Tether, the issuer of the largest stablecoin USDT, has changed its decision to stop supporting tokens on five blockchain platforms: Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand. It was previously planned to completely block the remaining USDT in circulation on these networks after September 1, 2025, but now the freeze is canceled.
Initially, in 2024, Tether announced its intention to discontinue support for these protocols, stopping the issuance of new tokens and giving users a year to withdraw or redeem existing funds. However, considering the reaction and requests from the blockchain community, the company has revised its position.
Although new issuances of USDT on the specified platforms will no longer be produced, existing tokens will remain in circulation. At the same time, Tether emphasizes: the absence of new releases also means the cessation of official technical and operational support for these versions of the stablecoin.
"Our strategy remains focused on development in ecosystems with high developer activity, scalability, and real user demand. The refusal to freeze is a compromise that takes into account the interests of the community but does not change the overall development vector," the company noted.
According to the latest data from Tether, approximately 82.9 million USDT still circulates on Omni Layer, 4.2 million on EOS, about 1 million on Bitcoin Cash SLP, 0.8 million on Algorand, and 0.2 million tokens on Kusama. In total, this accounts for less than 0.1% of the total volume of USDT, which exceeds 167.5 billion.
The majority of the stablecoin is concentrated on Ethereum (83.3 billion USDT) and TRON (79.6 billion USDT), confirming the shift in user activity towards more scalable and in-demand networks.
As a reminder, in August 2025, Tether also announced the launch of USDT support on RGB - a protocol for issuing digital assets on top of the Bitcoin network, marking further expansion of the stablecoin ecosystem towards innovative solutions.
