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Tether and Shiga plan to launch autonomous managed wallets for Africa and Gulf states

2026-09-29 00:11:03
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Tether and Shiga announced the launch of self-managed wallets for Africa and the Gulf Cooperation Council region.

Shiga plans to launch two products: "ENTA" for individual and business users, and "Pulse" designed specifically for banks and fintech companies. Users can recharge ENTA wallets using local currency, U.S. dollars or Bitcoin. Institutional customers can choose to use infrastructure managed by Shiga or run wallet software in their own environment.

Tether said in an announcement on September 28 that these two products will use its open source Wallet Development Kit (WDK). Shiga will offer one product directly to users while offering another product to institutions that provide payment and treasury services to its customers. This plan continues Tether's partnership since investing in Shiga Digital in June 2025.

ENTA: Giving users control over their assets

Under the new plan, ENTA will serve individuals, high-net-worth users and businesses. Users can recharge in local currency, US dollars or Bitcoin, and then hold and transfer USD, Bitcoin and Tether Gold (XAU) from their self-managed wallets.

The recharge options have their own functions and the assets held in the wallet. For example, users use local currency to gain access to supporting digital assets; the announcement does not indicate that ENTA will store local currency as an asset in a wallet. In addition, Tether has not announced a specific release date, a list of countries where ENA was originally launched, and the rates customers will have to pay.

Shiga此举旨在解决该地区跨境转账成本高昂的问题。世界银行发布的汇款价格报告显示,2025年第三季度,向撒哈拉以南非洲汇款平均成本高达8.46%,是其所追踪的所有接收区域中最高的。然而,Tether和Shiga均未提供通过ENTA进行转账的成本估算。

Tether首席执行官Paolo Ardoino表示,WDK将使公司能够构建让用户保留资产控制权的产品。“通过与Shiga的合作,我们将把这一基础设施带到那些人们和企业面临保护储蓄和跨境资金流动真正挑战的市场中。”Ardoino说道。

这种包含三种资产的方法为客户提供了接入美元挂钩代币、比特币和代币化黄金的途径。此前,Tether已与Opera合作推出MiniPay,这是一款面向包括非洲在内的市场的独立自托管钱包。今年2月,MiniPay的扩展增加了对其USD₮和代币化黄金的支持。

Pulse:机构定制化部署方案

对于银行、金融科技公司及其他机构客户,Shiga计划将Pulse打造为一个可适应支付走廊、财库管理和结算流程的平台。Shiga首席执行官Abiola Shogbeni表示,公司将根据每家机构的运营情况定制该产品,而非向所有客户提供统一的钱包界面。

Tether指出,机构客户拥有两种部署选择:一是使用由Shiga管理的WDK基础设施;二是在自有环境中运行,同时保持对密钥、数据和资金的完全控制。第二种选项旨在满足那些对数据存储位置及交易签名系统控制权有严格要求的客户需求。

WDK为ENTA和Pulse提供底层的钱包软件支持。据Tether介绍,单次集成即可让Shiga支持该工具包提供的区块链网络。Tether将WDK描述为构建自托管钱包的开源基础设施,支持包括比特币、USD₮和XAU₮在内的多种资产。

尽管机构产品计划覆盖非洲至海湾合作委员会(GCC)走廊,但Tether尚未透露任何已同意部署Pulse的银行或金融公司名称。公告也未指明任一产品的初始支付走廊或交易量。

监管许可与合规进展

Shiga首席运营官Dami Etomi表示,该公司正处于尼日利亚数字资产中介牌照审批的最后阶段。若获批准,该牌照将授权Shiga在该国向个人和机构提供受监管的数字资产交易、经纪和托管服务。截至目前,Shiga尚未确认已获得该牌照。

Etomi还透露,Shiga将在其提供给机构客户的平台上运营ENTA。这意味着潜在的Pulse客户可以借助底层基础设施审查一个实时的Shiga产品,尽管公司尚未明确ENTA的具体上线时间。

值得注意的是,此次公告涉及的是针对非洲和海湾合作委员会地区的计划产品,并未宣布在美国上市。美国财政部此前提出的规则提案单独规定了美国数字资产服务提供商何时可提供外国发行的支付型稳定币。Tether和Shiga在公告中未描述这些计划产品在美国的可获得性,也未提及它们将如何适用该拟议规则。

在海湾地区,XAU₮已在阿布扎比全球市场(ADGM)获得特定的监管认定。今年7月,阿布扎比承认XAU₮为“认可的现货商品”。这一地位允许获得相关ADGM批准的机构提供涉及该代币的服务,但这并不意味着Shiga或金融中心内的每家公司都自动获得了批准。

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