Jakob Palmstierna
President at GSR
Jakob is the President of GSR. Prior to joining GSR, he was Head of EMEA business at Two Sigma Investments and a board director of Two Sigma International. He has over a decade of experience developing business and investment solutions in systematic investment management, including roles at Winton Capital Management and Barclays Global Investors (BGI). Jakob holds a BSc in Economics from Lund University and has completed the MSc coursework in Economics (without dissertation). He also has a Ships Officers Degree, Class VIII from Chalmers University of Technology.
Current Roles
News Mentions
RT @with_blockmedia: We sat down with Eddy from @TreehouseFi, a project backed by Lightspeed, Jump, GSR, and Wintermute! They are building…
"There is some fatigue in onchain markets." "But there will always be a market there." FOMO co-founder Paul (@paulerlanger) joined GSR's podcast to discuss the current and future state of the trenches, why onchain trading isn't going away, and how FOMO is gate-crashing the trading world. The app
"A few years ago, institutions asked whether they should own Bitcoin. Today, they are asking how to hold it more efficiently. At GSR, we've evolved alongside these changing client needs." Read this from Xin (@xinsong86), our CEO. https://www.gsr.io/insights/bitcoins-quiet-market-is-building-strong
GSR has submitted a comment letter to the SEC in response to its recent interpretive release on the application of the federal securities laws to certain crypto assets and secondary-market transactions. Our request is straightforward: the SEC should adopt a formal safe harbor for principal OTC trad
Had a great conversation with TP ICAP's Head of Digital Assets Broking. His view is that one of the biggest opportunities in crypto is moving the global FX market onto stablecoin rails. If that happens, firms like GSR providing liquidity and brokers like TP ICAP providing institutional access will
GSR has submitted a comment letter to the SEC in response to its recent interpretive release on the application of the federal securities laws to certain crypto assets and secondary-market transactions. Our request is straightforward: the SEC should adopt a formal safe harbor for principal OTC trad
What actually decides whether Bitcoin's rally holds? GSR's @baehr says it comes down to real rates, not the CPI headline. 🧠
What's Coinbase's North Star? According to @johnjdagostino, it's simple: touch every asset. On the latest episode of GSR's The Crypto Tape, he explains why that mission is accelerating and what's driving the shift. Watch here.
What's Coinbase's North Star? According to @johnjdagostino, it's simple: touch every asset. On the latest episode of GSR's The Crypto Tape, he explains why that mission is accelerating and what's driving the shift. Watch here.
RT @GSR_io: Freedom starts with free markets. Our own Chief Legal and Strategy Officer Josh Riezman (@JoshR_GSR) joined an inspirational…