Kraken, the cryptocurrency alternate making ready for a possible public itemizing within the U.S. early subsequent 12 months, has seen the departure of 4 senior executives from the institutional aspect of the enterprise, in keeping with an individual aware of the matter.
Those that have lately left Kraken are: David Olsson, international head of institutional gross sales; Shannon Kurtas, head of exchanges and a VP of product and the Professional service; Jeff Ok, a director of OTC buying and selling and Sanjay Ok, OTC buying and selling lead for Americas, the individual mentioned, who declined to be recognized.
Kraken declined to touch upon the departures, none of whom instantly responded to requests for remark.
Kraken was reported to have trimmed “lots of” of jobs forward of a U.S. itemizing deliberate for the primary quarter of 2026. Again in April of this 12 months, a Kraken spokesperson mentioned the agency was “making the tough determination to remove sure roles and consolidate groups the place redundancies exist, whereas persevering with to rent in key areas of the enterprise.”
Kraken’s revenue in Q2 2025 was 6.8% decrease than within the equal quarter one 12 months in the past. The San Francisco, California-based alternate reported EBITDA of $79.7 million, versus $85.5 million in Q2 2024.
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