Rapha Zagury: Tether's Bitcoin Empire, Taking Over XXI and What Comes Next

Podcast: Natalie Brunell's Coin Stories · Natalie Brunell

Opublikowano: 2026-09-15

When Jack Mallers stepped down from Twenty One Capital (XXI), Rapha Zagury stepped in as CEO. A Wall Street veteran who ran trading desks at Merrill Lynch, Rapha later co-founded Elektron, the Tether-backed Bitcoin mining operation that grew into one of the largest mining companies in the world. Now he joins me to explain what comes next for XXI — and to answer some of the biggest questions surrounding Tether. We discuss: How much of XXI Tether actually owns — and what it wants to build next Whether Tether's biggest critics are asking the right questions Why XXI is t...