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Tether winds down aUSDT, its gold-backed synthetic dollar
Tether is shutting down Alloy by Tether and its aUSDT token, a synthetic dollar launched in June 2024 that let users deposit XAUT (Tether's gold-backed token) as overcollateralized collateral to mint dollar-pegged liquidity without selling their gold exposure.
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