TetherTether (abrégé USDT) est une crypto-monnaie, de type stablecoin, émise par la société Tether Limited. Historiquement, la société affirmait que chaque coin était adossée à un dollar américain, mais depuis le , elle a modifié son adossement pour inclure les prêts aux entreprises affiliées. En , le procureur général de l'État de New York accuse la plateforme d'échange Bitfinex d'utiliser les Tether pour masquer l'absence de de dollars depuis la mi-2018. C'est pour ces différents points que le Tether est controversé.
Smart objectA smart object is an object that enhances the interaction with not only people but also with other smart objects. Also known as smart connected products or smart connected things (SCoT), they are products, assets and other things embedded with processors, sensors, software and connectivity that allow data to be exchanged between the product and its environment, manufacturer, operator/user, and other products and systems. Connectivity also enables some capabilities of the product to exist outside the physical device, in what is known as the product cloud.
Digital currencyDigital currency (digital money, electronic money or electronic currency) is any currency, money, or money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on digital computer systems, especially over the internet. Types of digital currencies include cryptocurrency, virtual currency and central bank digital currency. Digital currency may be recorded on a distributed database on the internet, a centralized electronic computer database owned by a company or bank, within or even on a stored-value card.
