{"id":1651695,"date":"2022-09-21T15:51:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651695"},"modified":"2022-09-21T15:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T19:53:02","slug":"kraken-taps-insider-ripley-to-replace-ceo-powell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kraken-taps-insider-ripley-to-replace-ceo-powell\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken taps insider Ripley to replace CEO Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkraken-taps-insider-ripley-to-replace-ceo-powell%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1651695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) \u2013     Crypto exchange Kraken said on Wednesday Chief Operating Officer Dave Ripley would replace top boss Jesse Powell, who is stepping down after more than a decade at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Ripley, who joined Kraken in 2016 when it bought his startup Glidera Inc, will take on the chief executive\u2019s role after the company finds a new COO, Kraken said.<\/p>\n<p>Powell will become chairman of Kraken\u2019s board, the company added. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the outgoing CEO drew criticism when the company refused to block accounts of Russian users, following the country\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, citing the \u201clibertarian values\u201d of cryptocurrencies as one of the major reasons behind the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The company has over 9 million clients, according to its website, and processes over $207 billion worth of trades every quarter.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; 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