Bitstamp CEO on Robinhood acquisition, crypto regulation and the recent market surge

The Block's Editor-in-Chief Tim Copeland was joined by Bitstamp CEO Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux to discuss Robinhood's move to acquire Bitstamp, the recent market surge and the current crypto regulatory landscape.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

00:44 Robinhood acquisition

04:15 Robinhood embraces crypto

06:15 European crypto regulations

10:15 Euro vs Dollar stablecoins

13:41 Institutional expansion

15:46 Mt. Gox distributions

17:13 ETFs

21:24 Microstrategy

23:09 US election’s impact

27:23 Strategic Bitcoin reserve

28:33 Closing thoughts

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Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux and Bitstamp can be found at the following links:

Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux on X - https://x.com/jb_bitstamp

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jb0001/

Bitstamp on X - https://x.com/bitstamp

Bitstamp Website - https://www.bitstamp.net/

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