{"id":19368,"date":"2025-03-27T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=19368"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:16:59","slug":"tether-boosts-stake-in-1-12b-agricultural-firm-adecoagro-to-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=19368","title":{"rendered":"Tether Boosts Stake in $1.12B Agricultural Firm Adecoagro to 70%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Tether, issuer of $144 billion dollar stablecoin USDT, has boosted its stake in Latin American agricultural firm Adecoagro (AGRO).<\/p>\n<p>The $12.41 per share offer, which is subject to certain closing conditions, would take Tether&#8217;s stake in Adecoagro from 51% to 70%, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/adecoagro-announces-it-has-entered-into-a-transaction-agreement-with-tether-investments-302413050.html\" target=\"_blank\">according to an announcement on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AGRO shares <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AGRO\/\" target=\"_blank\">jumped over 7% to $11.95 in pre-market trading<\/a> following the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Adecoagro&#8217;s business is focused on sugar, ethanol, dairy and crop production Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. It owns 210,400 hectares of farmland and several industrial facilities across these countries. <\/p>\n<p>The company has a market cap of just under $1.12 billion. <\/p>\n<p>Tether views its Adecoagro&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/02\/18\/tether-makes-unsolicited-offer-for-buying-majority-stake-in-agrodeco\" target=\"_blank\">investment as one in the safe haven of land<\/a> that complements its holdings in bitcoin (BTC) and gold. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our investment aligns with Tether&#8217;s broader strategy to back infrastructure, technology, and businesses that advance economic freedom and resilience,&#8221; Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in Thursday&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Tether is also increasing its exposure to the entertainment industry, <a href=\"https:\/\/tether.io\/news\/tether-invests-in-be-water-strengthening-its-commitment-to-modern-media-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\">acquiring a 30.4% stake in Italian media company Be Water<\/a> for 10 million euros ($10.8 million). <\/p>\n<p>This investment follows Tether&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/02\/14\/usdt-issuer-tether-acquires-stake-in-football-club-juventus\" target=\"_blank\">announcement last month of taking a minority stake<\/a> in Ardoino&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribalfootball.com\/article\/soccer-serie-a-tether-chief-ardoino-tells-juventus-fans-spending-power-won-t-be-issue-b69fada2-64be-4a4a-9860-46412bbcec77#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20have%20been%20a%20Juventus,d%20love%20(Kylian)%20Mbapp%C3%A9.\" target=\"_blank\">favorite team<\/a> Juventus FC, arguably the largest soccer club in Italy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether, issuer of $144 billion dollar stablecoin USDT, has boosted its stake in Latin American agricultural firm Adecoagro (AGRO). The $12.41 per share offer, which is subject to certain closing conditions, would take Tether&#8217;s stake in Adecoagro from 51% to 70%, according to an announcement on Thursday. AGRO shares jumped over 7% to $11.95 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-19368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}