{"id":64922,"date":"2025-12-18T06:45:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T06:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/tether-signals-lightning-payments-are-ready-for-everyday-use\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T06:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T06:45:06","slug":"tether-signals-lightning-payments-are-ready-for-everyday-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/tether-signals-lightning-payments-are-ready-for-everyday-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether Signals Lightning Payments Are Ready for Everyday Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tether keeps leaning deeper into Bitcoin based infrastructure. The stablecoin issuer confirmed an $8 million investment in Speed, a payments company focused on fast, low cost transactions over the Lightning Network.<\/p>\n<p>The move ties directly into Tether plans to bring USDT closer to everyday payments built on Bitcoin rails.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Good to Know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Tether led an $8m funding round for Speed<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Lightning supports instant, low fee Bitcoin transactions<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>USDT and Bitcoin will both run through the same payment flow<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Tether Targets Lightning Payments at Scale<\/h2>\n<p>The funding round was led by Tether with participation from Ego Death Capital. Capital will support development of stablecoin payments on Lightning, a network layered on Bitcoin to allow near instant settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Speed aims to enable payments using native Bitcoin alongside USDT. That setup blends a volatile asset with a stable digital dollar inside the same payment infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>177% up to 5BTC + 77 <strong> Free Spins<\/strong>!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. Exclusive Welcome Bonus of 177% + 77 Free Spins <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speed already processes more than $1.5 billion in annual payment volume. The platform supports consumers, creators, platforms, and enterprise merchants through Speed Wallet and Speed Merchant. Together, those products serve around 1.2 million users and businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>Infrastructure Built for Real Use<\/h2>\n<p>Tether framed the deal as part of a broader effort to reduce friction in global payments and widen access to dependable settlement tools.<\/p>\n<p>Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSpeed is showing what Lightning can achieve when paired with a stable, liquid digital dollar like USDT.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>5BTC or 111% + 111 Free Spins!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. Exclusive 111% Welcome Bonus + 111 Free Spins<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>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<p>Tether first shared plans to bring USDT onto Bitcoin earlier this year through a partnership with Lightning Labs. The Speed investment puts capital behind that strategy and adds a payments layer already operating at scale.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/tether-invests-in-speed-to-power-bitcoin-lightning-payments\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org ) Tether keeps leaning deeper into Bitcoin based infrastructure. The stablecoin issuer confirmed an $8 million investment in Speed, a payments company focused on fast, low cost transactions over the Lightning Network. The move ties directly into Tether plans to bring USDT closer to everyday payments built [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":40439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}