CNBC | Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at Bitcoin 2025

May 11, 2026

Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, joins CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos at Bitcoin 2025 to discuss the stablecoin issuer's investments and regulatory outlook for the United States. Speaking from the largest crypto industry event of the year, Ardoino lays out Tether's broader strategy across stablecoins, Bitcoin treasury, and gold. He tells CNBC that commodity trading firms will be "the biggest driver" of stablecoin adoption in the next five years, while traditional financial firms entering the stablecoin space will be constrained by their reliance on high-fee customers.

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May 11, 2026