{"id":92153,"date":"2025-12-13T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T08:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92153"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:35:18","slug":"tether-proposes-full-acquisition-of-juventus-football-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/tether-proposes-full-acquisition-of-juventus-football-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether Makes Offer to Buy 100% of Italian Football Club Juventus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tether has made a binding offer to purchase a controlling stake in the Italian football club Juventus from its owner, Exor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tether Submits Proposal to Acquire Juventus Football Club \ud83e\udd93<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CDv8OosqFU\">https:\/\/t.co\/CDv8OosqFU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tether (@Tether_to) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tether_to\/status\/1999569290949746942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The holding structure controls 65.4% of the club&#8217;s share capital. Tether&#8217;s offer involves a cash-only transaction.<\/p>\n<p>If an agreement is reached, the issuer of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-tether-usdt\">USDT<\/a> plans to buy out all remaining shares.<\/p>\n<p>Tether <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tether-expands-stake-in-juventus-football-club\">holds a 10%<\/a> stake in Juventus. The company cited &#8220;deep admiration and respect&#8221; as the reason for its interest in the club.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Juventus is a symbol of Italian excellence with a truly global presence, built over generations through hard work, ambition, and unwavering fan loyalty. These values reflect how we build Tether: with patience, independence, and a focus on long-term sustainability,&#8221; the company stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Should the acquisition proceed, Tether is prepared to invest \u20ac1 billion in the club&#8217;s support and development. The firm emphasized its strong financial position, noting a net profit of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tethers-profits-surpass-10-billion-in-2025\">over $10 billion<\/a> in the first nine months of 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tether to Tokenize Shares After Raising $20 Billion<\/h2>\n<p>In its pursuit to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tether-seeks-20-billion-to-reach-500-billion-valuation-reports-suggest\">raise $20 billion<\/a>, Tether is exploring ways to provide liquidity for investors. Options include share buybacks and blockchain digitization, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-12-12\/tether-weighs-tokenizing-stock-after-it-completes-share-sale\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agency, discussions began after the firm blocked an existing shareholder from selling a stake at a significant discount. The amount involved was $1 billion, implying a valuation of Tether at $280 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The stablecoin issuer anticipates that raising $20 billion by selling 3% of its shares will boost its market capitalization to $500 billion. This would place Tether among the world&#8217;s most valuable private companies, alongside OpenAI and SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate potential participants in the round <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/softbank-and-ark-investment-consider-20-billion-investment-in-tether\">include<\/a> Japan&#8217;s SoftBank and Cathie Wood&#8217;s Ark Investment. Tether does not plan to allow current investors to sell their stakes as part of the fundraising.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;It would be unwise and even reckless for any investor to attempt to circumvent the established process, conducted by the world&#8217;s leading investment banks, or to engage with parties not authorized by Tether&#8217;s management,&#8221; commented a company representative.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tokenizing shares could enhance their liquidity, simplifying transfer, division, and borrowing.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Bitwise <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitwise-predicts-tethers-ascendancy-among-major-companies\">suggested<\/a> that Tether could surpass Saudi Aramco in value and become the most profitable company in history.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tether has made a binding offer to purchase a controlling stake in the Italian football club Juventus from its owner, Exor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Tether proposes to acquire Juventus Football Club from Exor.","creation_source":"ai_translated","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1282,52,828,1245],"class_list":["post-92153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-asset-tokenization","tag-investments","tag-sports","tag-tether-usdt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"241","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Tether proposes to acquire Juventus Football Club from Exor.","is_update":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92153"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92196,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92153\/revisions\/92196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}