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

Episode 12 of The Crypto Beat was recorded with The Block's Editor-In-Chief Tim Copeland and Bitstamp CEO Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux.

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Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux is the CEO of Bitstamp.

In this episode, Graftieaux and Copeland discussed Robinhood's move to acquire Bitstamp and the recent surge in the crypto market.

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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