Stablecoin issuer Tether has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adecoagro S.A. to discover a strategic collaboration centered on renewable-powered Bitcoin mining, in line with a July 3 assertion.
Adecoagro, one in every of South America’s main producers of sustainable agricultural items and vitality, is evaluating how its greater than 230 MW of renewable vitality capability can be utilized to assist energy-intensive industries like Bitcoin mining.
Mariano Bosch, the Chief Government Officer of Adecoagro, mentioned:
“This undertaking opens the door to stabilizing a portion of the vitality we presently promote on the spot market, locking in pricing, whereas additionally gaining publicity to the upside potential of bitcoin.”
The collaboration will give attention to optimizing surplus vitality technology whereas creating new fashions for digital infrastructure tied to scrub vitality sources.
Adecoagro additionally views this initiative as a option to introduce Bitcoin publicity to its company stability sheet regularly, treating it as a possible retailer of worth much like its farmland belongings.
The pilot mining undertaking will function on Tether’s proprietary Mining OS, a web site administration platform anticipated to be open-sourced within the coming months.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino mentioned the initiative displays the agency’s dedication to selling accountable Bitcoin mining.
He added:
“This undertaking is one other step in our rising dedication to renewable-powered bitcoin mining and highlights the potential to align agricultural vitality manufacturing with cutting-edge digital infrastructure. We imagine this mannequin can drive monetary inclusion, promote vitality effectivity, and function a blueprint for accountable innovation on the intersection of know-how and sustainability.”
In the meantime, this MoU builds on the latest transaction settlement between the 2 corporations, which can see Tether purchase roughly 70% of Adecoagro’s excellent shares.
The deal alerts a deeper strategic alignment as each corporations discover methods to merge conventional infrastructure with blockchain-based applied sciences.
The transfer comes amid Tether’s broader effort to diversify its enterprise past USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin with a market capitalization exceeding $158 billion.
The corporate has just lately ventured into synthetic intelligence, crypto training, and scalable mining infrastructure as a part of its increasing digital technique.
