According to Paolo Ardoino, Tether will release this week a 100 percent open-source Wallet Development Kit designed to make it easy and quick to build complete digital asset wallets. Source: Paolo Ardoino on X, Oct 14, 2025. The WDK includes a fully functional Starter Wallet for both iOS and Android that serves as a compact showcase of end-to-end wallet capabilities. Source: Paolo Ardoino on X, Oct 14, 2025. The kit and Starter Wallet provide a cross-platform reference implementation that developers can adopt for rapid mobile wallet development focused on digital asset transfers. Source: Paolo Ardoino on X, Oct 14, 2025.

According to @paoloardoino, Tether’s Wallet Development Kit (WDK) is getting ready to be open-sourced, indicating an impending code release from Tether for wallet builders. Source: Paolo Ardoino on X, Oct 4, 2025. According to @paoloardoino, he described the initiative as enabling trillions of self-custodial wallets with no string attached and pure freedom, reflecting Tether’s stated positioning for broad non-custodial adoption. Source: Paolo Ardoino on X, Oct 4, 2025. According to the source, USDT is issued by Tether and operates across multiple networks including Ethereum and Tron, making a Tether-developed wallet kit directly relevant to multi-chain USDT integrations used in trading and transfers. Source: Tether official site.

According to Paolo Ardoino, the upcoming version of Tether's Wallet Development Kit (WDK) will enable developers to build wallets supporting Bitcoin, USDt, XAUt, and USDT0 across all major blockchain networks. The WDK will feature integrated swaps, bridging, DeFi lending, and enhanced multi-device compatibility, all within a fully non-custodial framework. This could significantly lower development barriers and expand trading and DeFi participation, offering traders seamless access to multiple assets and decentralized services in one application (source: Paolo Ardoino via Twitter, April 26, 2025).