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Arjun Sethi

Co-CEO, Kraken

Search every verified Arjun Sethi interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO of Payward and Kraken, has recently discussed the company's expansion beyond crypto trading into banking, asset management, and tokenized assets, noting that Payward has elevated its parent brand as it builds out these services. He confirmed reports that the company is in the process of acquiring a bank in Europe and is exploring partnerships with asset managers, while also highlighting the U.S. launch of the Krak Card. Sethi described the company's approach as focused on building a durable, diversified financial-services platform rather than rushing to an initial public offering. In public appearances, Sethi addressed the rotation of capital in crypto markets toward perpetuals, pre-IPO companies, and tokenized equities, particularly those linked to AI, and argued that permissionless, on-chain markets provide worldwide access to traditional assets. He also commented on U.S. crypto regulation, stating that the United States lags behind other regions in establishing market structure frameworks and that discussions have shifted toward innovation rather than regulation. Sethi expressed optimism about regulatory progress but noted that other countries, including Russia and Iran, have moved forward on such frameworks. He also mentioned that his personal monthly spending on AI tools is approximately $100,000.

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“I think one of the most important pieces that we kind of miss is that when crypto started, right, like Bitcoin, people invested really early, right, at the lower price point. It's appreciated over time. And so the products and the financial instruments that you needed to build was for liquidity. Then you had your next asset class, Ethereum, next asset class, so on and so forth. So you've got this new set of populatio”

“Look, I think that everyone spends time on, you know, 24/7 trading and or institutions versus, you know, what's going to happen with Tradfi versus DeFi. I think what's more important is you've got about six billion people plus that are getting new access to assets. So, we know what those look like. We've seen that in stable coins. And so when you've got demand for assets worldwide that they didn't have previously, wh”

“I think it's less about bull or bear markets. It's more what does crypto enable? It's multiple products, multiple assets on one unified system. And so Bitcoin volatility going up and down, each volatility going up and down doesn't really matter. It's more about it's an asset and so speculators are going to be there, holders are going to be there, savers are going to be there. But that's no different than gold. It's n”

“So a year ago we were sitting here and we were just talking about Genius Act passing and we started talking about the Clarity Act. So it's been a year. So it's been a while and I think what's more important is the United States is last in these frameworks around what it means to regulate crypto market structure bill etc. And I think what's more important is that at least in the last year, the discussions have been a ”

“We're sitting here a year later and we haven't really moved the puck that much forward except for a lot of conversations around the table to try to get on the same page. In the meantime, the rest of the world has moved forward much, much faster. Like in Europe it moved forward, even previous to that. But now you're having what I call foreign adversarial countries or folks that we're trying to compete with starting to”

“We've got this motto internally, which is if you fix money, you fix the world. And while it might seem like an extravagant statement, I think you just take a look at over the last 14, 15 years, especially with the advent of crypto, Bitcoin white paper, etc. I think what's most important is when you take a look at why people have been using crypto or getting access to a BTC, ETH, and other alts is that they want acces”

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