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Nejc Kodrič
Eagle Huang

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Nejc Kodrič

Bitstamp
According to Fortune magazine , Kodrič started crypto exchange Bitstamp in his garage in 2011 alongside fellow co-founder Damijan Merlak , before moving the business to London and , later , Luxembourg .
As Bitstamp CEO , he oversaw a period of enormous growth before leading Bitstamp into a majority buyout by Belgian investment firm NXMH in 2018 . Kodrič remained as CEO for almost a decade and was on the board until February 2022 . He ’ s now a board member at Standard Custody & Trust Company , a digital asset custody solution .

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Eagle Huang

Deepcoin
Deepcoin is a crypto derivatives trading platform that is primarily aimed at the Asian market . Before founding the company , CEO Eagle Huang had over ten years of digital experience and served as the head of a wealth management company with more than US $ 7bn of assets under management . So Huang will certainly not be out of his depth , having built a platform that boasts 1mn users with a reported daily volume of over US $ 2.5bn today .
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