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Tether Expands USDT0 Deployment to Optimism's Superchain
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According to Cointelegraph, Tether has expanded its crosschain US-dollar stablecoin, USDT0, to Optimism's Superchain, enhancing access to the widely used stable asset within Ethereum's layer-2 ecosystem. On March 27, Optimism announced the deployment of the dollar-pegged USDT0 on the OP mainnet. Initially launched on Ink, Kraken's DeFi-focused layer-2, USDT0 is a bridged version of Tether's USDt (USDT) aimed at increasing stablecoin adoption across multiple blockchains. Tether introduced USDT0 in January in partnership with the interoperability protocol LayerZero, and subsequently selected Arbitrum as the primary infrastructure provider.