Shift4 Payments just made it easier for hundreds of thousands of US merchants to accept the world’s largest stablecoin. The company announced a partnership with Lydian to integrate Tether’s USDT into its Pay with Crypto solution, letting customers pay directly from major crypto wallets while merchants receive good old-fashioned fiat currency.

The integration means merchants don’t need new hardware, don’t need to understand blockchain mechanics, and don’t need to hold any crypto on their balance sheets. Payments get automatically converted to local currency at the point of transaction.

From Bitcoin to stablecoins: the evolution of Pay with Crypto

Shift4, which trades on the NYSE under the ticker FOUR, first…