Crypto Companies Coming to America as Regulators Relax
The world’s largest cryptocurrency options exchange is reportedly planning to enter the American market.
Dubai-based Deribit is “actively reassessing potential opportunities” in the U.S., CEO Luuk Strijers said in an interview with the Financial Times (FT) Sunday (May 4), after “the recent shift towards a more favorable regulatory stance on crypto in the U.S.”
As the FT noted, Deribit joins a wave of crypto companies from Europe and Asia aiming to capitalize on President Donald Trump’s pledge to make the U.S. the global digital assets hub.
The crypto exchanges OKX — based in the Seychelles — and Bulgaria’s Nexo are both planning to open U.S. offices, as are Switzerland’s Wintermute and Dubai’s DWF…
