Tether Awards Another $100,000 Grant to BTCPay Server Foundation, Reaffirming Its Commitment to Free and Open Source Software Development
By: tether io|2025/05/08 21:15:01
0
Share
8 May, 2025 – Tether , the largest company in the digital asset industry, has reinforced its commitment to the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement with another $100,000 grant to the BTCPay Server Foundation . This marks the second consecutive year Tether has extended direct support to the Foundation, reaffirming its strategic mission to champion developers building the infrastructure for financial freedom. The BTCPay Server is a self-hosted, open-source cryptocurrency payment processor that empowers thousands of businesses, projects, and communities worldwide to accept Bitcoin and USD₮ payments. The development of this software keeps the system up-to-date and compatible with cutting-edge technology such as the Lightning Network, which extends the practical use of Bitcoin even further. The 2025 grant builds on the foundation laid by last year’s contribution , enabling the BTCPay Server Foundation to expand development efforts, improve usability, and strengthen the privacy-focused payment platform. Tether’s CEO, Paolo Ardoino, said. “We firmly uphold the principles of financial freedom and individual privacy that BTCPay Server exemplifies. This new grant to the BTCPay Server Foundation reflects our respect for the cypherpunk principles that bolster the digital asset movement. It provides financial support and reinforces our commitment to building decentralized, censorship-resistant financial infrastructure. By supporting their work, we advance a vision of borderless payments and open-source innovation.” This renewed support emerges from Tether’s broader recognition of FOSS’s vital role in democratizing access to critical technologies and shaping the future of decentralized finance. Tether has consistently backed projects that align with these goals, including Holepunch , a fully encrypted platform for building peer-to-peer applications, Keet a free peer-to-peer instant messaging application that works without the need for centralized entities on any device, and the Wallet Development Kit an open-source, modular software development kit designed to empower businesses and developers to seamlessly integrate non-custodial wallets and user experiences for USD₮ and Bitcoin in any app, website, and device, each contributing to a global infrastructure that is more equitable, resilient, and user-empowered. Rockstar Dev , a Core Contributor and founding member of BTCPay Server said “Tether continues to recognize the value of FOSS, and it’s great to see that beyond supporting P2P (Holepunch), secure messaging (Keet), and the Wallet Development Kit, this second grant to BTCPay Server Foundation reaffirms a commitment to decentralized payments. It gives us, the FOSS contributors that are part of the Foundation, the ability to keep building open-source tools that empower anyone, anywhere, to accept Bitcoin, unhindered by geographic or financial barriers.” As global demand for secure payment systems increases, Tether continues to set industry standards by backing FOSS pioneers whose technologies promote privacy, independence, and universal access to digital assets. Ongoing support in projects like this reinforces its commitment to advancing the digital ecosystem as a thought leader and enabling projects that drive meaningful change.
You may also like

Exchanging 200,000 for nearly 100 million, DeFi stablecoins face another attack
DeFi project teams cannot assume that the modules they control are necessarily secure.

The underlying business agreement of the trillion-dollar Agent economy: Understanding ERC-8183, it's not just about payments, but the future
This article systematically analyzes the technical principles and commercial value of the ERC-8183 protocol from the dimensions of technical architecture, core mechanisms, application scenarios, and ecological collaboration.

When Wall Street's ETH begins to "yield": Looking at the asset properties of Ethereum from BlackRock's ETHB
ETH is undergoing a paradigm shift from a "volatile asset" to a "yield-generating cash flow asset."

The Power of Agency: The Agentic Wallet and the Next Decade of Wallets
In 1984, Apple killed the command line with a mouse. In 2026, Agent is killing the mouse.

Understanding x402 and MPP in One Article: Two Routes for Agent Payments
x402 makes payments within the agreement, while MPP makes system-level payments.

Particle Founder: The entrepreneurial insights I have gained the most from in the past year
Stop lean startup, stop lightning entrepreneurship, and think carefully about what your product aspirations are.

Huang Renxun's latest podcast transcript: The future of Nvidia, the development of embodied intelligence and agents, the explosion of inference demand, and the public relations crisis of artificial intelligence
The competition in the future is not just about whose model is larger or whose computing power is stronger, but also about who understands the industry better, who can embed AI more deeply into real processes, and who can organize these capabilities into a runnable and scalable system.

OKX Ventures Research Report: AI Agent Economic Infrastructure Research Report (Part 1)
The existing infrastructure is hostile to the Agent economy. Agents can think and act independently at the "capability level," but at the "economic level," they are still locked into infrastructure designed for humans.

The migration of settlement rights: B18 and the institutional starting point of on-chain banks
In the traditional system, banks decide the settlement; in the on-chain system, code begins to take over this responsibility.

From Tencent and Circle: Looking at the Simple and Difficult Questions of Investment
The AI narrative continues to ferment, but the recent performance of related stocks varies, with some in the midst of summer and others as if in winter.

The second half of stablecoins no longer belongs to the crypto circle
What Coinbase doesn't want, Mastercard is eager to buy.

Cursor "Shell" Kimi Controversy Reversed: From Copyright Infringement Allegations to Authorized Collaboration, China's Open Source Model Once Again Becomes a Global AI Foundation
Cursor was accused of being based on Kimi K2.5, which sparked controversy, and was later confirmed to be compliant through Fireworks AI due diligence.

The Real Reason Tokens Don't Sell: 90% of Crypto Projects Overlook Investor Relations
Provide an Investor Relations Best Practices Guide for Crypto Projects.

Is the income of pump.fun real, earning a million dollars a day despite the market downturn?
If it can really earn this much, what is the reason for the low price of $PUMP?

The real reason why tokens are not selling: 90% of crypto projects neglect investor relations
Investor Relations Practice Guide for Cryptocurrency Projects.

Who is the true winner of the "Tokenization" narrative?
Virtually everyone benefits, but the reason for the benefit, the timing, and the underlying logic are completely different.

Moss: The Era of AI-Traded by Anyone | Project Introduction
AI Trading Agent is rapidly growing its infrastructure.

Chip Smuggling Case Exposes Regulatory Loophole | Rewire News Evening Update
AI chips have become a strategic asset more sensitive than missiles
Exchanging 200,000 for nearly 100 million, DeFi stablecoins face another attack
DeFi project teams cannot assume that the modules they control are necessarily secure.
The underlying business agreement of the trillion-dollar Agent economy: Understanding ERC-8183, it's not just about payments, but the future
This article systematically analyzes the technical principles and commercial value of the ERC-8183 protocol from the dimensions of technical architecture, core mechanisms, application scenarios, and ecological collaboration.
When Wall Street's ETH begins to "yield": Looking at the asset properties of Ethereum from BlackRock's ETHB
ETH is undergoing a paradigm shift from a "volatile asset" to a "yield-generating cash flow asset."
The Power of Agency: The Agentic Wallet and the Next Decade of Wallets
In 1984, Apple killed the command line with a mouse. In 2026, Agent is killing the mouse.
Understanding x402 and MPP in One Article: Two Routes for Agent Payments
x402 makes payments within the agreement, while MPP makes system-level payments.
Particle Founder: The entrepreneurial insights I have gained the most from in the past year
Stop lean startup, stop lightning entrepreneurship, and think carefully about what your product aspirations are.