Bitstamp's Miha Grčar on Banking Pressure, Exchange Growth and Futures Trading

Bitstamp's head of business development, Miha Grčar, is the guest on the latest episode of Ledger Cast, the cryptocurrency trading and blockchain podcast hosted by Brian Krogsgard. Grčar joined Bitstamp as its third employee and has been working in crypto since 2012. He now runs business development, a role that often comes down to managing the exchange's banking relationships.

The conversation covers the early days at Bitstamp and how the platform handled scaling during Bitcoin's bubble cycles. The two also discuss the mix of institutional and retail users in the market, and the operational pressures facing exchanges more broadly, including banking access and customer support. Banking is a recurring theme, since fiat gateways depend on those relationships to keep money moving on and off the platform.

Grčar also talks about his own trading, which centers on futures products tied to legacy markets such as forex, commodities and equities. He describes his trading style and the particular difficulties of working in those markets. Krogsgard notes that Grčar was on a panel at Magical Crypto Con, which is where the two connected.

The episode is educational and is not investment advice. Listeners should do their own research before buying any asset. The full interview is available on the major podcast platforms and through RSS.