KuCoin EU Bolsters Leadership with Key Hires Amid MiCAR Licensing Push

• KuCoin EU is deliberately expanding on experienced leadership with extensive knowledge in banking, payments, and cryptocurrency regulation.
• The Vienna, Austria-based KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH is dedicated to creating a digital asset brokerage that complies completely with the MiCAR framework.

KuCoin EU double reinforcement: The company’s four-member leadership team is now complete with the hiring of Christian Derler as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Managing Director for KuCoin EU Financial Services GmbH and Tamara Rubey as General Counsel and Managing Director of KuCoin EU Payment Services GmbH. KuCoin EU is deliberately expanding on experienced leadership with extensive knowledge in banking, payments, and cryptocurrency regulation as it goes through the Austrian Financial Market Authority’s (FMA) MiCAR license procedure.

The managing directors of KuCoin EU in Europe as a whole: CEO Oliver Stauber, COO Christian Niedermüller, CCO Christian Derler, and General Counsel Tamara Rubey now make up KuCoin EU’s leadership group.

Christian Derler has almost 20 years of conventional banking expertise. He most recently served as the head of BKS Bank’s Depositing, Asset Management, and Private Banking Division. He will be in charge of Business Development & Sales, Marketing & Growth, and other crucial operational tasks at KuCoin EU.

With prior positions at PSA, Coinpanion, and Bitpanda, lawyer Tamara Rubey has a wealth of knowledge in cryptocurrency regulation and payment services. She is known for being an experts on payments. She will head KuCoin EU Payment Services GmbH and oversee legal and regulatory matters in her role as General Counsel at KuCoin EU.

Christian Derler:

“I see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. KuCoin EU offers the perfect platform to apply my leadership experience and industry expertise – and be part of a real movement for the future. We’re building a product offering for Europe that will set new industry standards. The combination of global strength and European innovation is truly unique.”

Oliver Stauber, CEO of KuCoin EU:

“With Christian Derler and Tamara Rubey, we’re bringing in two top-tier professionals who perfectly complement our leadership team. Christian offers deep market knowledge and strategic insight from two decades in banking and finance, while Tamara elevates our legal capabilities with regulatory precision and a strong digital mindset. Together with COO Christian Niedermüller, our executive team is now ideally positioned to establish KuCoin EU as a strong force in Europe.”

BC Wong, CEO of KuCoin, adds:

“Operating securely and compliantly has always been a core strategy and unwavering commitment for KuCoin. From initiating the MiCAR license application to building a local presence in Europe and onboarding seasoned professionals with traditional finance and legal backgrounds, these are all deliberate steps in fulfilling that promise. And this is just the beginning. We will continue to build a secure and trustworthy platform for users across the globe.”

The Vienna, Austria-based KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH is dedicated to creating a digital asset brokerage that complies completely with the MiCAR framework. KuCoin EU seeks to provide customers in the European Economic Area (EEA) with safe and cutting-edge cryptocurrency products and services by using KuCoin’s cutting-edge technology and fostering the reputable KuCoin brand.