One of the leading cryptocurrency exchange and trading platforms around the world, Crypto.com, has hired a former Visa regulatory head as its new Vice President. The announcement was made by Roeland Van der Stappen himself on LinkedIn on Monday.
Roeland Van der Stappen, who headed Visa’s European regulatory affairs team, reportedly stepped down and accepted an offer at the cryptocurrency company as its new Vice President, Policy and Engagement for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
“I’m happy to share that I’m starting in a new position as Vice President, Policy and Engagement, EMEA at Crypto.com! I look forward to diving into the #crypto and #Web3 policy issues and start sharing all the great stuff my colleagues are working on,” he wrote in his announcement.
Since it was founded in 2016, Crypto.com has grown to have a customer base of over 10 million users in 90 countries worldwide and is looking to improve the quality and reach of its services with the intention of giving everyone access to their money, identity and data.
Through active involvement in policy decisions affecting the industry, the company hopes to widen Web3’s reach in a system that is more fair and equitable while owned by the builders, creators and users.
Van der Stappen comes as a glowing candidate following over 3 years at the helm of the regulatory Affairs division for Europe while at Visa. Prior to this, he had served as Vice President of Government Policy and Public Relations at Barclays Bank and as a Policy Advisor for the European Round Table of Industrialists.
Van der Stappen will be in charge of developing and driving public policy strategies and identifying future risk areas and opportunities in the growing markets of Europe, Africa and the Middle East for Crypto.com.
The hiring is part of the company’s accelerated synchronized policy tactics following a ban of two of Crypto.com’s advertisements by the UK’s advertising regulator in January, along with a major move into federal lobbying in the USA at the start of the year.