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USDT0, the omnichain version of Tether’s USDT stablecoin built on LayerZero’s OFT standard, has launched on Tempo, a payment-focused public blockchain, extending native USD liquidity to a network designed specifically for transaction settlement and payment infrastructure. $143B+ USDT total market capitalization — the USD liquidity pool that USDT0’s omnichain deployment, now including Tempo, draws from. (Source: Tether Transparency Report) The deployment brings USDT0’s burn-and-mint transfer mechanism to Tempo’s payment rails, allowing users to move USD-denominated value onto the chain without relying on traditional token bridges. The integration was reported by Odaily, citing the expansion as part of USDT0’s broader push into payment-oriented blockchain ecosystems. USDT0 Goes Live on Tempo: What the Deployment Covers USDT0 is not a wrapped or bridged version of USDT. It is an Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) built on LayerZero’s cross-chain messaging protocol, meaning it uses a burn-and-mint mechanism rather than locking tokens in a custodial bridge contract. When a user transfers USDT0 from one chain to another, the token supply is burned on the source chain and minted on the destination chain. The total circulating supply remains constant across all supported networks, and each USDT0 token is backed 1:1 by native USDT held in reserve. Tempo is described as a payment public chain, a blockchain architecture optimized for transaction finality and settlement rather than general-purpose smart contract execution or DeFi yield strategies. The USDT0 deployment gives Tempo native access to Tether’s USD liquidity without requiring users to route through third-party bridges, which have historically been a significant source of security risk in cross-chain transfers, similar to how Mixin has worked to reduce friction in cross-chain crypto transfers. Tether and LayerZero jointly architect the USDT0 framework, with Everclear (formerly Connext) contributing to the underlying infrastructure. The deployment on Tempo signals that the USDT0 rollout strategy is expanding…

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