Tether Heads $8M Funding for Speed to Boost Lightning Stablecoin Payments
Yahoo Finance·2025-12-17 02:35

Tether has led an 8millionstrategicinvestmentinSpeed1,Inc.,aimingtoscaleLightning−native,stablecoin−poweredpaymentsforglobalcommerce.ThemovedeepensTether’spushintoBitcoin−alignedpaymentinfrastructure,asUSDTadoptionontheBitcoinLightningnetworkaccelerates.Tetherandegodeathcapitalco−ledSpeed’s8 million strategic investment in Speed1, Inc., aiming to scale Lightning-native, stablecoin-powered payments for global commerce. The move deepens Tether’s push into Bitcoin -aligned payment infrastructure, as USDT adoption on the Bitcoin Lightning network accelerates. Tether and ego death capital co-led Speed’s 8 million funding round, announced on December 16, 2025. Speed operates payment rails built on the Bitcoin Lightning Network and stablecoins, targeting instant, low-fee settle ...