Tether announces plan to bring USD₮ to RGB, advancing native stablecoins on Bitcoin and Lightning

The stablecoin giant commits to issuing USD₮ on Bitcoin and Lightning in the near future, leveraging RGB ￰1￱ Ardoino, CEO of Tether: "With RGB, USD₮ gains a powerful new pathway on Bitcoin." LUGANO, Switzerland, Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tether announced today its intention to issue USD₮ on RGB, a next-generation protocol for issuing and transacting digital assets on Bitcoin and the Lightning ￰2￱ RGB Protocol Association welcomes the announcement as a strong signal for builders and institutions seeking private, scalable and user-controlled asset rails on the world's most secure ￰3￱ reached mainnet readiness earlier this year with the v0.11.1 release, enabling developers to issue and manage assets using client-side validation and Bitcoin as a commitment ￰4￱ design keeps asset data off-chain while anchoring proofs to Bitcoin transactions - minimizing chain bloat, preserving privacy, and enabling Lightning compatibility.

"Bitcoin deserves a stablecoin that feels truly native, lightweight, private, and scalable," said Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether. "With RGB, USD₮ gains a powerful new pathway on Bitcoin, reinforcing our belief in Bitcoin as the foundation of a freer financial future." With USD₮ on RGB, users and service providers will be able to: Hold and transfer USD₮ alongside bitcoin in the same wallet; Leverage private, client-validated transactions that don't reveal balances or flows on-chain; Integrate with the Lightning Network to achieve instant settlement experiences, using RGB's transport ￰5￱ it matters RGB extends Bitcoin beyond a store of value, enabling stablecoins, tokenized assets, and programmable rights that inherit Bitcoin's security model while keeping users in ￰6￱ by major issuers like Tether can catalyze wallet support, merchant adoption, and cross-chain liquidity bridges without new L1 opcodes or consensus ￰7￱ developers & integrators Start here: technical docs and guides at ￰8￱ Run & build: reference implementations and libraries at ￰9￱ Ecosystem & membership: updates and membership at ￰10￱ The Association invites wallets, exchanges, payment processors, and infrastructure providers to join working groups accelerating RGB20 (fungible assets) integrations, Lightning transports, and bridge connectors that expand USD₮ and other assets across Bitcoin-native ￰11￱ RGB Protocol Association RGB Protocol Association is a Swiss non-profit committed to stewarding the development, standardization, and adoption of RGB - private & scalable digital contracts for Bitcoin and Lightning - through open collaboration with companies, researchers, and the broader free-software ￰12￱ more at ￰13￱ announcement: ￰0￱ & Partnerships press@rgbprotocol.

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