Tether to support USDT payments at over 200,000 merchants

Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) announced via X that it is expanding USDT payment support to over 200,000 merchants in collaboration with decentralized treasury management protocol Lydian and U.S. payments firm Shift4. Tether stated that the partnership will serve as a bridge connecting the rapidly growing stablecoin user base with both offline and online commerce.