E166: Bitget CEO From Divorced Single Mom to Running a $20B/Day Crypto Exchange

When Shift Happens Podcast · Apr 9, 2026 · 1h 25m

Gracy Chen went from a divorced single mom to CEO of Bitget, a top 5 crypto exchange doing $20B in daily volume with 25 million users.

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