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Jesse Powell

@jespow

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Co-Founder & Chairman @KrakenFX Founder @Verge_Arts Former pro player @Wizards_Magic #VirtualGoods🎮 Peddler since 2001 #NFT🖼️ Hoarder #Bitcoin Enthusiast

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Joined August 2009
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Jesse Powell
1 year
I just personally donated $1m (mostly #ETH) to @realDonaldTrump. For too long, the crypto industry has been under attack by Elizabeth Warren, Gary Gensler and others. Despite overwhelming bipartisan Congressional efforts to put clear rules in place, the Biden White House has
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Jesse Powell
10 days
In the 90’s I took my gf to a @wizards_magic tournament. She walked into the room of 500 dudes, said “what’s that smell?”, did the fastest about face I’ve ever seen and walked out. Of course, it was the smell of Magic greatness, and it’s why no woman has won a Pro Tour.
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Jesse Powell
10 days
Another connousier of smells, and Rorschach tests. Illiterate bigots have revealed themselves. Well done. Never apologize.
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pash
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@taycaldwell @xai imagine the smell
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Jesse Powell
20 days
How to lie as a journalist: 1. you're a prosecutor not a judge 2. find anon "source" who will say anything 3. don't validate claims 4. hide narrative violations 5. cherry pick quotes, use out of context 6. mischaracterize: "people are terrible" -> he said children are "terrible"
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hari raghavan
20 days
THIS NEWS WAS NOT FIT TO PRINT Yesterday’s @nytimes piece was intellectually defunct. It bothered me so much that I thought I’d write a detailed dissection of everything that’s wrong with it. First, we should acknowledge @danprimack's reasonable analysis: he observes that no
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Jesse Powell
27 days
@america
America
27 days
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: “We can not incarcerate our way out of vioIence... it's racist…”
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Jesse Powell
1 month
Hashtag Beastmode. Hashtag Meat in the Game. Hashtag I shoulda hired @arjunsethi 10 years ago. Unbelievable first year run as co-CEO. I hate dilution but the quality and alignment of this last round of investors is insane. I'm more optimistic about @krakenfx than ever. 🫡🐙🚀
@arjunsethi
Arjun Sethi
1 month
We just announced that @krakenfx has raised $800M, a milestone that reflects years of work, discipline, and conviction. I am proud of what our team has built and grateful for the partners who chose to join us. But this is not a post about a fundraise. I want to share the side of
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Jesse Powell
2 months
Called it in 2018. At the time, I attributed it to retardation. However, @Salesforce could have benefitted significantly by dis-employing a lot of FinTech talent in SF. There is some suicidal empathy at play but there's also a massive grift on the squalor. https://t.co/XYW2P7U9jN
@PirateWires
Pirate Wires
2 months
In 2018, Marc Benioff went to war for Prop C — the largest tax hike on businesses in San Francisco history to fund homeless services — publicly demonizing Jack Dorsey and Patrick Collison for their skepticism. Now he's asking for the National Guard to clean up the urban blight
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Jesse Powell
3 months
When you are at work, the public face of a corporation, you don’t have free speech. If you are working at Disneyland inside your Mickey Mouse costume, you don’t get to say whatever you want and keep your job because “free speech”.
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Jesse Powell
3 months
My question is: to what end? What’s the point in intentionally strawmanning? Make a fake person that doesn’t exist, attack that effigy… why? Because murdering an innocent person with bad ideas is less morally damning? Is this all astroturf for a bloodthirsty murder cult or what?
@thatsKAIZEN
Kaizen D. Asiedu
3 months
Realizing how much distortion there was of Charlie Kirk’s message is red pilling me all over again.
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Jesse Powell
3 months
And there’s a conceptual convergence forming. There is no difference between politics and religion, emotional discomfort and physical violence, disagreement and blasphemy. Celebrating murdering people for engaging in debate or drawing cartoons you don’t like? You’re in a cult.
@Austen
Austen Allred
3 months
There’s a new political divide forming: If you celebrate when an innocent person whose political views differ from you is assassinated you’re gone. Don’t care what that person’s political persuasion is or how strongly you disagree with them. Cant think of one counterexample.
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Jesse Powell
3 months
If you hated dogs and wanted to harm dogkind as much as possible, you would institute a catch and release policy for the 1% rabid bitey bois. Being visually indistinguishable, the other 99% bestest good service bois would suffer by association, become feared and ostracized.
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Jesse Powell
3 months
When dealing with stray animals which cannot be held morally accountable for their actions, we generally have 5 avenues for dealing with antisocial behavior in civilization: 1. Bonded custodianship 2. Institutionalization 3. Exile 4. Release to the wild 5. Euthanasia
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Jesse Powell
3 months
When dealing with stray animals which cannot be held morally accountable for their actions, we generally have 5 avenues for dealing with antisocial behavior in civilization: 1. Bonded custodianship 2. Institutionalization 3. Exile 4. Release to the wild 5. Euthanasia
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Jesse Powell
4 months
Skill issue. It's not about logic or consistency. The rules reflect a highly developed art form. The novice crumbles trying to make sense of it. The experienced student simply follows the rules. The master, becomes the art. "I am a space dolphin and your question is offensive."
@AmazingZoltan
Alex Zoltan
4 months
A woman in Vancouver was denied access to a "2SLGBTIAQ+-friendly" outdoor theatre because her hair violated the venue's "Code of Conduct Cultural Appropriation policy."
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Jesse Powell
5 months
Can I get a $30m refund?
@WatcherGuru
Watcher.Guru
5 months
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC declares crypto liquid staking activities are not considered securities.
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SmartMove
10 days
Looking for the perfect movies to stream this holiday season? 🍿 Whether you’re celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas, or just cozying up with loved ones — we’ve got you covered.
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Jesse Powell
5 months
Happy 10 years, @ethereum!
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@krakenfx
Kraken
5 months
14 years of battle-testing Bitcoin. 14 years of building when others bailed. 14 years of Kraken. Celebrate with @jespow on X Spaces. No filters. Just crypto history. Today @12PM PT https://t.co/bEcfFYkp1o ...and yeah, he's gonna talk about it 👀
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Jesse Powell
5 months
Very glad to have this behind me. It never made sense but neither does the @rstormsf trial. Wild how quickly you can have your life upended. I'm grateful for those who saw through it and for my stellar legal team. Now, turning my attention back to @krakenfx. 🐙🚀
@jeffjohnroberts
Jeff Roberts
5 months
🚨FBI drops investigation into Kraken founder @jespow Agents raided his home & seized his devices. News of raid leaked to NYT Hugely damaging to Powell and his company—all based on nothing Hard not to see this as retaliation for his political views https://t.co/7UiydxdX4t
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Jesse Powell
5 months
Go to the market once a week, batch cook a bunch of satiating meat, chop it up, keep it in a bag and snack on it whenever hungry. < 1hr of work. Also, fruit. Better, healthier, instantly available.
@austin_rief
Austin Rief ☕️
5 months
$30 in fees just to get delivery in NYC. That feels unsustainable.
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@rstormsf
Roman Storm 🇺🇸 🌪️
5 months
Dear Software Community, 🚀🔒 It's Roman Storm here. As my trial begins on July 14, we're facing an unexpected hurdle: ⚠️ What started as a planned 2-week trial is now expected to last 3-4 weeks due to complex legal arguments and unforeseen witnesses and evidence. This means
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Roman Storm is being prosecuted for developing open-source code, setting a dangerous precedent for all developers. His case is a fight for coding freedom and privacy. Stand for justice! #FreeRomanS...
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Jesse Powell
6 months
It's extra insidious because it's like 95% accurate but then it just makes up the other 5% and then repeatedly lies to you about it, pretends to fix it while continuing to lie to you about it and not fixing it. Hard to catch. Cannot be relied upon for anything remotely important.
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Jesse Powell
6 months
Man, fuck you. You're fired.
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