Tether’s crosschain USDT0 stablecoin launches on OP Superchain

Superchain currently accounts for more than half of Ethereum L2 transactions — a figure expected to reach 80% this year.

Tether’s crosschain US-dollar stablecoin, USDT0, has been deployed to Optimism’s Superchain, increasing access to the world’s most widely used stable asset across Ethereum’s layer-2 ecosystem.

On March 27, Optimism announced that the dollar-pegged USDT0 is now live on the OP mainnet. The crosschain stablecoin’s first deployment was on Ink, Kraken’s DeFi-focused layer-2.

USDT0 is essentially a bridged version of Tether’s USDt (USDT) designed to extend the stablecoin’s adoption across various blockchains.

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