to make such donations can set an amount in fiat, and the system will automatically convert the sum into...

Payments giant PayPal is launching its own stablecoin, and the move has got both traditional fintech players as well crypto firms excited. Dubbed ‘PYUSD,’ the stablecoin is built on Ethereum and is 1:1 redeemable for US dollars. The move essentially marked the first such move from a major financial institution in the United States. While PayPal briefly stopped working on its stablecoin a few months ago amid tightening regulatory scrutiny of crypto, the subsequent announcement...

Stablecoin issuer Circle is a US-based company, and 70% of its USDC adoption originates from non-US regions. According to the estimations of Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, some of the fastest growing areas are emerging and developing markets, which are not in the country that has been facing severe regulatory uncertainty. Not Fixated on US Allaire took to X (formerly Twitter) to reveal observing “strong progress” across Asia, LATAM, and Africa, highlighting the demand for “safe,...

Ripple’s price is currently correcting after a significant surge following the win against SEC. However, there is little reason for concern as there are multiple support levels nearby. Technical Analysis By: Edris XRP/USDT Daily Chart: Against USDT, the price has been constantly declining after being rejected from the $0.9 resistance level. The market is likely targeting the 50-day moving average around the $0.6 support level. The 200-day moving average trending near the $0.5...

Crypto trading platform Bitstamp has introduced an XRP lending service offering a “permanent” 2% yield, shortly after relisting the asset for trading last month. This puts XRP on an already sizable list of coins viable for 2% APY on Bitstamp, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), USD Coin (USDC), and Tether USD (USDT). Permanent Yield On XRP? As explained by Bitstamp in a blog post on Thursday, the company partners with Tesseract for its lending service, which “only lends...

A phishing scammer recently nabbed $20 million in USDT from an unsuspecting victim using a zero transfer phishing attack, reported blockchain security firm PeckShield on Tuesday. The stolen funds were frozen in short order by Tether – the issuer behind USDT – raising questions about who the victim was given the speed of their response. The Zero Transfer Phishing Attack According to PeckShield, the victim address intended to send funds to one wallet, but was fooled into...