Tether USDT0 omnichain launch

In July 2026 Tether rolled out USDT0, an omnichain version of its USDT stablecoin. The token locks USDT on Ethereum and mints a one‑to‑one USDT0 on other chains using LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token standard, avoiding bridge liquidity pools. By late 2025 the system had transferred more than $50 billion, with daily volumes in the hundreds of millions, and USDT0 also serves as gas on Tether’s forthcoming Stable payments chain.

Alongside the launch, Tether announced a dual‑blockchain strategy: the Plasma network for DeFi applications and the Stable network for enterprise use, both aimed at recapturing fees currently paid to external platforms such as Ethereum and Tron.

The following day Tether signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya’s Nairobi Securities Exchange. The partnership will develop blockchain infrastructure for tokenizing equities, bonds and other securities, enable instant settlement, and provide fractional ownership via Tether’s Hadron platform, with an education program for brokers and retail investors. The announcement reiterated the USDT0 rollout, noting its deployment on chains including Arbitrum, Berachain, HyperEVM and the new PlasmaeStable network.

Together, these moves illustrate Tether’s push to broaden the reach of its stablecoin across multiple chains while building dedicated networks and forming regional partnerships to support tokenized finance.