{"id":33851,"date":"2020-12-23T13:24:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T11:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=33851"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:57:16","slug":"former-bitstamp-executive-to-head-krakens-business-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/former-bitstamp-executive-to-head-krakens-business-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bitstamp executive to head Kraken&#8217;s business development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former chief operating officer of Bitstamp, the oldest cryptocurrency exchange in Europe, Miha Gr\u010dar, will continue his career at Kraken in the position of Head of Business Development.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">We\u2019re thrilled to announce that <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miha_grcar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@miha_grcar<\/a> will officially be joining the Kraken team as Head of Business Development \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p>Read our blog to understand his perspective on our industry\u2019s humble beginnings &#038; his view on where the industry is heading. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/BM2PHW3gZu\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/BM2PHW3gZu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx\/status\/1341400038644322306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At Bitstamp he spent the previous eight years and, in addition to serving as chief operating officer, was also responsible for business development.<\/p>\n<p>Kraken describes Gr\u010dar as \\&#8221;a pioneer in working with crypto exchanges who contributed to Bitstamp&#8217;s rapid growth,\\&#8221; and places high expectations on the specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Gr\u010dar has licensing experience for trading products, which Kraken needs at this new stage of development.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the American exchange obtained a licence in the United Kingdom, allowing Kraken Futures to become the first authorised trading venue for cryptocurrency derivatives. Now Kraken has hired a specialist to \\&#8221;build banking relationships and establish new partnerships with key stakeholders.\\&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gr\u010dar said Kraken was \\&#8221;the only exchange bold enough, smart enough and willing to stand up for its customers\\&#8221; after the Mt. Gox collapse in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>As of the publication Kraken is the fifth-largest exchange by spot trading volume, Bitstamp is in sixth place.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_120370\\\" style=\\\"width: 1427px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignnone\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-120370\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-120370\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-messari-io-exchanges-1608717733454.png\\\" alt=\\\"Former Bitstamp executive to head Kraken's business development\\\" width=\\\"1417\\\" height=\\\"524\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-messari-io-exchanges-1608717733454.png 1417w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-messari-io-exchanges-1608717733454-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-messari-io-exchanges-1608717733454-1024x379.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-messari-io-exchanges-1608717733454-768x284.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1417px) 100vw, 1417px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-120370\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/messari.io\/exchanges\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Messari<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year, Kraken appointed Marco Santori, the former president of Blockchain, as its chief legal officer.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of headlines, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bitstamp chief operating officer Miha Gr\u010dar will continue his career at Kraken as head of business development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[174,1166,193],"class_list":["post-33851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitstamp","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-kraken"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33853,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33851\/revisions\/33853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}