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Paolo Ardoino
Chief Executive Officer, Tether
Chief Executive Officer, Tether · Chief Technology Officer, Bitfinex
Background
Paolo Ardoino is the chief executive officer of Tether, the company behind the USDT stablecoin.
He also serves as chief technology officer of Bitfinex.
Key facts
- Current title
- Chief executive officer of Tether since December 2023source
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Genoasource
- Career
- Joined Bitfinex as a software engineer in 2014source
- Career
- Chief technology officer of Tether from 2017 to 2023source
- Founded
- Founded Holepunch in 2022 with computer scientist Mathias Buus, an open-source platform for building P2P productssource
WYDE coverage of Paolo Ardoino
Crypto & DeFi
A Senate Report Calls Tether's USDT a Lifeline for Iran's Shadow Banking Network
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Crypto & DeFiTether Says It Helped Freeze Nearly $550 Million in Iran-Linked USDT This Year
Sep 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Crypto & DeFiTether Opens Its $23 Billion Gold Reserve to Loans Backed by Tokenized Bullion
Jun 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Crypto & DeFiTether Invests in Whop as MrBeast's Bank Acquisition Reshapes the Creator Payment Layer
Feb 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Sources
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