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USDT Is Returning to Bitcoin After 10 Years. Should Users Care?
USDT is returning to Bitcoin with private payments. Here is what changes for users, and whether Tether can still freeze it.
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Key points
- Tether said USDT is returning to Bitcoin via RGB, with most payment details kept off Bitcoin's public record and holdings on Tron and Ethereum unchanged.
- The rollout belongs to Utexo, which raised $7.5 million in a Tether-led round and now holds a commercial license to issue the coin, co-founder Viktor Ihnatiuk said.
- Tether's announcement does not explain how freezes would work on the private version; Utexo brought in Crystal Intelligence for compliance, according to the RGB Protocol Association.
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