Paolo Ardoino, CEO of the company behind the largest stablecoin on the planet, announced this March 10 new advances from the Tether EVO technological division in the field of speech decoding using neural signals.
Through a publication on his X account, the manager detailed how the company is establishing technical standards for translating brain impulses directly to text using brain-computer interfaces (BCI) augmented with artificial intelligence.
This development is based on the performance of the firm’s engineers during the Global Brain-Computer Interface Challenge. In this high-level competition, the Tether EVO team got fourth place in the world by demonstrating a system capable of processing 256 channels of raw neural activity into coherent written language. He competed against elite scientific institutions.
The technology presented uses electrocorticography (ECoG) recordings, a method that captures electrical activity directly from the surface of the cerebral cortex.
The Tether system stands out for its ability to filter biological «noise.» This allows for accurate interpretation of signals even when the neural data is imperfect. Therefore, it facilitates communication in patients with severe paralysis.
It is not the first time that Ardoino shows the advances of this new technology. During the Plan ₿ Forum event, held in October last year, the CEO of Tether showed how a paralyzed patient was able to buy bitcoins using implants in your brain.
Local processing and neural data sovereignty
A differentiating technical element in the proposal announced by Ardoino is the approach local-first . It means that Tether EVO architecture executes artificial intelligence decoding directly on the user’s hardwarewithout the need for a constant external connection.
This marks a difference with other BCI systems (Brain-Computer Interface or Brain-Computer Interface), which establish a communication channel directly between the brain and an external device, and depend on supercomputers in the cloud to process complex data.
This edge computing design (edge computing) has two fundamental purposes. First, it minimizes latency, allowing the conversion of brain signals to text to be almost instantaneous. A critical requirement for fluent speech.
In second placeguarantees absolute privacy, since the data of brain activity—an individual’s most sensitive information—remain within the device and are not sent to centralized servers.
Neurotechnology makes its way into the ecosystem
Tether’s CEO emphasized that the objective of these interfaces is not solely clinical, such as the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). They are developments that can be leveraged in the Bitcoin ecosystem (including wallets, payments, DeFi, Lightning Network and more) to improve accessibility, security and usability systems. All this, aligning with principles such as individual sovereignty and privacy.
The company’s vision is that these tools eventually become mass consumption products that increase human capabilities, always prioritizing user autonomy and individual ownership of biological data in the face of an increasingly centralized technological environment.
The company’s foray into this sector responds to a long-term growth plan.
According to previous reports, Tether has been diversifying its investments aggressively, injecting capital into strategic areas such as Bitcoin mining, the development of energy infrastructure and humanoid robotics, which has been reported by NoticiasVE.
The strategy includes the majority acquisition of Blackrock Neurotech, a pioneering company in brain implants that already allows patients control devices with thought.
The idea is to position Tether as a bridge between neurotechnology and cryptocurrencies, empowering Bitcoin towards a more intuitive and human-centered ecosystem. If integrated well, these tools could attract billions in new adoption.