Dave Ripley is the CEO @ Kraken, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, valued in 2022 at a whopping $10.8BN. Prior to Kraken, Dave was the Co-Founder of Glidera, a market-leading Blockchain technology company that Kraken acquired in 2016.
In Today's Episode with Dave Ripley:
1. From Boston Consulting Group to CEO of Kraken:
- How did Dave first make his way into the world of crypto?
- What are the single hardest elements of a CEO transition?
- What does Dave know now that he wishes he had known about CEOship?
2. What is the Usage for Crypto:
- Other than as a store of value, what application usage does crypto serve?
- Global payments are fine as is and are improving, why do they need crypto?
- Global remittance is served by Remote and Deel, why do they need crypto?
- No applications have been provided well, what really is the use case that makes sense?
3. Should Gensler Be Let Go and The SEC is Wrong:
- Why is the approach of the SEC completely flawed?
- Should Gensler be fired for his ineffectiveness?
- What is the right policy stance and approach to take from here?