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John Zettler

Director of Product, Earn at Kraken

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John Zettler is the Director of Product, Earn at Kraken and was previously the Staking Product Lead at Coinbase. He was a cofounder of $cbETH and has led a number of products at Coinbase through the years including Commerce (crypto payments) and Asset Hub. Before Coinbase, John founded one of the first art NFT marketplaces (RARE Art) and the first combined crypto/stock trading platform for US investors. In a past life, John worked on Wall Street.

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Rio Network Rio Network
Seed -- --
12月 18, 2023

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