124 - Exploring Bitfinex and Tether w/ Paolo Ardoino

Mar 12, 2020

Love them or hate them, Bitfinex and Tether are two of the most important institutions in the crypto space. Paolo Ardoino, the long time CTO and pioneer behind Bitfinex and Tether’s technology joins POV Crypto to illuminate how his team has been able to build and support the entire crypto space in such a dominant manner. 

Topics: 

• Paulo’s history 
• Why Tether was created 
• Why Tether and Bitfinex are successful 
• Bitfinex as a model for a new type of company 
• The future of Lightning network 
• Bitcoin as the base layer of crypto

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