Bitstamp Welcomes Robert Zagotta as U.S. CEO

Bitstamp, the world's longest-standing crypto exchange, announced the appointment of Robert Zagotta as its new Chief Executive Officer for the U.S.

Robert will lead Bitstamp’s U.S. business, oversee day-to-day operations and accelerate its growth in the region.

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Most recently Robert served as Chief Commercial Officer at Kraken, where he was responsible for strategy, business development, research and analytics, and global growth initiatives. Prior to that, he was a senior managing director and member of the executive team at financial exchange and markets operator CME Group, leading global strategy and growth. Robert also co-founded a strategy advisory firm, worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior manager and principal consultant and started his career as an engineer at Texas Instruments in 1988.

“Robert joins our growing team as we're significantly increasing our U.S. headcount to meet the needs of our rapidly expanding customer base. In the U.S. alone, Bitstamp has seen a 570% increase in new customers and 281% increase in assets under management in the first half of 2021,” said the exchange.