From Kraken's Legal Shark to Pantera's Powerhouse: Marco Santori Joins as General Partner

Pantera Capital Snags Crypto Legal Legend to Boost Token Deals and IPOs

Hold onto your hats, crypto fans! Pantera Capital, the big-shot venture capital firm from California, just scored a major coup by bringing on Marco Santori, the former legal mastermind from Kraken, as their new general partner. With the crypto world buzzing about token deals and IPOs, Santori's joining the team couldn't come at a better time!

Santori's no stranger to the wild west of crypto regulations. As the ex-chief legal officer at Kraken, he's been the go-to guy for navigating the legal minefield and helping startups gear up for those high-stakes public listings. Now, he's ready to bring that expertise to Pantera Capital and shake things up!

"Time to put my money where my mouth is. Correction: Time to put *your* money where my mouth is, because today I am joining @PanteraCapital as a General Partner. I’m making the jump from lawyer to investor, and I think this is the perfect time to do it…"

This guy's a legend in the crypto scene, folks! Santori's the brain behind the SAFT framework, the secret sauce that lets projects sell tokens to investors before they even launch. Talk about a game-changer!

At Kraken, Santori led an army of nearly 70 lawyers and stared down two intense enforcement actions from the SEC without breaking a sweat. And that's not all - he also served as the chief legal officer at Blockchain.com. This dude's been everywhere!

"For twelve years I've worked alongside you all to build the regulatory environment crypto enjoys today. We've won allies in Congress, unseated its most vicious detractors, and even helped put a pro-crypto president in the White House. The work's not done, but we're clearly in a new era, and now it's time to invest in it."

Marco Santori

Even though he's moving on to Pantera, Santori's still got Kraken's back as a senior adviser. Over at Pantera Capital, where they're managing a cool $5 billion in assets, he's setting his sights on companies "building in regulated spaces." Santori's on a mission to find those cutting-edge projects that can push the regulatory envelope without going over the edge, get them the funding they need, and watch them soar!