Tether, a prominent stablecoin operator, has recently announced its plan to integrate its U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDT, into Telegram’s Web3 platform, The Open Network (TON). This integration, declared on April 19, also includes the launch of the gold-pegged Tether Gold (XAUT) stablecoin on TON. These developments were unveiled alongside keynote speeches by Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino and Telegram founder Pavel Durov at the Token2049 crypto event in Dubai. In his speech, Ardoino emphasized the aligned visions of TON and Tether regarding an open, decentralized internet and a borderless financial system. He expressed that the introduction of USDT and XAUT on