Brigadier General Wonderfi’s Skurka to bring users onchain, the development of encryption and fluctuations in Canada

When Dean Skurka joined BitBuy in 2018, the platform had only four employees, a few thousand users, about $ 25 million in trading volume. Quickly forward to this day, Skurka Nowses Wonderfi is supervised by a company that enhances many Canadian exchanges, features 1.7 million accounts, and $ 2 billion guards of client assets.

But Skurka not only sits on a local empire – it’s construction abroad.

In a conversation with Coindesk, the President and CEO of Wonderfi, Dean Skurka, detailed the next chapter of his company: Launching 2 Blockchain layer In partnership with ZKSYNC and expanding in Australia, a country says, “Verify both funds” from the organizational clarity and strong adoption. He also discussed expectations for central exchanges and how the encryption scene changes in Canada.

Below is an edited and brief version of his conversation with Coindsk, before appearing in the 2025 consensus in Toronto.

Layer 2 payment

The central stock exchange said in February that it launches Blockchain layer 2 depends on ZKSYNC to connect its users to decentralized financing (Defi).

“When we think about the long -term direction throughout the industry, we see a truly strong synergy between central exchanges, where users arise or originate, and give them a smooth bridge for everything that happens in the series today.”

Skurka says Wonderfi’s knowledge of running trading platforms, organizational credibility, and asset base gives it an advantage over a large number of other layers that connect Defi.

Unlike some other Layer 2 chains launched with great symbolic incentives or VC noise, Skurka says that Wonderfi’s approach is more arranged and long. It plans to enhance long -term use through construction incentives, penetration and support for the ecosystems.

Central against decentralized exchanges

Instead of watching decentralized stock exchanges as competitors for central exchanges, Skuka sees extensions. Central stock exchanges provide a bridge for users for the first time to move from buying and selling encryption on organized and reliable platforms for activities that open new products more innovative in the ecosystem for encryption.

“[Centralized exchanges] They build components that will allow their users to interact smoothly on the chain, but at the same time, building capacity on the stock exchange side to look closer to traditional financial services products, which we believe will create a gradual value on both sides over the next five to 10 years. “

Evolution of encryption in Canada

Wonderfi is a dominant exchange in Canada, and is able to monitor how the country’s encryption scene changes.

Canada has a strong encoding date – both ETHEREUM and the first Bitcoin ETF spot are born there. It was also one of the first countries to have a regulatory framework for encryption trading platforms.

He said: “Some of the most innovative products and services in this space have moved out or outside Canada due to lack of clarity about those products and services,” noting products such as Defi and Layer 2 apps and their derivatives.

Wonderfi now aims to change this, after working closely with Canadian organizers to create trading and zigzag guidelines.

Skurka added: “We are working alongside the organizers to give them comfort in some of these most innovative products and services, and we hope that entrepreneurs, builders and developers will encourage really to stay in Canada and build products with confidence.”

As the United States is now more open to encryption and many boxes circulating on the stock market open to investors, the mentality in Canada has also begun to shift. Wonderfi, which has mostly controlled a platform, sees attention from Canadian institutional investors such as family offices and private stocks who want to be exposed to digital assets.

“I think this was a truly major shift over the past year, and that is something [institutional investors’ interest] “We expect to really accelerate the next few years,” Skuka said.

Australia and beyond

Skurka does not stop in Canada. He looks forward to expanding the scope of his company to other regions, Starting with AustraliaSkirka describes the countryside as a “clear and brief organization” and a strong adoption rate.

“Australia was a really good market for us to target at the beginning, and from there, we will really search for other markets,” Skuka said.

Great fluctuation

Like nature around the clock throughout the week, the CEO of this fast -paced industry has not been done.

In the case of Skurka, this is exactly what he keeps awake at night: fluctuation – which constitutes the perception of the industry and its feelings.

“It is possible that the short -term volatility really affects expectations of work and has an effect on users, employees, and team morale. Therefore, it is really just something we look forward to achieving a balance between the best we can,” Skoka said.

But after he has been in this industry since 2018 and moved to climb and extreme landing, he learned to ride fluctuation.

“I think we have a really good treatment, and we have a truly strong team that understands nature 24 hours this work-the fluctuation of this work-and we are really good.”