Luuk Stappers

Luuk Strijers possesses an absolutely elite background in traditional exchange operations and corporate finance. Before driving Deribit's massive growth, his highly rigorous background included managing listed products for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and handling business development for traditional derivatives exchanges in Amsterdam. This massive institutional background provided the exact credibility required to bridge the gap between traditional finance and crypto derivatives.

Luuk Strijers (often listed in early data as Stappers) is the Chief Executive Officer and a core executive force behind the massive scaling of Deribit. Joining the company in 2019 as Chief Commercial Officer, he was brought in to aggressively expand the platform's institutional footprint. He completely overhauled Deribit's sales, product strategy, and global business development, successfully onboarding massive traditional hedge funds and market makers to the platform. Under his commercial leadership, Deribit achieved total market dominance in crypto options. In 2024, he was promoted to CEO, managing the company's massive global operations and facilitating its historic $2.9 billion acquisition by Coinbase.