{"id":68589,"date":"2022-10-14T14:16:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=68589"},"modified":"2025-09-07T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:57:39","slug":"kraken-hires-former-gemini-uk-head-blair-halliday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/kraken-hires-former-gemini-uk-head-blair-halliday\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken hires former Gemini UK head Blair Halliday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has appointed Blair Halliday, the former head of Gemini&#8217;s UK unit, as Managing Director for the UK.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">I\u2019m excited to announce that I\u2019ve joined <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@krakenfx<\/a> as Managing Director, UK. <\/p>\n<p>Take a look at our open positions here:<br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pb2VqfCsKb\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pb2VqfCsKb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blair Halliday (@blairshalliday) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blairhalliday\/status\/1580835943866863617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>He will focus on expanding Kraken&#8217;s footprint in the region, one of the exchange&#8217;s leading markets by trading volume.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Blair Halliday has experience in banking and compliance. He previously held roles at Circle, Intercontinental Exchange, JPMorgan and NatWest.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Curtis Ting, the former head of Kraken&#8217;s UK unit, expanded his remit, taking on oversight for several regions.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The platform plans to recruit more staff for legal, compliance and operational teams, and to launch an NFT marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In late September Kraken co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/jesse-powell-to-step-down-as-kraken-chief-executive\">Jesse Powell<\/a> stepped down as CEO, with former chief operating officer Dave Ripley taking the helm.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has appointed Blair Halliday, the former head of Gemini&#8217;s UK unit, as Managing Director for the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Kraken appoints Blair Halliday as MD, UK, as it expands in a leading regional market.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[719,193,810],"class_list":["post-68589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-gemini","tag-kraken","tag-united-kingdom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Kraken appoints Blair Halliday as MD, UK, as it expands in a leading regional market.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68589","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=68589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68591,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68589\/revisions\/68591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}