{"id":82769,"date":"2023-08-08T14:11:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T11:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=82769"},"modified":"2025-09-12T07:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T04:03:33","slug":"bitstamp-begins-fundraising-to-expand-in-europe-and-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitstamp-begins-fundraising-to-expand-in-europe-and-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitstamp begins fundraising to expand in Europe and Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the oldest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitstamp, has begun fundraising to launch European derivatives in 2024 and to expand into Asian markets. This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/crypto-exchange-bitstamp-in-talks-to-raise-funds-for-expansion-ceo-says-1.1956129\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company kicked off the fundraising process in late June, with Galaxy Digital Holdings acting as adviser.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBitstamp is not for sale, and we do not intend to do so. Our current and exclusive priority is to raise funds through strategic investors to accelerate growth by delivering new products and services to retail and institutional clients,\u201d \u2014 said the exchange&#8217;s chief executive, Jean-Baptiste Graftye.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, the trading platform plans a broader expansion into the UK market. The company has already <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitstamp-joins-uk-regulators-register\">entered into the British register<\/a> of registered cryptocurrency firms.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is one of the oldest digital-asset exchanges. According to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/data\/crypto-markets\/spot\/usd-support-exchange-volume-market-share\">The Block Research<\/a>, it accounts for 6.3% of trading volume among <span data-descr=\"centralised exchange\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CEX<\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-08-v-14.01.41-1024x317.png\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-08-v-14.01.41\" class=\"wp-image-213184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-08-v-14.01.41-1024x317.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-08-v-14.01.41-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-08-v-14.01.41-768x238.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-08-v-14.01.41.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Market share by trading volume among centralised exchanges that support the US dollar. Data: The Block Research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in May 2023, it emerged that Ripple <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ripple-acquires-pantera-capitals-minority-stake-in-bitstamp\">acquired<\/a> a minority stake in Bitstamp from Pantera Capital. The fintech firm <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ripple-frames-bitstamp-purchase-as-diversification-of-its-business\">explained<\/a> this decision as diversification of the business.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the oldest exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitstamp-launches-lending-service-in-europe-hong-kong-and-the-uae\">launched a lending service<\/a> in Europe, Hong Kong and the UAE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the oldest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitstamp, has begun fundraising to launch European derivatives in 2024 and expand into Asian markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82770,"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":[174,1166],"class_list":["post-82769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitstamp","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82769","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=82769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82771,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82769\/revisions\/82771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}