Tether’s $775M Bet on Rumble & The Future of Free Speech

Welcome back to Talking Tokens. I’m in London town for Avalanche Summit — and will be sharing my fireside chat with the CEO and Founder of Aave early next week. Stay tuned for more on that front, but in the meantime…

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For this week’s Thursday episode, we’re sharing Jacquelyn’s fireside chat with Chris Pavlovski, founder and CEO of Rumble, at Consensus 2025. Rumble is a video, streaming and cloud-based tech company that closed a $775M strategic investment from Tether in February. 

We discuss Rumble’s journey in fighting censorship globally, how it’s pushing into the crypto space and bringing the asset class to creators, how decentralization ties into the business’ mission and more.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Rumble’s journey into crypto
5:40 - Defending free speech
9:23 - Advice to build on your own infrastructure
14:43 - Tether’s $775M investment and Rumble wallet
18:54 - Biggest untapped potential

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Money and people moves

The biggest updates regarding startups that raised capital, moved money or did a little bit of both as well as market players who have left their web3 job or are starting something new.

1. SafeMoon CEO Found Guilty in US Crypto Fraud Trial (Decrypt)

2. Sam Altman’s World Raises $135M in Token Sale to a16z and Bain Capital Crypto (CoinDesk)

3. Theta Capital Secures $175 Million for Crypto Fund Investment (Bloomberg)

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