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Tether
Tether is a stablecoin—a digital currency whose value aims to maintain a stable value relative to the United States dollar—launched by Tether Limited in 2014.
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“Tether is a stablecoin—a digital currency whose value aims to maintain a stable value relative to the United States dollar—launched by Tether Limited in 2014.”
Named in 16 pieces
Stablecoins & Payments
Jeremy Allaire Pitches Circle's Arc as Money for Machines
Circle's chief executive told a16z crypto, which led Arc's token presale, that AI will likely be the chain's main users.
Institutional Custody & Asset Management
Crypto's Big Names Tease Plans, Skip the Details
A bank, a founder and a stablecoin chief all teased big crypto news, and all left out the hard numbers.
Capital Markets & Treasury
Saylor Pitches a Private Central Bank at the World Bank
Michael Saylor pitched bitcoin-backed credit at the World Bank, after Strategy's preferred dividends reached $400.7 million in one quarter and critics questioned the model.
CEO Changes
Kristin Smith Returns to Run Crypto's Lobby
She starts as Washington's crypto council sits empty, a week after its third director in fourteen months quit.
CEO Changes
Jack Mallers Steps Down as Twenty One Capital CEO
Twenty One Capital named Raphael Zagury chief executive effective July 20, 2026, after Jack Mallers stepped down and Tether's plan to merge Twenty One with his company Strike fell apart.
CEO Changes
Twenty One Capital Names Raphael Zagury Chief Executive
Twenty One Capital's board appointed Raphael Zagury chief executive effective July 20, 2026, moving him from the board's audit committee to the top job as Jack Mallers departed.
Board Seats
Twenty One Capital Appoints Paul Lalljie Independent Director
Twenty One Capital named Paul S. Lalljie an independent director and audit committee member on June 8, 2026, filling a seat SoftBank's departing representative had left vacant.
Exits and Removals
Tether Investment Chief Richard Heathcote Steps Down
Richard Heathcote stepped down as Tether's chief investment officer on March 12, 2026, moving into an advisory role as deputy Zachary Lyons took over the position.
Executive Hires
Tether Names Zachary Lyons Chief Investment Officer
Tether promoted deputy chief investment officer Zachary Lyons to the top investment role on March 12, 2026, as Richard Heathcote moved into an advisory position.
Executive Hires
Tether Names Benjamin Habbel Chief Business Officer
Tether appointed former Google and Limestone Capital executive Benjamin Habbel chief business officer on September 24, 2025, to lead growth, finance and investments.
Executive Hires
Stable Names Sam Kazemian Chief Technology Officer
Frax Finance founder Sam Kazemian said on X on Aug. 28, 2025, that he had joined stablecoin network Stable as chief technology officer while staying on as Frax's chief executive.
CEO Changes
Tether and SoftBank Name Jack Mallers CEO of Twenty One
Twenty One Capital named Strike founder Jack Mallers as its co-founder and chief executive on April 23, 2025, the day Tether and SoftBank Group announced the Bitcoin treasury company's launch through a business combination with Cantor Equity Partners.
CEO Changes
Tether Promotes Paolo Ardoino to Chief Executive
Tether named Paolo Ardoino chief executive on October 13, 2023, handing him the role as outgoing CEO Jean-Louis van der Velde moved into an advisory position.
Leadership & Talent
Ryan Dennis Pitches TON to Telegram's 800 Million Users
A court blocked Telegram's Gram tokens in 2020; from 2023, Ryan Dennis spoke for the TON Foundation as a TON wallet opened inside Telegram.
CEO Changes
Chris Ferraro Replaces Alex Mashinsky at Celsius Network
Celsius Network's founder resigned as CEO on Sept. 27, 2022.
Layer 1s & Infrastructure
Fabian Vogelsteller Files Issue 20, and Tokens Follow
Fabian Vogelsteller posted a six-function token standard in 2015; by October 2026, Ethereum and Tron, which matches it, held 77.3 percent of dollar stablecoins.