Welcome to this cryptocurrency podcast with Jesse Powell, co-founder and CEO of Kraken, a top-10 crypto exchange with an "A" transparency rating on Nomics.com and one of the first legitimate enterprises in the space. Jesse started Kraken after the 2011 Mt. Gox hack. He felt that for Bitcoin to go mainstream, exchanges would have to professionalize.

The conversation is split into 3 chapters:

1. The state of crypto exchanges in 2020


2. Behind the scenes at Kraken: services, acquisitions & relationship with regulators


3. How Kraken differentiates itself

It also covers:

• How Kraken got its name and aesthetic


• Why Kraken never launched an exchange token


• Kraken’s upcoming retail mobile app & simplified desktop site


• Jesse’s views on NFTs

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