{"id":51916,"date":"2021-10-28T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T10:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=51916"},"modified":"2025-09-03T02:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:16:16","slug":"bitpanda-hires-former-jpmorgan-executive-to-head-its-institutional-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitpanda-hires-former-jpmorgan-executive-to-head-its-institutional-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitpanda hires former JPMorgan executive to head its institutional platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European cryptocurrency brokerage Bitpanda has appointed former JPMorgan top executive Joshua Barraclough as chief executive of its institutional Bitcoin exchange Bitpanda Pro.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re thrilled to introduce you to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JTBarraclough?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JTBarraclough<\/a>, ex-J.P. Morgan, who\u2019s joining us as CEO of Bitpanda Pro. Welcome on board, Josh! We know you\u2019ll do great things here!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e10acvd0qW\">https:\/\/t.co\/e10acvd0qW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bitpanda Pro (@BitpandaPro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitpandaPro\/status\/1453641688145092608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Previously, Barraclough was co-head of digital innovation and head of the fintech division at JPMorgan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cAs cryptocurrencies become mainstream, the need for tools that enable following traditional investing strategies and account for the nuances characteristic of digital assets\u201d<\/em>, <em>\u2014<\/em> he said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2021\/10\/28\/bitpanda-pro-hires-former-jpmorgan-exec-to-lead-growth-in-europe\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the blog, the company said it was seeking professionals for a range of roles.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in August Bitpanda<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitpanda-closes-263-million-series-c-at-4-1-billion-valuation\"> attracted $263 million<\/a> from Alan Howard and Valar Ventures\u2019 Peter Thiel, and other investors. The company&#8217;s valuation stood at $4.1 billion. The funds raised were earmarked for international expansion and scaling the business.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European cryptocurrency brokerage Bitpanda has hired former JPMorgan top executive Joshua Barraclough as CEO of its institutional Bitcoin exchange Bitpanda Pro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1957,1269,1156],"class_list":["post-51916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitpanda","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51918,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51916\/revisions\/51918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}