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    Paolo Ardoino Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

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    Paolo Ardoino has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026. As CEO of Tether (the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin) and CTO of Bitfinex, Ardoino sits at the center of two of the most influential companies in the Bitcoin ecosystem and arrives in Las Vegas with one of the most expansive views of where Bitcoin is headed.

    Ardoino graduated from the University of Genoa’s Computer Science program in 2008 and began his career as a researcher on a military project focused on high-availability, self-recovering networks and cryptography. He joined Bitfinex as a senior software developer in 2014 and became CTO in 2016. In 2017, he also became CTO of Tether. He was named CEO of Tether in December 2023. Following the passage of the GENIUS Act, Ardoino was a guest at the White House to witness the signing of the landmark stablecoin legislation into law.

    Under his leadership, Tether has grown well beyond its origins as a stablecoin issuer. At the 2025 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Ardoino announced that Tether holds more than 100,000 Bitcoin as a company, alongside more than 50 tons of gold. Tether has also launched an open-source Bitcoin mining operating system, built on a self-hosted peer-to-peer architecture, designed to scale from small home installations to industrial-grade deployments managing hundreds of thousands of machines. Tether is also a majority backer of Twenty One Capital (NYSE: XXI), the Bitcoin-native public company led by Jack Mallers, also a confirmed Bitcoin 2026 speaker.

    Ardoino has led Tether to invest in renewable energy and sustainable Bitcoin mining in Uruguay, and the company has expanded into AI infrastructure, telecommunications, and peer-to-peer communications platforms. His appearance at Bitcoin 2026 comes as Tether’s footprint across the Bitcoin ecosystem continues to grow across nearly every layer from stablecoin infrastructure and mining to capital markets and education. Bitcoin 2026 takes place April 27–29 at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.