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Tether (often referred to by its currency codes, USD₮ and USDT, among others) is a cryptocurrency stablecoin launched by Tether Limited Inc. in 2014. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As of August 1, 2024, Tether reported having $118.4 billion in reserves, including $5.3 billion in excess reserves.
Although the minting of new USDC tokens halted on 21 February 2024, customers have until February 2025 to transfer USDC to other blockchains. [ 15 ] According to Forbes in December 2024, USDC primarily competes with Tether , which dominates the market by market capitalization .
ERC-721 implementation requires "name" and "symbol" identifiers, and the token is assigned a contract address upon deployment to the blockchain. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Also, a mechanism to implement a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to the contract, is defined in the standard, providing functionality to assign each NFT unique metadata .
USDT may refer to: USDT, the ticker symbol for the Tether stablecoin cryptocurrency; United States Department of the Treasury; Ultra-slim desktop, a computer formfactor used by Hewlett-Packard, see HP business desktops; University of Science and Defense Technologies, an Iranian research institute of the Malek-Ashtar University of Technology
A smart contract also can be regarded as a secured stored procedure, as its execution and codified effects (like the transfer of tokens between parties) cannot be manipulated without modifying the blockchain itself. In this interpretation, the execution of contracts is controlled and audited by the platform, not by arbitrary server-side ...
Blockchain-based smart contracts are contracts that can be partially or fully executed or enforced without human interaction. [88] One of the main objectives of a smart contract is automated escrow. A key feature of smart contracts is that they do not need a trusted third party (such as a trustee) to act as an intermediary between contracting ...
The token was initially on the Ethereum network, then moved to BNB Smart Chain when it was released in September 2020. [87] [88] In February 2022, the company changed the token's name to Build'N'Build. At that time, Binance Smart Chain was also renamed to BNB Chain.
Tron (stylized as TRON) is a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is known as Tronix (TRX). It was founded in March 2014 by Justin Sun and since 2017 has been overseen and supervised by the TRON Foundation, a non-profit organization in Singapore, established in the same year.