124 - Exploring Bitfinex and Tether w/ Paolo Ardoino

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 Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter.  David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitter @ck_SNARKs [Guest] Paolo Ardoino @paoloardoino [SPONSOR]  eToro - Sign up for the best trading in Crypto Unchained Capital - Easy BTC multi sig cold storage and BTC backed loans. Send Bitcoin: 3P1kkSBdsc2vPWXin3h6bdVeTS4BzXdNG1 Send Ether: POVCrypto.eth