Tether’s CEO Discusses USAT, Bitcoin, and the Rationale Behind Choosing 2025 for US Entry: 99Bitcoins Event Overview

Paolo Ardoino, the CEO of Tether, introduced USAT in the United States in September 2025. “Now I see why the US is dubbed the land of opportunity,” Ardoino remarked on 25 October 2025, as he addressed the audience at the Lugano PlanB conference. “There remain possibilities for innovative thinkers and free spirits,” he expressed. “This is why I’m incredibly thankful for the chance to contemplate our flagship product, USDT, within the framework of the US.”

Brandon Lutnick, Chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald, shared his views. He stated, “I believe USAT will be a remarkable venture. This is why I’m thrilled about Tether — the leading digital currency company in the world, even without ideal penetration in the US trading market. If that isn’t extraordinary potential, I don’t know what is?”

“I’m immensely thankful to have entered the US crypto market in 2025 instead of 2014,” Ardoino said.

“With everything we’ve learned from various merchant markets and observing Argentina, Turkey, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Indonesia, we were geared up to comprehend how our technology could expand from regions with the least efficient financial infrastructure to the US, where financial systems are almost flawless.”

USAT is spearheaded by Bo Hines, the former leader of US President Donald Trump’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets. “He’s a fantastic individual,” Ardoino remarked regarding Hines. “He’s set to lead the product to great success. Additionally, he’s a Bitcoiner.”

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“Bitcoin is the most significant commodity on the planet,” Stated Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman

“I believe 2024 marked the initial significant year for institutional BTC adoption with the launch of the first ETFs. However, I think we are still at the early stages. There are still many skeptics out there. I frequently encounter numerous fans and companies that are hesitant to approach Bitcoin,” the Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman mentioned. “It’s apparent how Bitcoin is increasingly becoming a safeguard against all the turmoil occurring globally. It’s beneficial to educate oneself, to comprehend it. I believe, from both an industry and an institutional perspective, we must improve our efforts to make it more accessible.”

“Cantor is among 25 primary dealers in the US. Hence, we will be in charge of managing all USAT assets, just as we currently do for many USDT assets,” Lutnick stated. “This is merely the beginning for the US. You will begin to see a variety of genuine traditional companies catching up to what Cantor has been working towards.”

“We were striving to instill genuine credibility into the domain as a real classic institution,”

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Tether Unveils Local AI Protocol QVAC

While discussing his latest launch, Ardoino stated, “We introduced our new product called QVAC, which is a local AI protocol. The name QVAC is inspired by my favorite author — Isaac Asimov. He’s one of the most prominent figures in science fiction and in literature. QVAC is set to become an open-source network geared towards executing, inferring, and fine-tuning AI models directly on any device, from embedded systems to smartphones.”

“We must not be subservient. We should not have influential individuals in major tech companies mediating our intelligence, as that contributes to our societal decline in intelligence rather than enhancing it,” stated Tether CEO.

“I predict that within the next five years — for over 90% of AI use cases, you will have the capability to operate them locally, thereby safeguarding your privacy and maintaining your autonomy,” he continued. 

“Not being aware of what underlies your AI models — which you execute with your own data — could seriously undermine our freedoms and privacy. I foresee this becoming increasingly recognized as one of the greatest societal challenges in human history,” he elaborated. “Thus, we aim to demonstrate to the world that, similar to the cloud, it’s unnecessary to rely on the cloud for 99% of AI applications; yet we are currently dependent on the cloud for 100% of our operations. Truly, the cloud should only serve as a backup, not as a means of connecting individuals. The Internet was created to facilitate peer-to-peer interactions from the outset. We believe AI should follow the same peer-to-peer principle.”

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