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Trusted stablecoins shouldn't stop at the chains where they're natively minted. Users don't. Developers don't. Liquidity doesn't. The infrastructure needs to keep up.
Today, Paxos Labs and LayerZero are launching USDG0, a bridged version of USDG (Global Dollar) that extends regulated, fully-backed stablecoin issuance to blockchain ecosystems where native minting isn't yet available.
USDG0 is how trusted money becomes borderless.
Why USDG0
USDG, issued by Paxos, already powers the Global Dollar Network, a shared public utility for trusted digital dollars with members including OKX, Kraken, and Worldpay. It maintains a 1:1 peg with the U.S. dollar through reserves held in regulated financial institutions. Direct issuance and redemption are live on Ethereum, Solana, Ink, and X Layer.
But ecosystems are multiplying faster than native minting can follow. Developers building on Hyperliquid, Plume, and Aptos shouldn't have to wait for native issuance to access compliant, economically-aligned stablecoin liquidity. USDG0 solves that.
Built on LayerZero's Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) standard, USDG0 connects Paxos Labs' stablecoin infrastructure with LayerZero's cross-chain messaging protocol. The result: USDG moves seamlessly between ecosystems while maintaining full 1:1 backing and compliance.
How It Works
When a user bridges USDG from a native chain like Ethereum, USDG0 is minted on the destination network using LayerZero's OFT protocol. An equivalent amount of USDG remains locked in audited smart contracts. Every USDG0 token in circulation is fully backed by USDG reserves. Stability, compliance, and transparency stay consistent across every connected ecosystem.
No slippage. No fragmented liquidity. Just dollars moving at internet speed.
"Users can move any amount of dollars with zero slippage in seconds across a digital border. Money is starting to move at internet scale and Paxos Labs is driving this forward."
– Bryan Pellegrino Co-Founder and CEO at LayerZero Labs
Where USDG0 Launches
Hyperliquid. One of the fastest-growing decentralized trading platforms, recognized for its liquidity depth and technical performance. USDG0 aims to be the leading fully-backed, economically-aligned stablecoin on Hyperliquid, providing users reliable dollar-denominated returns through partnerships with HyperEVM protocols and HIP-3 market deployers.
Plume. A modular onchain financial infrastructure network. USDG0 brings fully-backed stablecoin liquidity to developers building next-generation DeFi and tokenized yield products.
Aptos. A high-performance Layer-1 optimized for speed, scalability, and enterprise-grade adoption. USDG0 integrates Paxos' stablecoin infrastructure into an ecosystem built for scale.
Plume and Aptos foundations are growing USDG0 in their ecosystems by partnering with key protocols, adding USDG allocations to their treasuries, and distributing incentives to drive adoption.
The Infrastructure Behind It
USDG0 launches with a supporting stack developed by Paxos Labs:
- USDG0 Portal: instant cross-chain transfers between ecosystems
- Asynchronous liquidity provisioning: large transactions handled without disruption
- Developer APIs: programmatic integration across protocols
The platform's liquidity systems enable instant access to USDG0 and support seamless swaps between stablecoins with minimal fees, improving efficiency for participants across retail and institutional markets.
What This Means
For too long, the economics of stablecoins have been one-sided. Issuers captured the yield. Ecosystems carried the liquidity risk. Users, the ones actually powering adoption, earned nothing.
USDG0 changes that. Through Global Dollar Network, the value generated by reserves flows back to the ecosystems and partners who drive adoption. Networks, protocols, and applications that integrate USDG0 participate directly in the economics of the stablecoin layer. Not as distribution channels. As stakeholders.
That alignment is what makes USDG0 different from another bridged dollar. Integrate it as a compliant foundation for lending, payments, and network growth, and the economics grow with you, backed by the same regulated, transparent reserve standards behind every Paxos-issued asset.
"USDG established the foundation for compliant digital dollars through Paxos and GDN. With USDG0, we're extending that trust to every ecosystem where developers and users operate. It's how trusted and transparent money becomes truly borderless."
– Bhau Kotecha, Co-Founder at Paxos Labs
Trusted. Aligned. Borderless.
Welcome to the Global Dollar, in motion.
To learn more, visit usdg0.paxoslabs.com