{"id":73917,"date":"2026-02-25T15:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73917"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:31:33","slug":"why-did-tether-just-invest-in-whop-the-ceo-says-its-the-future-of-internet-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73917","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Tether Just Invest in Whop? The CEO Says It&#8217;s &#8216;The Future of Internet Markets&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Tether<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/USDT-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"USDT\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">USDT<\/a>) invested in <strong>Whop<\/strong>, the internet marketplace supporting 18.4 million users earning $3 billion annually, to integrate stablecoin payments as CEO <strong>Paolo Ardoino<\/strong> called it \u201cthe future of Internet Markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Platform Metrics<\/h3>\n<p>Whop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/tether-invests-in-whop-worlds-largest-internet-market-to-power-stablecoin-payments-for-the-next-generation-of-the-internet-economy-302697048.html\">operates<\/a> as an internet marketplace where people create, connect, and transact in one place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The platform supports more than 18.4 million users earning approximately $3 billion annually, with gross transaction volume increasing roughly 25% month-over-month.<\/p>\n<p>Whop will integrate Tether\u2019s Wallet Development Kit (WDK) to offer creators and users faster global payments while allowing direct control over funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The framework enables seamless on-chain settlement and supports lending and borrowing through DeFi primitives.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Tether Thesis<\/h3>\n<p>Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino argues stablecoins will become most powerful when &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50852806\/why-did-tether-just-invest-in-whop-the-ceo-says-its-the-future-of-internet-markets?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Why\" did tether just invest in whop the ceo says it future of internet markets>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) invested in Whop, the internet marketplace supporting 18.4 million users earning $3 billion annually, to integrate stablecoin payments as CEO Paolo Ardoino called it \u201cthe future of Internet Markets.\u201d The Platform Metrics Whop operates as an internet marketplace where people create, connect, and transact in one place.\u00a0 The platform supports more than [&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-73917","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\/73917","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=73917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}