{"id":70888,"date":"2026-02-04T19:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70888"},"modified":"2026-02-04T19:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:01:38","slug":"tether-ceo-paolo-ardoino-says-20-billion-fundraise-was-misconception-flags-regulatory-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70888","title":{"rendered":"Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Says $20 Billion Fundraise Was &#8216;Misconception,&#8217; Flags Regulatory Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Tether CEO <strong>Paolo Ardoino<\/strong> on Wednesday said reports of a $20 billion fundraising plan were misunderstood, as investor concerns over valuation and regulation prompt the stablecoin giant to scale back discussions.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Funding Round Narrowed Threefold<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Tether initially explored raising $15 billion to $20 billion at a valuation reportedly near $500 billion, but advisers are now discussing a significantly smaller round of roughly $5 billion, according to the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>Ardoino said the larger figure was a misconception and stressed that Tether does not require external capital, citing strong profitability and a lack of interest among insiders in selling shares.<\/p>\n<p>Investor hesitation has centred on the proposed valuation, regulatory uncertainty, and ongoing concerns over reserve transparency. <\/p>\n<p>While Ardoino argues Tether&#8217;s roughly $10 billion in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50388156\/tether-ceo-paolo-ardoino-says-20-billion-fundraise-was-misconception-flags-regulatory-risks?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Tether\" ceo paolo ardoino says billion fundraise was flags regulatory risks>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino on Wednesday said reports of a $20 billion fundraising plan were misunderstood, as investor concerns over valuation and regulation prompt the stablecoin giant to scale back discussions. Funding Round Narrowed Threefold Tether initially explored raising $15 billion to $20 billion at a valuation reportedly near $500 billion, but advisers are now [&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-70888","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\/70888","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=70888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}