ChainThink report, on March 5, stablecoin issuer Tether announced a strategic investment in fintech company Axiym to drive the adoption of USDT within global payment and settlement systems and enhance cross-border payment efficiency.

According to the announcement, Axiym is building a global distributed liquidity and settlement infrastructure capable of embedding financial services within compliant payment ecosystems and supporting the "Pay Now, Settle Later (PNSL)" post-settlement payment model. Additionally, the system will natively integrate USDT liquidity flows, enabling payment providers to directly utilize USDT within their existing treasury management frameworks without requiring additional settlement corridors or complex infrastructure.

Currently, Axiym’s distributed settlement network spans 140 countries and supports 70 currencies, facilitating real-time settlements between payment processors and global payment aggregators, aiming to make cross-border fund flows more instantaneous, predictable, and efficient.

Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, stated that this investment will help expand practical use cases for USDT within advanced payment ecosystems, lower barriers to liquidity access, and advance a more efficient, scalable global payment infrastructure.

Khibar Rassul, founder and CEO of Axiym, noted that directly integrating USDT into regulated payment infrastructures transforms stablecoins from mere asset representations into core capabilities within actual payment workflows.