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Jean-Louis van der Velde

Cryptocurrency
Net worth
$38B
Forbes Real-Time · as of Sep 24, 2026
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Recent SEC filings

SEC filings · last 90 days

Bought 100K GOLD · ~$3.9M
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Sep 8, 2026
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Sep 8, 2026
Tether Investments, S.A. de C.V. · filed Sep 4, 2026
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Sep 4, 2026
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Aug 17, 2026
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Jul 30, 2026
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Jul 15, 2026
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Jul 2, 2026
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Jun 30, 2026
Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. · filed Jun 29, 2026

Form 4 insider trades post within 2 business days. 13F fund holdings can arrive 45 days after quarter end. New to filings? Read Filings 101.

Footprint

Companies

Bitfinex (iFinex Inc.; crypto exchange, Tether sister company)CEO
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Role
CEO (former Tether CEO)
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Tethershareholder · ~20% · as of Sep 2026
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Role
shareholder (former CEO)
Stake
~20%
Stake as of
2026-09-24
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Stakes

RUM Group Inc. (formerly Rumble Inc.) — Tether entities beneficially own 261,485,350 shares incl. pre-funded warrants = 50.3%RUM · 50.3% · as of Sep 2026 · $8.60 ▲ 3.99%
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Ticker
RUM
Stake
50.3% (Tether group)
Stake as of
2026-09-02
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Gold.com, Inc. — Tether Global Investments Fund group owns 3,670,787 shares = 12.6% (open-market buy of 100,000 sh at $39.30 on 2026-09-03)12.6% · as of Sep 2026
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Stake
12.6% (Tether group)
Stake as of
2026-09-03
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Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. — Tether entities own 10,266,571 shares = 11.0%11.0% · as of May 2026
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Stake
11.0% (Tether group)
Stake as of
2026-05-07
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Twenty One Capital, Inc. (bitcoin treasury company; Tether contributed 24,500 BTC and Bitfinex 7,000 BTC at Dec 8, 2025 business combination; 43,514 BTC held at 2026-06-30; Tether took and cancelled SoftBank's 89.1M Class B shares on 2026-05-19)XXI · controlling holder via… · as of Jun 2026 · $6.63 ▼ 2.50%
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Ticker
XXI
Stake
controlling holder via Tether/Bitfinex (exact % not stated in 10-Q)
Stake as of
2026-06-30
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Investment vehicles

Tether Global Investments Fund, S.I.C.A.F., S.A. (formerly Tether Holdings Ltd / Tether Holdings, S.A. de C.V.), San Salvadorfund · CIK 0002025889
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Type
fund
Notes
Files 13D/13G and Forms 3/4 as a stake holder; no 13F filings seen. Giancarlo Devasini is the individual reporting person on these filings (not Ardoino or van der Velde).
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Tether Investments, S.A. de C.V. (El Salvador)holding co · CIK 0002049832
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Type
holding co
Notes
Holds Rumble/RUM shares and warrants; ran 2025 tender offer (SC TO-T filed 2025-03-28); Forms 3/4 only.
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Private deals

Tether Investments exchanged Northern Data AG shares into RUM Group (Rumble) stock/pre-funded warrants under a…Sep 2026
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Tether Investments exchanged Northern Data AG shares into RUM Group (Rumble) stock/pre-funded warrants under a Transaction Support Agreement (Top-Up Exchange of 16,744,307 warrant shares)
Date
2026-09-02
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Tether & Fasanara Capital launch $400M-anchored 'StableFund' evergreen private-credit vehicle targeting up to $3B…Sep 2026
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Tether & Fasanara Capital launch $400M-anchored 'StableFund' evergreen private-credit vehicle targeting up to $3B third-party capital
Date
2026-09-09
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Twenty One Capital business combination closes with Tether/Bitfinex bitcoin contributionsDec 2025
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Legal & regulatory

CFTC order (Oct 15, 2021): Tether fined $41M for misrepresenting USDT reserves (2016-2019); Bitfinex fined $1.5M
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New York AG settlement (Feb 23, 2021): Bitfinex/Tether pay $18.5M, cease trading with NY residents, quarterly reserve…
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In full
New York AG settlement (Feb 23, 2021): Bitfinex/Tether pay $18.5M, cease trading with NY residents, quarterly reserve disclosures
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DOJ credited Tether's assistance in a $52M enforcement action against a global scam network (Sept 2026)
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Research gaps: Forbes lists residence as Hong Kong; no property transactions found. Same verification gaps as Ardoino (Juventus, Adecoagro, valuation). His personal stake in Bitfinex/iFinex not stated in an accessible source. No SEC person CIK.

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What to watch

Further Tether 13D/A amendments on RUM Group (50.3%) and Gold.com (12.6%) — Tether has been an active open-market buyer
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Twenty One Capital (XXI) Q3 2026 10-Q and bitcoin holdings update~Nov 2026
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Integration of Northern Data into RUM Group following the Sept 2026 share exchange
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StableFund (Tether/Fasanara) capital raising toward $3B target
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