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Cryptocurrency News Articles
Introducing USDT-L: The Lightning-Fast, Ultra-Low Cost Stablecoin
Sep 27, 2024 at 07:00 pm
USDT's anticipated integration into the Lightning Network has been a topic of discussion among crypto enthusiasts for years. Despite the evident advantages
Crypto enthusiasts have eagerly anticipated USDT’s integration into the Lightning Network for years. Despite Lightning’s clear advantages—such as instant, low-cost transactions—USDT’s transition to this layer has been repeatedly stalled.
In 2019, Paolo Ardoino, then Tether’s CTO (now the company’s CEO), promised that USDT would reach Bitcoin’s second layer “no later than next year,” but this did not happen.
Similarly, Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, expressed optimism in 2019, stating, “Stablecoins on the Lightning Network… address both volatility and transaction speed issues, making the Lightning Network a more compelling option for everyday transactions and financial services.” However, the complexities of implementing stablecoin support on a network primarily designed for Bitcoin have caused ongoing delays, leaving these predictions unfulfilled.
In a revolutionary step, Speed, the company behind Speed Wallet, has broken the curse. Speed has launched USDT-L, a wrapped USDT stablecoin on the Lightning Network, joining the $165 billion stablecoin sector and disrupting the traditional stablecoin payments landscape. (Wrapped tokens represent a cryptocurrency from one blockchain on another blockchain).
This is being achieved by Speed’s collaboration with the Taproot Assets protocol developed by Lightning Labs. USDT-L leverages the Lightning Network’s efficiency and extensive user base to deliver fast settlements, low transaction costs, interoperability with Bitcoin (BTC), and enhanced user experience.
The idea driving USDT’s launch on Lightning
Crypto assets on Lightning mean the receiver can choose to receive in one asset (e.g., USDT/BTC), while the sender can send funds in a different asset. The Lightning Network handles the currency conversion and transmission to complete the transaction. This innovation of making cross-currency payments and conversions in real-time is only available on the Lightning Network.
Speaking about the idea behind launching USDt on Lightning Network, Speed’s Co-founder and CEO Jay Patel says, “We observed significant issues linked to high transaction fees and network congestion in USDT’s performance on current platforms such as Ethereum, TRON and SOLANA. These problems have hindered the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of transactions.”
“By launching USDt on the Lightning Network, we aim to provide users with a stable-value option for quick and low-cost transactions. The Lightning Network’s capabilities align perfectly with our vision of making digital transactions seamless and accessible for everyone without any downtime” he adds.
Raj Patel, the Co-founder of Speed, highlights that Taproot Asset USDT-L on Lightning is supported by Ethereum USDT, which in turn is backed by Tether’s funds held by Cantor Fitzgerald. Speed leverages a trusted, custodial bridge to enable USDT transactions on the Lightning Network.
Disrupting Traditional Stablecoin Payments Landscape
The Lightning Network brings transformative benefits to USDT transactions, offering a compelling alternative to public blockchains like Ethereum, Tron, Solana, TON, and Tezos.
Although Ethereum, Tron, and Solana currently dominate, handling 90% of global USDT transactions, Lightning Network payments have the potential to disrupt this landscape, providing faster, more efficient, and cost-effective solutions for USDT transfers.
Here’s what the Lightning Network offers:
One, lower fees. Predictability and the magnitude of transaction fees are critical factors, especially for micropayments in the digital payment world. The Lightning Network offers high speed and remarkably low, stable fees.
Two, higher reliability. The Lightning Network’s decentralized architecture offers superior uptime and reliability for USDT compared to networks like Solana, which has experienced frequent outages, and Ethereum and Tron, which can suffer from network congestion affecting transaction speed and reliability.
Three, improved privacy. Most transactions occur off the main blockchain, reducing public visibility. Payments are routed through multiple channels, obscuring transaction origins and destinations. Nodes only see adjacent hops, not the full payment route or transaction details.
Here’s a tabular comparison of USDT transactions on Lightning vis-à-vis conventional blockchain payments.
Comparison of Lightning with other networks supporting USDT:
Other Benefits of USDT on Lightning
One, easy global adoption. The Lightning Network is one of the fastest-growing networks, increasingly adopted worldwide, with notable use cases in remittances and micropayments.
The Lightning Network boasts impressive statistics. It has 15,300 nodes and 51,000 channels, supporting a network capacity of $300 million. Monthly active users exceed one million, while over 100,000 global businesses accept Lightning payments.
Over 50 million wallet downloads have been recorded on the network. Leading exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance, Bitfinex, Kraken, and OkCoin also support Lightning, further underscoring its widespread adoption and growing influence in the crypto ecosystem.
Two, scalability. The Lightning Network does not have any upper limit for transactions per second, making it highly scalable for both micro and large USDT transactions.
Three, enhanced security. The Lightning
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