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Bonus Episode: An Interview with Stuart Sopp, CEO of Current

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News, Business News, Investing, Business

4.7836 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Dan interviews Stuart Sopp, CEO of Current about his company's mission, the future of banking, and Stuart's background as a trader. Shoot us an email at OnTheTape@riskreversal.com with any feedback, suggestions, or questions for us to answer on the pod and follow us @OnTheTapePod. We’re on social: Follow Dan Nathan @RiskReversal on Twitter Follow @GuyAdami on Twitter Follow Danny Moses @DMoses34 on Twitter Follow us on Instagram @RiskReversalMedia Subscribe to our YouTube page

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0:00.0

You are listening to a bonus episode of On the Tape and OK Computer. This episode will be in both

0:05.8

feeds. This was a really special interview that I had with Stuart Sop. He is the CEO and founder

0:11.2

of Current, which is also the presenting sponsor of OK Computer and a supporter of On the Tape. Guy Dami,

0:17.9

thanks for joining me. How are you, bud? I'm doing really well. I'm so

0:20.9

excited for this interview. I love stuff like this. I love his background. You know, we share

0:25.3

similar backgrounds, although he is far more accomplished than I, Dan. Well, listen, you know,

0:31.2

the listener is going to really enjoy this because, you know, Stewart's path through finance started

0:35.8

as an FX trader, and he traded at large banks all over the

0:39.6

world from London to Sydney to Hong Kong back to New York and it was really interesting talking to

0:44.4

Stewart. I've known Stewart. I've become good friends with Stewart over the last couple of years.

0:48.4

I just didn't know where the origin for current came from. He had a young guy sitting on his desk

0:52.3

who showed them the Bitcoin white paper years ago and it just kind of changed the way he thought of trading foreign exchange,

0:59.0

and he created a company to kind of manifest a little bit of that kind of crypto ethos in a way.

1:04.2

Guy, you're into the crypto ethos, aren't you, buddy? I am, and I remember when I saw the Bitcoin

1:08.4

white paper back in 2013, it changed my life as well.

1:12.0

I'm just saying.

1:12.9

All right.

1:13.4

Well, listen, on that note, enjoy my conversation with Stuart Sop, the CEO founder of Current.

1:20.4

Stuart Sop is the CEO and founder of Current, a leading U.S. financial technology platform,

1:26.0

serving Americans working to create better future

1:28.3

for themselves. From 1999 to 2014, he spent his career developing and trading financial

1:34.2

systems at Morgan Stanley, City, and Deutsche Bank. He started current after recognizing that the

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