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The leading stablecoin company Tether is investing $8 million in Speed, a payments infrastructure firm.<\/p>\n

The funding round, led by Tether with participation from Ego Death Capital, aims to advance stablecoin payments on Lightning \u2013 a network built on top of Bitcoin to power instant and cheap transactions.<\/p>\n

The goal is to enable efficient payments with native Bitcoin and Tether\u2019s USDT stablecoin.<\/p>\n

Speed processes over $1.5 billion in annual payment volume across consumers, creators, platforms, and enterprise merchants.<\/p>\n

Its products, Speed Wallet and Speed Merchant, serve 1.2 million users and businesses.<\/p>\n

Says Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino,<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeed is showing what Lightning can achieve when paired with a stable, liquid digital dollar like USDT.<\/em><\/p>\n

We support teams building practical infrastructure that reduces friction in payments and expands access to reliable settlement rails. Speed\u2019s execution and adoption signal that Bitcoin-rooted networks are ready for mainstream commerce.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Tether first announced its bringing USDT to Bitcoin back in January, through a partnership with Lightning Labs<\/p>\n

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