{"id":40620,"title":"Nasdaq CEO: We’ll ‘Certainly Consider’ Becoming a Cryptocurrency Exchange","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2018-04-25T15:32:49+00:00","modified":"2018-04-25T15:32:49+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/nasdaq-ceo-well-certainly-consider-becoming-a-cryptocurrency-exchange/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/nasdaq-ceo-well-certainly-consider-becoming-a-cryptocurrency-exchange.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/nasdaq-ceo-well-certainly-consider-becoming-a-cryptocurrency-exchange.json","category":"Fintech","categories":["Fintech"],"tags":["cryptocurrency exchange","NASDAQ"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":" \n\nNasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange with a $9 trillion market cap, is open to becoming a cryptocurrency exchange in a regulated market.\n\nIn a televised interview with CNBC’s [Squawk Box](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/25/nasdaq-is-open-to-becoming-cryptocurrency-exchange-ceo-says.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain), Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman was asked of the position taken by Nasdaq’s board and herself on cryptocurrencies, specifically as a service provider.\n\n“A lot of people are frustrated that even if they go into [the cryptocurrency] market, they have no liquidity [at an] exchange,” host and ‘Shark Tank’ shark Kevin O’Leary said, quipping: “Nasdaq would be a natural place for that, would it not?”\n\n‘It’s an unregulated space today, so it’s not something that we’ve decided to go into becoming a [crypto] exchange but we are providing our technology now to other crypto exchanges,” she replied, pointing to Nasdaq’s surveillance technology that will be put to use by Gemini to [monitor its cryptocurrency trading pairs](https://www.ccn.com/gemini-will-monitor-cryptocurrency-markets-using-nasdaq-tech/) in bitcoin and Ethereum.\n\nNotably, she added:\n\n> Over time though, if we do look at it and say people are ready for a more regulated market for something that provides a fair experience for investors, certainly Nasdaq would consider becoming a crypto exchange, over time.\n\nAsked if she was a believer in cryptocurrencies, she bullishly stated:\n\n> I would definitely say that – I believe that digital currencies will continue to persist. It’s just a matter of how long it will take for that space to mature. Once you look at it and say, ‘ do we want to provide a regulated market for this?’, certainly, Nasdaq would consider it.’\n\n*Developing…*\n\n[Original Source Link](https://www.ccn.com/nasdaq-ceo-well-certainly-consider-becoming-a-cryptocurrency-exchange/)\n\n**Follow us on [Telegram](https://telegram.me/ccncom).**"}