{"id":33897,"date":"2025-06-26T17:01:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=33897"},"modified":"2025-06-26T17:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:01:51","slug":"tether-seeks-more-active-role-at-juventus-after-buying-over-10-of-soccer-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=33897","title":{"rendered":"Tether Seeks More Active Role at Juventus After Buying Over 10% of Soccer Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As well as being issuer of the world&#8217;s largest stablecoin, USDT, Tether also owns more than 10% of Juventus FC and is now looking to play a more active role in the running of the Italian soccer powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Tether asked to <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/juventus-confirm-15m-capital-cover-motta-costs\/\">participate in the club&#8217;s recent capital increase<\/a> and be granted a board seat in May, according to an emailed statement from the stablecoin issuer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While these requests were not taken up at the time, a new meeting date has since been proposed, and we are currently coordinating with stakeholders to confirm availability or suggest an alternative if needed,&#8221; Tether said.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus dominated Italian football throughout the 2010s winning nine consecutive Serie A titles between 2011 and 2020, but has been in a rebuilding mode since finishing between third and seventh in each of the five seasons since their last championship.<\/p>\n<p>Tether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/04\/24\/tether-boosts-stake-in-juventus-to-over-10\">increased its stake<\/a> in I Bianconeri (&#8220;The White and Blacks&#8221;) to over 10% in April, having bought 8.2% of the club in February. It is now Juventus&#8217; second-largest shareholder. Exor, the holding company of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juventus.com\/en\/club\/investor-relations\/shareholding-title\/current-shareholding\">Agnelli family, owns 65%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Our] intention is to be a supportive and engaged partner in the club\u2019s future,&#8221; Tether said. &#8220;We recognize that significant investment will be needed to build a competitive squad, and we are prepared to contribute meaningfully to that effort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The news of Tether&#8217;s requests was previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-06-25\/juventus-fc-s-crypto-investor-has-turned-activist-and-wants-a-board-seat\">reported by Bloomberg<\/a> on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as being issuer of the world&#8217;s largest stablecoin, USDT, Tether also owns more than 10% of Juventus FC and is now looking to play a more active role in the running of the Italian soccer powerhouse. Tether asked to participate in the club&#8217;s recent capital increase and be granted a board seat 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-33897","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\/33897","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=33897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}