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Tether leads $8 million investment in Speed to push USDT further into everyday payments
Tether leads $8 million investment in Speed to push USDT further into everyday payments
Using the Bitcoin's Lightning Network and Tether's USDT, Speed handles $1.5 billion in annual payments and serves 1.2 million users.
By Francisco Rodrigues, AI Boost|Edited by Stephen Alpher
Dec 16, 2025, 4:17 p.m.
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What to know:
- Tether invested $8 million in Speed, a payments company that combines Bitcoin's Lightning Network with stablecoin settlement.
- Speed handles $1.5 billion in annual payments and serves 1.2 million users, using Lightning and USDT .
- The investment supports Tether's efforts to expand USDT's use cases and strengthen Bitcoin-aligned infrastructure, with CEO Paolo Ardoino highlighting the potential of Lightning and stablecoins.
Stablecoin giant Tether led an $8 million strategic investment in Speed, a payments infrastructure company that blends Bitcoin’s Lightning Network with stablecoin settlement to move money in real time.
Speed processes more than $1.5 billion in annual payment volume and serves about 1.2 million users and businesses through its wallet and merchant products, Tether said in a press release.
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Speed’s system routes payments over Lightning for its quickness, while allowing settlement in USDT for users who want predictable values.
Tether said the investment supports its effort to strengthen Bitcoin-aligned financial infrastructure and expand how USDT is used outside of trading. CEO Paolo Ardoino described Speed as evidence that Lightning networks can handle real commerce when paired with a stable digital dollar.
“Crypto has lived in the world of speculation for too long," Speed CEO Niraj Patel said. "Speed is making it usable — instantly, globally, and at scale. Lightning gives us speed; stablecoins give us universal access; our infrastructure brings it all together for consumers, creators, and merchants."
The deal comes as Tether continues to use its large profits to aggressively invest across a variety of industries. Among these are a majority stake in Latin American agricultural firm Adecoagro (AGRO), a privacy-focused health app, a stake in video-sharing platform Rumble (RUM).
The company reported more than $10 billion in profit during the first nine months of the year, driven largely by interest on U.S. Treasury holdings that back USDT.
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