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Tether Partners With Adecoagro For Renewable-Powered Bitcoin Mining

Simon Simba
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July 3rd, 2025
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Tether and Adecoagro have formed a strategic partnership to utilize surplus renewable energy for Bitcoin mining activities in Brazil. 

Adecoagro will now mine Bitcoin with the extra energy it has. Adecoagro has roughly 230 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy capacity throughout Brazil and South America. This energy comes from wind, solar, and hydropower.

According to a recent announcement from Tether, the goal of this project is to stabilize Adecoagro’s energy earnings, diversify its economic strategy, and encourage the expansion of decentralized digital infrastructure. 

How the Partnership With Tether Will Develop

Three components will form the foundation of the collaboration.

  • 230 MW of Renewable Power: Adecoagro will now generate a new, steady source of income. This is by using Bitcoin mining to monetize its renewable energy assets. These were previously sold at erratic spot-market prices or occasionally curtailed.
  • The Mining OS for Tether: Tether will make its proprietary Mining OS platform publicly available in the upcoming months to oversee the mining activities. The purpose of this system is to guarantee operational efficiency and transparency while optimizing energy use.
  • Diversification in strategy: By mining Bitcoin, Adecoagro further diversifies its balance sheet. They will do this by gaining direct exposure to the upside potential of digital assets. In addition, they’ll protect against changes in the energy market.

The Independent Committee of Adecoagro has approved the collaboration. This ensures that the company adheres to all business rules and maintains strong and transparent governance. Both companies have made it clear that this is just the beginning of the project. They plan to expand it and add more information as the project progresses.

The relationship between USDT’s Tether and Adecoagro demonstrates how established sectors can leverage blockchain technology to create new value, encourage innovation, and contribute to the world’s transition toward sustainable financing, thereby accelerating the shift to cleaner, more efficient energy systems.

The project is expected to establish a global benchmark for ethical and sustainable Bitcoin mining, thereby stabilizing Adecoagro’s finances.

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Simon Simba
Simon is a writer with five years experience in crypto and iGaming. He currently works as a freelance writer at BanklessTimes where he focuses on simplifying daily crypto developments for readers. He discovered crypto in 2022 while writing news about NFTs for a news website in the US, and has since written for two other international NFT projects, and a Web3 gaming agency.