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Stablecoins & Payments · 1 min read

Tether Plans USD₮ Deployment on Bitcoin Smart Contract Layer RGB

Tether announced native stablecoin support on Bitcoin via RGB following the protocol's 0.11.1 mainnet release.

Editorial oversight: Julian Mercer, Chief Editor
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At a glance Announced

What happened
Tether announced plans to issue USD₮ natively on Bitcoin via the RGB smart contract and asset protocol.
Why it matters
The deployment enables private, scalable stablecoin transactions and offline transfers directly anchored to Bitcoin.
Who is affected
Tether, Bitcoin ecosystem developers, and users seeking native Bitcoin-based stablecoin settlement.
What's next
No next step announced.
Primary source
tether.io: Tether to Launch USD₮ on RGB, Expanding Native Bitcoin Stablecoin Support - Tether.io

Key points

  • Tether announced plans to issue USD₮ on RGB, a client-side asset issuance protocol on Bitcoin 1.
  • The RGB protocol recently went live on mainnet following its 0.11.1 software release 1.
  • The integration will support private, user-controlled stablecoin transfers and offline payment functionality 1.

Stablecoin issuer Tether announced plans to launch its $USDT token on RGB, a protocol designed for issuing digital assets on the Bitcoin network 1. The move follows RGB reaching mainnet with its 0.11.1 release, positioning the network for native Bitcoin asset issuance alongside traditional payments 1.

Under the planned deployment, users will be able to hold and transfer $USDT within the same wallet as their $BTC balance 1. Tether said the implementation enables private, scalable, and sovereign transactions, including functionality for users to send and receive value offline 1. Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, stated that the RGB integration provides a lightweight and scalable pathway for stablecoins on Bitcoin, reinforcing the company's focus on the network's financial utility 1. In terms of market competition, Tether remains the largest stablecoin issuer globally, as explored in Basis Desk's comparison of USDT vs USDC.

Bitcoin Ecosystem Expansion

The RGB integration represents an effort to establish direct stablecoin liquidity on Bitcoin without relying entirely on external smart contract chains 1. At the time of writing, $BTC changed hands around $80,004 while $USDT traded at $0.9987.

Tether framed the initiative as a step toward expanding everyday payments on Bitcoin, seeking to combine the underlying base layer's security with dollar-denominated settlement 1. The issuer did not specify an exact launch date for the deployment on RGB 1.

Sources

  1. [1] Tether to Launch USD₮ on RGB, Expanding Native Bitcoin Stablecoin Support - Tether.io — tether.io, October 29, 2026

Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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