Tether Investments announced on Feb. 10 an undisclosed strategic investment in LayerZero Labs, developer of the widely adopted LayerZero cross-chain protocol. The protocol underpins USDt0, Tether’s blockchain-agnostic stablecoin, which has facilitated more than $70 billion in transfers between networks in under a year using the Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard. Beyond seamless stablecoin mobility, the technology enables experimental AI-driven financial management, termed “agentic finance.” Recent deployments include Everdawn Labs integrating USDt0 and tokenized gold XAUt0. The investment expands Tether’s infrastructure portfolio, which also spans agriculture, health tech, media, and precious metals. LayerZero’s ZRO token briefly rose 10% after the announcement, later settling with a 3% daily decline.