Tether's executive team consists of JL van der Velde (CEO + Founder, Bitfinex), Giancarlo Devasini (CFO + Founder, Bitfinex), Stuart Hoegner (General Counsel, Tether & Bitfinex), Paolo Ardoino (CTO, Tether & Bitfinex), Leonardo Real (CCO, Tether) and Claudia Lagorio (COO, Tether & Bitfinex).
Our scores are derived from the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law (RoL) Index – specifically the factors of "Regulatory Enforcement" and "Civil Justice".
The Tether Group comprises several entities registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Hong Kong or Taipei City, Taiwan (China). The holding company is located in BVI but the primary operating entity (Tether Limited) is registered in Taipei City (China).
XAUT’s score is based on China being the country of operation of USDT (the United States’ FinCen recognizes Tether’s place of business as Taipei City, China).