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Paolo Ardoino, the chief technology officer for Tether, has been promoted to CEO of the stablecoin company, in a surprise move. In a press release Friday, Tether said that Ardoino will lead Tether from December 2023, succeeding van der Velde. Ardoino will still serve as Tether's chief technology officer while taking on his additional duties as CEO, Tether said. He joined Tether as chief technology officer in 2017. The departure of van der Velde, an executive who has barely ever appeared in public, comes as Tether has faced scrutiny over transparency.
Persons: Paolo Ardoino, Ardoino, Jean, Louis van der Velde, van der Velde, Van der Velde, Bitfinex, Tether's van der Velde Organizations: U.S . Locations: Hong Kong
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Crypto firm Tether's Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino will also become its CEO from December 2023, the company said on Friday, in a surprise management shake-up for one of the crypto world's top tokens. Current CEO, Jean-Louis van der Velde, will "transition to an advisory role for Tether", the company said in a statement. Tether issues a stablecoin, also called Tether, which is designed to maintain a 1:1 dollar peg and is widely used in crypto-to-crypto trading. Little is known about van der Velde, who keeps a low public profile. Ardoino became chief technology officer of Tether in 2017, the company said.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Paolo Ardoino, Jean, Louis van der Velde, van der Velde, Ardoino, Elizabeth Howcroft, Louise Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Tether's, Twitter, Thomson
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