Vugar Usi Zade, Bitget COO: Ongoing Ripple lawsuit, SEC's stance may delay approval for altcoin ETFs in US
Vugar Usi Zade is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Bitget exchange, a cryptocurrency trading platform and web3 company. FXStreet interviewed Zade and gathered his insights on Solana, the meme coin ecosystem, Bitget’s campaign for bankrupt FTX exchange’s creditors, the wallet products’ recent integration with the Monad testnet and comments on Bitcoin and Ethereum’s price expectations for the first half of 2025.
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