Tether to End USDT Support on Five Legacy Blockchains
Date: 2025-07-14 Author: Gabriel Deangelo Categories: BLOCKCHAIN
Tether will completely stop issuing and servicing USDT on the Omni Layer, Algorand, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, and EOS networks on September 1, 2025. The company considers these blockchains to be outdated and less promising compared to new technologies and second-layer protocols.
Omni Layer, once an important part of the cryptocurrency infrastructure in the early 2010s, has gradually lost its relevance amid the emergence of faster and more scalable alternatives. Tether explained that the decision was based on a thorough analysis of usage levels, market activity, and community demand. The company's CEO Paolo Ardoino emphasized that adapting to changes in the industry helps focus on platforms with high demand and active development, which is especially important for the continued growth of stablecoins.
Instead of supporting legacy blockchains, Tether intends to focus its efforts on several key areas. First of all, the company will continue to develop integration with the Lightning Network, which should increase the speed and cheapness of transactions. In addition, Tether is involved in projects to create a blockchain infrastructure and will expand its work with L2 solutions to ensure wider distribution of USDT and improve the technical basis for the stablecoin.
Tether's management believes that reducing the number of supported networks will allow for more efficient use of resources and faster implementation of innovations. This step reflects the general trend of the crypto market - the transition from scattered support for a large number of blockchains to the selection of the most stable and technologically advanced platforms with an active community.
Previously, the company has already demonstrated stability and readiness for change: for example, it increased its gold reserves to $8 billion, demonstrating its readiness to strengthen the financial basis of the stablecoin.
In the future, Tether will continue to monitor the development of the ecosystem and is ready to add new networks if they meet high requirements for security, scalability and demand. For users, this means that USDT will remain available where the technology and community create the best conditions for stablecoin use.
So Tether is not just closing old directions, but building a strategy around promising technologies that can support the mass adoption of digital assets in the coming years.
