Gregory Klumov is the Founder and CEO of the STASIS platform, a European MiCA-regulated fintech company behind the stablecoin, STASIS EURO. ^[1][2][3]

Education

Gregory Klumov attended Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) where he earned a BS in Information Technology. He also earned a BS in Information Technology from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation (MSTUCA). Afterward, he went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. in Economics at the Moscow Institute of World Economics and International Relations. ^[3]

In 2013, he attended the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO where he studied for an MBA (Master of Business Administration). ^[3]

Career

Klumov started his career in 2004 as an Analyst in the Investment Department at North-East Investment Bank. In 2007, he moved to the position of Chief Analyst of the Department of Financial Analysis and Market Research at Metalloinvest. In August 2008, Klumov served as Head of the Asset Management Department at ISB Advance Family Office. ^[3]

From December 2009 to 2011, he was an Investment Director at Everest Asset Management
where he served as a key player on an investment committee that approved investments for prop position HNW accounts and self-managed hedge funds. From 2010 to 2015, he served as a Portfolio Manager for CentroCredit Bank and SBD Global Fund. ^[3]

He has also served as an Investor at Kerrisdale Capital Management LLC, Access Midstream, Alden Global Capital, Antares Investment Management, Inc., Tahoe Resources Inc., and Violin Memory from 2012 to 2015. ^[3]

Klumov was a Board Member at Telcentris and a Managing Director at Continium Fund from 2013 to November 2016. Before founding STASIS, Klumov served as a Deputy CEO / Investment Director at Matrix Advisors from March 2016 to May 2017. ^[1][3]

STASIS

Gregory Klumov founded STASIS in May 2017 and serves as the CEO of the organization. ^[1][2]

STASIS is a European MiCA-regulated fintech company that designs Web3 tools allowing institutional and retail clients to handle digital currencies and public blockchains. STASIS provides tech solutions for businesses offering users the following services: third-party audits, custodial services, smart contract creation, brokerage, trading support, etc. ^[1]

STASIS is the company behind STASIS EURO (EURS) which was launched in June 2018. STASIS EURO is fully collateralized and backed at 1:1 with the euro, and all EURS tokens are backed by the company’s collateral reserves. ^[4]

"Stasis means in Physics, equilibrium and stability were all forces are equalized. So this is what we do with digital assets, we make sure their value in digital world equals the value in the traditional world of the collateral they hold behind" - Gregory stated in an interview. ^[5]

Stasis is based in Malta, a small island nation located in the Mediterranean Sea. Malta has been actively promoting itself as a blockchain-friendly jurisdiction and, as a result, has become home to many crypto and blockchain companies. The STASIS team is decentralized and primarily comprises European staff. ^[6]

STASIS EURO (EURS)

STASIS EURO (EURS) is a stablecoin backed by the fiat asset — the Euro. It is supported by an ecosystem of liquidity providers, custodians, exchanges, payment platforms, and others.

The EURS token is deployed as an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain, which is secured by a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. In 2021, EURS became available on Ethereum layer-2 chains like Arbitrum, Polygon, Gnosis Chain, Algorand, XRP and XDC Network. Additionally, STASIS EURO complies with existing European regulatory requirements, adheres to AML and KYC verification procedures, and has a partnership with KPMG. ^[7]

"Tether was the inspiration behind EURS. I got to proceed with this project because I wanna just wanted to make it right, transparent, and legitimate so institutional's can be trading this asset and it feels natural for them in terms of the quality of the asset"^[5]

On what his goal is with STASIS, Klumov responded:

"We want to establish real competition with U.S. dollar, to change the global hegemony and the way the United States deals with everyone who is touching dollars, moving dollars, trading with dollars. I’ve mentioned that before, and it’s our long term vision." ^[8]