Dubai-based Deribit is “actively reassessing potential opportunities” in the U.S., CEO Luuk Strijers said, after “the recent shift towards a more favorable regulatory stance on crypto in the U.S.” Deribit joins a wave of crypto companies from Europe and Asia aiming to capitalize on President Donald Trump’s pledge to make the U.S. the global digital assets hub. The crypto exchanges OKX — based in the Seychelles — and Bulgaria’s Nexo are both planning to open U.S. offices, as are Switzerland’s Wintermute and Dubai’s DWF Labs, two of the sector’s biggest market makers. Crypto companies had for the past few years been shifting their focus away from the U.S. due to a regulatory crackdown by agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following the downfall of the FTX exchange. Trump, however, has courted the crypto industry, promising to “make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world,” with the SEC having halted or ended several high-profile cases since the election, and the Department of Justice disbanding its cryptocurrency enforcement unit. “I think the entire market feels good about regulatory clarity,” David Rutter, CEO of British blockchain firm R3, told. “The Trump memecoin was a big signal that things had changed for the U.S. in a pretty sizable way.”