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John Jansen founded Deribit, transforming crypto derivatives trading with innovative futures and options offerings. Facing regulatory challenges, John Jansen relocated Deribit to Panama in 2020 to maintain flexibility and continue its growth. Imagine a man who began his career as a market maker on the Amsterdam stock exchange and later built one of the world’s largest crypto derivatives trading platforms. That is Deribit founder and CEO John Jansen. He is someone who has long understood risk and calculation, not a quick billionaire who stumbled onto success in the crypto space. John first began his profession in the late 1990s, concentrating on stock options. But the financial scene was changing, and he wanted not to be behind. John entered the internet business, managing many enterprises when e-commerce started to flourish in the early 2000s. But everything changed in 2012 after he learned about Bitcoin. “I considered it as the Wild West of finance,” John remarked in an old interview. Still, that added to make it intriguing. From a Vision to Reality: The Birth of Deribit John noted a larger discrepancy than many others who just bought and kept Bitcoin. Back then, there were few crypto trading sites and none particularly provided derivatives with a strong foundation. Why not crypto if the stock market can feature instruments like options and futures? It was here that the concept originated. He began working on a derivatives trading platform idea in 2014, which finally turned out to be Deribit. The trip was difficult. Derivatives trading’s infrastructure demanded a more complicated system than standard spot trading. Furthermore, during that period, the sector lacked many successful models. But John was not one to give up readily. Deribit was officially released in June 2016, two years of development later. The platform drew the attention of professional players who…

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