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Ripley Predicts the SEC Will Lose Its Crypto Enforcement Lawsuits
“They won't be successful, right? They've lost an XRP. They've lost the grayscale thing. They just kind of continue to not see success with these with these actions. So I don't think they, you know, they won't be successful.”
Gupta: Kraken generated $1.5B net revenue and $750B volume in 2024
“Even, even, even pre-IPO, you know, in 20, 24 numbers, we shared a billion and a half in net revenue, not gross, net revenue. Hopefully I'm back here next year. I can, we can talk about 20, 25 growth. We shared our ARPU. We shared the number of funded accounts…”
Gupta: Kraken, Spotify, and Google achieved initial growth without marketing
“The first phase of growth was purely product-led, where marketing did not exist? And this is true for Kraken, true for Spotify, true for Google, because the first phase of growth was either reality, network effects, or just a brilliant product in a category an…”
Gupta: Kraken relied entirely on organic word-of-mouth growth for 10 years
“At Kraken, three phases of growth, Harry, Phase one was the first 10 years where, like I said earlier, it was all organic. Great word of mouth, early player, category builder. Then, in late 2021, we realized that the next phase of growth for Kraken now needs a…”