Kraken CCO will join crypto exchange Bitstamp to run US operations

Kraken CCO will join crypto exchange Bitstamp to run US operations

“We doubled our U.S. team in 2021 and expect to triple the team by 2022,” said Robert Zagotta. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has hired Robert Zagotta, chief commercial officer of Kraken, to be the first CEO of its business in the United States. In an announcement today, Bitstamp said Zagotta would be coming on board to “oversee day-to-day operations” and accelerate the exchange’s growth in the country. He was with crypto exchange Kraken for more than three years and also worked as a senior managing director with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group.“The U.S. has a unique regulatory....


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