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 Graftieax and Bitstamp can be found at the following links:

X – https://x.com/jb_bitstamp
Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jb0001/

X – https://x.com/bitstamp
Website – https://www.bitstamp.net/

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