Kris Marszalek, Crypto.com goes mainstream, VOX Ep 7

Kris Marszalek is co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, a Hong Kong-based – but very global – startup with a vision of “crypto in every wallet”. The company has hit 10 million users, but can it scale to 100 million? What does that require, and what has to happen on the regulatory front to enable it?

Marszalek speaks with DigFin VOX about these issues, creating value for users in crypto, and how he intends to win marketshare against Coinbase.

• Show notes:
• 0:00 – Kris Marszalek, Crypto.com
• 0:55 – Intro to the company, vision
• 3:00 – How to scale a global crypto biz
• 4:30 – What’s Crypto.com’s value proposition
• 5:05 – Are digital assets just about bitcoin?
• 6:50 – Diversifying investments in digital assets
• 8:30 – Partnering with Visa
• 10:00 – Crypto.com versus Coinbase
• 12:00 – No license in Hong Kong
• 14:45 – Progressive jurisdictions for crypto
• 15:40 – DeFi outcomes that regulators can approve
• 17:15 – Business goals for 2021
• 19:15 – Crypto.com’s own blockchain
• 20:55 – Decentralization and open source business