#1564 Paolo Ardoino | Tether Is A $2 TRILLION Company?!

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Paolo Ardoino is the CEO of Tether and the CTO of Bitfinex. In this conversation we talk about stablecoins, regulation in the United States, plans for the $13 billion of profit, investments in AI, and what their plans are for the future.

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0:53.8	What's going on, guys? Today we have a very, very special conversation. So with Palo Ardwino,
0:59.1	he is the CEO of Tether and the CTO of Bitfinex. They're the most profitable company per
1:04.1	employee in the entire world. It did $13.7 billion in profit last year. And now he's here to
1:10.0	tell us what's going on with a stable coin, what exactly is happening
1:13.3	with regulation in the United States?
1:14.9	What are they going to do with $13 billion of profit?
1:17.6	They're investing in AI and bring computer interfaces and they want to see a very specific
1:22.3	version of the future come to life.
1:24.5	They're going to fund it and build it themselves.
1:26.6	Pollo's always a great conversation
1:28.1	because he is rational and he really understands how so much of the market is developing, both in
1:32.8	the emerging market, but also in developed markets like the United States. And this conversation
1:36.9	gives you tons of insight into how he's thinking about it. And then also, he gives us an idea of
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