EXHIBIT 01bio
The zebra emoji in the bio
Paolo Ardoino keeps a zebra in his bio the way other CEOs keep board seats.
- Stable · 988
- est. 2015
- $96.7K
- $54.1K
Jay The Zebra. MJGA.
Someone else made the case
Shin wrote the long version: the lore, the Juventus link, and why the zebra is the narrative to own on Stable. The full piece lives on his timeline.
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Jay 🦓
“Paolo is an italian and a huge fan of Juventus…”
Shin
Tether owns 11.5% of Juventus. The zebra ties it together.
Tether owns 11.5% of Juventus, making it the club’s second-largest shareholder. The company has made its interest in taking full ownership clear.
That relationship is routinely promoted alongside $Jay the Zebra, Juventus’s official mascot.
@paoloardoino is an Italian Juventus supporter. His bio features a zebra emoji, and many of his posts center on zebras, all of which trace directly back to the club and its mascot.
- SEP 12, 2015
Juventus unveils Jay
The club that Italy calls Le Zebre gets an official mascot: a zebra named Jay, after the J in Juventus. Black and white stripes, gold trim.
- FEB 14, 2025
Tether starts buying Juventus
The company behind USDT quietly becomes a shareholder of the most decorated club in Italian football, then keeps adding.
- 2025
The stake grows to 11.5%
Tether ends up holding 11.5% of Juventus share capital. Second largest shareholder in the club, behind only the Agnelli family holding Exor.
- MAY 22, 2025
Paolo posts Jay himself
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, Italian, Juventus fan, zebra emoji in bio, puts the actual mascot on his timeline.
- DEC 12, 2025
Tether bids for the whole club
A binding all-cash offer of roughly 1.1 billion euro for Exor’s 65.4% controlling stake, at 2.66 euro per share, plus a pledged 1 billion euro investment in the club.
- DEC 13, 2025
Exor says no
The club is not for sale. Not to anyone, Exor says, including but not restricted to Tether. The stripes stay just out of reach.
- JUL 23, 2026
The zebra joins Tether anyway
$Jay launches on Stable, the chain where USDT itself pays the gas. If Tether cannot buy the club yet, the club’s zebra can join Tether. MJGA.
Se non puoi comprare la Juve,compra la sua zebra.
The dossier writes itself
Every exhibit below is a primary source. Open them. The zebra is the most posted animal by Tether and its CEO, and it is not close.
EXHIBIT 02post
The only zoo photo he ever posted
One trip to a zoo makes the timeline. The animal he stands with: zebras. Not lions.
EXHIBIT 03post
The mascot himself
Jay, in costume, on the CEO’s timeline. The mascot of a club Tether owns 11.5% of.
EXHIBIT 04streak
The zebra posting streak
Zebras keep showing up on the timeline. The most posted animal by Tether and Paolo, by a distance.
EXHIBIT 05instagram
The reels are stripes too
Same pattern on Instagram: the zebra keeps the feed.
EXHIBIT 06reddit
r/Tether runs on zebra emojis
Scroll the Tether subreddit search for the zebra emoji. The community picked its animal a long time ago.
The zebra does not fear the lion. Exor said no once.The herd is patient.
Matchday data
$0.000097
$96.7K
$54.1K
- 1,000,000,000 $ Jay
- Stable · id 988
- USDT0 · USDT pays the gas
- WgUSDT
How to buy
- 01
Get USDT0 on Stable
USDT0 is the dollar and the gas on this chain; there is no second token to hold. Bridge USDT in from any major chain, or withdraw straight to Stable where supported.
- 02
Point your wallet at Stable
Add the network to MetaMask or any EVM wallet. One tap below does it, or add it by hand with the details on the right.
- 03
Swap USDT0 for stripes on DYORSwap
$Jay trades on DYORSwap on Stable. Open the launch page below, connect your wallet, paste the contract address if prompted, and swap. Welcome to the black and white.
Fino alla luna.
Fino alla fine belongs to the club. The zebra takes the longer route, the one that ends on the Tether chain.
