{"id":128616,"date":"2025-05-05T11:16:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128616"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:16:33","slug":"tether-ai-platform-to-support-bitcoin-and-usdt-payments-ceo-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128616","title":{"rendered":"Tether AI platform to support Bitcoin and USDT payments, CEO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsTether AI, the forthcoming artificial intelligence platform from stablecoin giant Tether, will feature payments in major cryptocurrencies, including USDt and Bitcoin.<br \/>\nTether CEO Paolo Adroino took to X on May 5 to tease the imminent launch of Tether AI, the company\u2019s new AI platform designed to offer \u201cpersonal infinite intelligence.\u201d<br \/>\nAccording to Ardoino, Tether\u2019s AI platform will be integrated with USDt (USDT) and Bitcoin (BTC) payments, allowing users to make transactions directly through a peer-to-peer (P2P) network.<br \/>\nSource: Paolo ArdoinoThe initiative builds on Tether\u2019s December 2024 announcement that it was developing a website for the AI tool, targeting a launch by the end of the first quarter of 2025.<br \/>\nSupport of \u201cany hardware and device\u201d<br \/>\nArdoino emphasized that Tether AI will not use application programming interface (API) keys and will not depend on centralized control points.<br \/>\nInstead, Tether AI will offer a \u201cfully open-source AI runtime\u201d that will run on an \u201cunstoppable peer-to-peer network,\u201d and be \u201cfully modular and composable.\u201d<br \/>\nAdditionally, Tether AI will be capable of adapting and evolving on \u201cany hardware and device,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nP2P crypto payments enabled with WDK<br \/>\nThe announcement also said Tether AI\u2019s P2P crypto payments will be \u201cinfused\u201d with its open-source wallet development kit (WDK), launched in November 2024.<br \/>\nTether\u2019s WDK is a toolkit that enables developers to build mobile, desktop and web wallet applications, enabling self-custodial, or non-custodial, holding of USDt and Bitcoin.<br \/>\nAn excerpt from Tether\u2019s WDK announcement in November 2024. Source: TetherUnlike custodial wallets, self-custodial wallet solutions allow users to control assets completely, eliminating reliance on third-party custody solutions for completing transactions.<br \/>\nTether doubles down on AI<br \/>\nTether AI is part of a broader strategy to expand the company\u2019s footprint in artificial intelligence.<br \/>\nIn April 2024, Tether announced company restructuring to introduce new divisions beyond stablecoin development, launching Tether Data, a dedicated unit focused on AI and P2P development.<br \/>\nRelated: OpenAI ignored experts when it released overly agreeable ChatGPT<br \/>\nIn February, Ardoino announced that its AI division was working on a series of AI apps, including AI Translate, AI Voice Assistant and AI Bitcoin Wallet Assistant.<br \/>\nSource: Paolo Ardoino (X post translated by Google)According to Ardoino, Tether AI has one key goal of providing the \u201cideal technological foundation\u201d to achieve the vision of AI described by Isaac Asimov, one of the most influential science fiction authors about AI, known for works such as I, Robot, The Robot Series and more.<br \/>\n\u201cAI will, in the coming decades, become part of the very fabric of the universe,\u201d Ardoino said in another X post, written in Italian.<br \/>\nMagazine: Bitcoin to $1M \u2018by 2029,\u2019 CIA tips its hat to Bitcoin: Hodler\u2019s Digest, April 27 \u2013 May 3<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/tether-ai-support-bitcoin-usdt-payments-paolo-ardoino?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsTether AI, the forthcoming artificial intelligence platform from stablecoin giant Tether, will feature payments in major cryptocurrencies, including USDt and Bitcoin. 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