Tether CEO Ardoino to Speak at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino will headline Bitcoin 2026 later this month after the stablecoin issuer announced holdings of 100,000 Bitcoin and 50 tons of gold at last year's conference.
Key Takeaway
Tether's CEO will headline Bitcoin 2026 after the stablecoin giant accumulated 100,000 BTC.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino confirmed he will speak at Bitcoin 2026, which runs April 27-29 at The Venetian in Las Vegas.
Ardoino became CEO in December 2023 and still serves as CTO of Bitfinex. He joined Bitfinex as a senior software developer in 2014, the same year Tether launched as RealCoin, then became CTO of Bitfinex in 2016 and CTO of Tether in 2017. He graduated from the University of Genoa's Computer Science program in 2008.
At the 2025 Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas, Tether announced it holds more than 100,000 Bitcoin and over 50 tons of gold. Ardoino said on Twitter that Tether is a company that was born with Bitcoin and that everyone at the firm is a Bitcoiner at heart. The stablecoin issuer has expanded beyond USDT into Bitcoin mining, launching an open-source mining operating system, and invested ₱120.46 billion ($2 billion) in energy production and mining operations.
Tether is the majority backer of Twenty One Capital, a Bitcoin-native public company trading on the NYSE under ticker XXI. Twenty One Capital CEO Jack Mallers will also speak at Bitcoin 2026. The company attended the White House signing of the GENIUS Act, which established federal stablecoin legislation in the United States.
The conference expects more than 500 speakers and drew 35,000 attendees to Las Vegas in 2025, up from 22,000 in Nashville the year before, with Bitcoin Magazine readers able to get a 10% discount on tickets through the publication's website.
This article was written based on reporting from Bitcoin Magazine.
