Small But Mighty : Andrea Shaw – bitFlyer USA – CEO
Cryptocurrency is constantly moving. Every second, coins are bought, swapped, and sold. Crypto price graphs look like jagged mountain ranges with giant peaks and valleys. There are no days off for cryptocurrency, unlike in traditional finance markets. Crypto never sleeps.?
bitFlyer,?one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges globally by volume, hired Andrea Shaw as their US-Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) last fall, and most recently she was named interim CEO.?
Shaw’s bright energy output makes one wonder if she, too, ever sleeps.?
Her position of CCO required a delicate balance between understanding rules and regulations on local, state, federal, and global levels, enforcing them, partnering with the business to meet business goals, and collaborating with the powers that be to establish new ones in order move the crypto industry forward.?
Blockster recently caught up with Andrea Shaw as she was working from?home?in Chicago. We had the pleasure of speaking with Shaw about her role at bitFlyer, her background, and the future of DeFi.?
About bitFlyer
Founded in 2014 in Japan, bitFlyer is one of the largest bitcoin exchanges globally by volume, transacting $250 billion year-to-date. bitFlyer has grown to over 2 million users. The company seeks to revolutionize the FinTech sector using blockchain and related applications.
bitFlyer focuses on a quality coin assortment. In addition to Bitcoin, the exchange offers the following coins for trade:
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When we asked Shaw to describe bitFlyer’s advantage in the evolving cryptocurrency exchange landscape, she said, “bitFlyer’s assortment is small but mighty, kind of like me.”?
Mighty indeed. Being a woman of color from the most?ethnically diverse?urban area in the world (Queens, NY), she brings a unique but vital perspective to her current position as CEO.
Andrea Shaw is a Rising Star in Crypto
Andrea Shaw is an Albany Law School graduate from Queens, New York. The borough of Queens is a patchwork of dozens of unique neighborhoods, each with its distinctive personality. Shaw was raised here in a multi-generational household where financial literacy wasn’t a topic of conversation. She set her sights on law school and a career as a prosecutor, but the world had other plans for her.
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