on Bitcoin, Tether & Powering Africa
summary
Tether claims 420M users and adds about 30M new wallets per quarter, holds >$125B in US treasuries and reports roughly $20B profits over two years that it reinvests into Bitcoin, mining and education. A pilot of 500 solar power kiosks in Africa records 500,000 users and 10M battery swaps with a plan for 10,000 kiosks by end of 2026 and 100,000 by 2030 to reach ~30M people. Lightning faces centralization pressure—two nodes control ~1/3 liquidity.
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chapters (24)
- 0:00Decentralizing the Dollar: Why Tether Matters
- 0:24Paolo Ardoino’s Orange Pill Story
- 1:11From Sci-Fi Coder to Bitcoin Believer
- 2:38Bitfinex, Tether & the Road to CEO
- 3:06From U.S. Investigations to D.C. Invitations
- 3:59420M Users & Tether’s Global Growth
- 5:26Tether Becomes a Top U.S. Treasury Holder
- 6:14Billions Back Into Bitcoin: Mining & Education
- 7:02Competitors Tried to Block Us (They Failed)
- 7:38“Unstoppable Together” – Tether’s Motto
- 9:36Announcing 21: Tether, SoftBank & New Partners
- 11:14Why Tether Moved to El Salvador
- 13:09Building 10,000 Energy Kiosks Across Africa
- 15:22How Tether Decentralizes U.S. Debt
- 17:15Could the U.S. Dollar Collapse?
- 18:09Bitcoin as a Strategic Reserve
- 19:26Is Lightning Ready to Scale?
- 21:49The Future of Bitcoin Payment Layers
- 23:28Will Tether Switch from USD to Bitcoin?
- 24:25Can Politicians Control Bitcoin?
- 25:07The ETF Problem: Are Bitcoiners to Blame?
- 26:51Making Bitcoin Easy for Billions
- 28:16Supporting Underdogs Over Wall Street
- 29:31Paolo’s Hottest Bitcoin Take
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