Tether bitcoin mine branded 'fake' after X users spot edited logos
A recent tweet from Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino in which he claims work on one of the company’s new sustainable bitcoin mining projects is “coming along well” has given rise to a curious new conspiracy theory. The tweet featured what at first glance looked to be an innocuous image of a number of shipping containers that had apparently been converted hold crypto miners. However, it didn’t take eagle-eyed viewers long to spot that something wasn’t quite right — namely that the Tether logos on the side of the containers looked Photoshopped. This led to speculation that not only were the logos fake, but the site itself was a fabrication . One of #Tether energy production and #Bitcoin mining sites coming along well. pic.twitter.com/6Z8o6A5OaE — Paolo Ardoino (@paoloardoino) August 24, 2023 “Is this a real Mining site owned by Tether ? Tether ’s logo looks poorly photoshopped, there. What’s going on?” wrote one, while another said, “lol you really trying to pass that off as...