Tether Chief Executive Officer Paolo Ardoino announced on X that the number of self-custody wallets created with WDK open-source technology has surpassed 100,000. The update was reported by Odaily and focuses on the use of WDK in real wallet creation rather than a separate product launch or token-related announcement.
WDK Reaches a New Wallet Creation Milestone
According to Ardoino’s post, the milestone shows that open-source wallet development tools are being adopted more quickly in the construction of practical crypto infrastructure. In this context, self-custody wallets refer to wallets where users control access to their own wallet environment, in contrast with arrangements that depend on a third-party custodian.
WDK is an open-source wallet development kit supported by Tether. The toolkit can be integrated into any device, with supported environments described as ranging from embedded systems to mobile, desktop and server operating systems. Odaily reported that the user scale of the self-custody ecosystem and developer adoption of related tools continue to grow.