Tether’s USDT Stablecoin to be Integrated into the Bitcoin Lightning Network via Taproot assets protocol by Lightning Labs.

Tether announced on January 30, 2025 that it would bring USDT to Bitcoin, with support for both on-chain transactions and the Lightning Network through Taproot Assets, a protocol developed by Lightning Labs. The companies said the integration would let USDT benefit from Bitcoin’s security and decentralization while using Lightning for faster, lower-cost payments. The announcement matters because it would make the world’s largest stablecoin usable within Bitcoin’s own payment stack, not just on other blockchains. According to the announcement, merchants and payment gateways already using Bitcoin over Lightning could add USDT without changing their underlying infrastructure, which could expand stablecoin payments for remittances, cross-border transfers, and everyday transactions.

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