David Kinitsky

Chief Executive Officer at Everstake

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David Kinitsky is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Everstake.Previously he worked at Kraken and Circle. He graduated from Cardoso Law School and the University of California, Berkeley.

Work Experience

Everstake

Chief Executive Officer

Jun, 2025 - Now

Digital Currency Group

Grayscale

Fidelity Investments

Circle

Vice President, Business Development

2019 - 2020

Kraken

Managing Director, US

2022 - 2023

Education Experience

Berkeley University of California

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