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Tether Issues USDT on Kava Blockchain; KAVA Token Climbs 5%

Tether is looking to improve the stablecoin's liquidity across multiple blockchains.

Jun 21, 2023, 10:35 a.m. 1 min read
A kava farm (Scot NElson/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons)

Tether has issued its stablecoin on layer 1 blockchain Kava as it looks to enhance liquidity across multiple blockchains, according to a press release.

Kava's native token (KAVA) surged as much as 4.8% to $0.937 before receding to $0.912. It remains more than 12% higher over the past 24 hours amid a wider crypto market recovery, CoinMarketCap data show.

The Kava blockchain's mainnet was upgraded last month with improvements being made to transaction speeds and the functionality of cross-chain bridges.

USDT is currently supported on Ethereum, Tron, Binance Smart Chain, Solana and Bitcoin via Omni.

The stablecoin's market cap hit an all-time high of $83.5 billion last week as it extracts market share from its main competitor, USD Coin (USDC), which has a market cap of $28 billion.

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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

USAT's market cap jumped above $140 million in April, though it remains well behind Circle's USDC, PayPal's PYUSD and Ripple's RLUSD tokens.

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  • Tether’s U.S.-focused stablecoin USAT grew more than sixfold in April to $140.8 million, the token's latest reserve report shows.
  • Tether USAT's chief executive said the surge reflects growing institutional use for treasury management, settlements and regulated dollar liquidity.
  • Launched in January, USAT remains far smaller than its rivals targeting U.S....