Tether Invests in LayerZero to Expand Interoperability and AI-Driven Finance

TheNewsCryptoPublished on 2026-02-11Last updated on 2026-02-11

Abstract

Tether Investments has announced a strategic investment in LayerZero Labs to enhance blockchain interoperability and support the infrastructure for digital asset payments, including AI-driven transactions. LayerZero's omnichain protocol enables secure transfers of assets like USDt0, an omnichain version of USDT, which has facilitated over $70 billion in cross-chain value within a year. This technology, combined with Tether’s Wallet Development Kit, aims to simplify and secure the management of stablecoins and digital assets across multiple blockchains. The system also supports "agentic finance," allowing AI-powered agents to autonomously handle transactions. Tether's CEO emphasized LayerZero's critical role in the future of AI-driven finance and micro-payments.

Tether Investments has made an investment in LayerZero Labs, as it strengthens Tether’s focus on expanding blockchain interoperability and improving the infrastructure that supports digital asset payments, and emerging use cases such as AI-based transactions across multiple networks, as per Tether’s announcement on February 10.

LayerZero’s Omnichain Infrastructure for USDt0 Expansion

LayerZero is commonly referred to as an omnichain interoperability protocol since it facilitates the safe and effective transfer of digital assets between blockchains. Also, Everdawn Labs has been using it for the past year to create crypto USDt0, which is the omnichain version of USDT, and XAUt0, the omniversion of Tether Gold crypto.

These two, which are based on the Omnichain Fungible Token standard, demonstrated that tokenized assets and stablecoins can migrate between blockchains without fragmentation or liquidity loss.

According to Tether, “Since launch, USDt0 has facilitated more than $70 billion in cross-chain value transfer in under twelve months, serving as real-world proof of global-scale interoperability and validating LayerZero Labs’ technology as critical infrastructure supporting major assets.”

In addition, the CEO of LayerZero, Bryan Pellegrino, said that the launch and growth of USDt0 was a key milestone, and Tether’s investment further validates LayerZero’s technology.

Infrastructure for AI-Driven Finance

Tether mentioned that LayerZero is further combined with Tether’s Wallet Development Kit (WDK), which makes it easier and more secure to move, store, and manage stablecoins and other digital assets across different blockchains.

Tether also said the system is designed to support “agentic finance,” which means the AI-powered agents can run their own wallets and automatically send or receive stablecoins and digital assets without human intervention.

With that, Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, said that LayerZero technology is important for the future of finance, especially for an AI-driven economy where autonomous agents may need to handle large volumes of micro-payments using digital assets.

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