Founder of TechCrunch, CrunchBase and Arrington Capital. Be Excellent To Each Other. 🚀🌕
Miami, FL
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Just passed on a deal I was almost to yes on because the CEO was rude to our waiter.
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A friend of a friend at Google interviewed at Facebook right as the virus hit. Accepted new job in March. Didn’t quit old job. Apparently does both jobs at home in 55 hours/week. Neither company knows yet. Might have reversed the co’s, not sure. I have so many thoughts on this.
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Good friend in town for Seattle, having dinner with him tonight and he sends me this. God, people are sick. And I don’t mean covid
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When a large company calls for regulation, what they are really requesting are regulatory costs that serve as barriers to entry, protecting them from upstart competitors. It means nothing else. Ever. cnbc.com/2019/03/30/mark-zuc…
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This is incitement of violence, glorifying violence and it’s the former CEO of Twitter. And, I thought, an old friend. I’m stunned.
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XRP is the best performing major crypto asset over 90 days.
XRP is the best performing major crypto asset over 180 days.
XRP is the best performing major crypto asset over 1 year.
XRP is the best performing major crypto asset over 3 years (except for Tron).
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I am a long time investor in and champion of @coinbase. Something that has to be said though - this hack - which includes home addresses and account balances - will lead to people dying. It probably has already. The human cost, denominated in misery, is much larger than the $400m or so they think it will actually cost the company to reimburse people.
The consequences to companies who do not adequately protect their customer information should include, without limitation, prison time for executives.
Very disappointed in Coinbase right now. Using the cheapest option for customer service has its price. And Coinbase's customers will bear that cost.
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Met someone today from Philippines. Their job is to transcribe audio and video files from a major venture backed startup that claims to use AI to do it.
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Just returned from a trip to Miami. The positivity and energy are off the charts. Feels like Silicon Valley in the mid 90s or 2005 when I started TechCrunch. The contrast to SF/Seattle is stark. Thank you, Miami, for the very warm reception. Life felt normal again.
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Its so interesting that car dealerships don't really want to sell new cars for cash any more. They are laser focused on the financing option and get visibly frustrated when you say you just want to give them money and get a car and that's the whole transaction.
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I passed on the first round of Doordash. $50k into that round is apparently worth $80m now. That’ll keep me humble.
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I vote Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse for SEC Chair.
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The smartest people I know ask a lot of dumb questions. “He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
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Will the last taxpayer to leave California please turn the lights...oh wait, just leave the lights off.
California, Which Entered U.S. as Free State in 1850, to Study ‘Reparations‘ for Slavery
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I don’t think very many people understand how big of a deal Ripple Prime is. It’s not only going to be a huge business, it gives hedge funds like us unparalleled new tools to engage with markets. Getting onboarded has been one of our highest priorities at @Arrington_Cap for the last few months.
With today’s close of Hidden Road (now Ripple Prime), Ripple has announced 5 major acquisitions in ~2 years (GTreasury last week, Rail in August, Standard Custody in 2024, Metaco in 2023). As we continue to build solutions towards enabling an Internet of Value – I’m reminding you all that XRP sits at the center of everything Ripple does. Lock in.
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I can no longer read TechCrunch, the company I founded, because I use an adblocker to stop malware. Sigh.
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Saying companies are leaving the Bay Area only because of taxes is to pretend that people really don’t mind stepping over needles and into human shit every time they go for a walk. San Francisco is disgusting, and ruled by psychos. Of course they are fleeing.
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Happy New Year from Miami. Life is good here. Masks are optional and no one has to show a vaccine card.
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Remember, insider trading is wrong and illegal. Unless you work for the Fed or are in Congress.
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There is zero risk for Coinbase and others to now relist XRP.
The magistrate judge in the SEC's case against @Ripple has made comments that should leave the blockchain firm "feeling pretty good," says an observing lawyer.
Via @JamieCrawleyCD trib.al/0cKYpBJ
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Got the email today that a lot of Silicon Valley insiders received. That we can have access to private testing immediately. I HATE that certain people can get immediate testing based on who you are or who you know.
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"OMG IT’S FREE MONEY I AM SO SMART" to “FUCKING FUCK WE NEED DEFI REGULATION NOW!” in record time.
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We are finally onboarded with Hidden Road. It has a bunch of incredible tools for our business as a hedge fund. Ripple has made some incredible acquisitions, but Hidden Road may the best one so far. There are incredible synergies between the Hidden Road Business and Ripple's stable coin, for example.
Introducing Ripple Prime: We’re pleased to share that our acquisition of Hidden Road is officially complete, making Ripple the first crypto company to own and operate a global, multi-asset prime broker – bringing the promise of digital assets to institutional customers at scale. ripple.com/insights/ripple-c…
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Reconciled with @bgarlinghouse, broke bread and are moving on from his verbal attacks. We are keeping our XRP!
I finally admitted defeat yesterday and shaved my head for good. Showed @bgarlinghouse and he laughed and said I look like Marc Andreessen. So anyway, we're selling all of our XRP.
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I’m not going to sugar coat it. The last several hours in crypto were absolutely terrifying. And I’ve seen some shit.
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Last night with @tiesto @bgarlinghouse @rabois and #PalmTreeCrew and a few hundred other people. So fun.
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There is no set of circumstances under which I would ever give @gofundme another donation.
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Gensler accused of being in 'complete contempt of Congress' with crackdown on Coinbase - ‘He’s portraying crypto as the villain in order to portray himself as a political hero,’ says one Democratic congressman marketwatch.com/story/opposi…
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One thing San Francisco has proven is that even with unlimited public funds, socialist authoritarian policies still result in utter failure and misery. It’s stunning, really. How did they screw that up so badly?
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I love how senators just have to say "let's fuck this random stuff up" and then all the people in that industry pour money into their coffers to convince them not to. It's a direct analogy to "nice store you have here, what a shame if something bad were to happen to it"
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I stand with XRP
Today, the SEC voted to attack crypto. Chairman Jay Clayton - in his final act - is picking winners and trying to limit US innovation in the crypto industry to BTC and ETH. (1/3) fortune.com/2020/12/21/rippl…
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It was super interesting to watch our language evolve in real time today. For real, not being sarcastic. Politics aside, this is an awesome display of pure power.
As recently as last month, Webster’s Dictionary included a definition of “preference” as “orientation” or “sexual preference.” TODAY they changed it and added the word “offensive."
Insane - I just checked through Wayback Machine and it’s real.
(via @ThorSvensonn & @chadfelixg)
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Mission accomplished #XRP
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Fantastic dinner with @bgarlinghouse, Trent Herren and Brad Garlinghouse’s credit card at @SeaspiceMIA.
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Blackrock-Backed Treasuries Arrive on XRP Ledger - nice @bgarlinghouse
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When will the triple vaccinated people start targeting the merely double vaccinated people for being problematic?
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We received a second subpeona from the SEC, again collecting information from us as investors in a U.S. company. The legal costs of dealing with these are not insignificant. We will not invest in any further U.S. deals until the SEC clarifies token rules. Pivot to Asia.
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I finally admitted defeat yesterday and shaved my head for good. Showed @bgarlinghouse and he laughed and said I look like Marc Andreessen. So anyway, we're selling all of our XRP.
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One thing Gensler made clear today: He thinks all of crypto is under his control, and he's eager to expand the power of the SEC. He said the law is clear based on 75 enforcement actions, but seems to be walking back clarity on ETH, at least. All I see is more muddy water.
Gensler sets SEC sights on DeFi, crypto lending and more in expansive speech on regulation theblockcrypto.com/post/1134…
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"Ripple’s XRP saw trading volumes of $7.5 billion and $6.3 billion over the past two days, equating to 50% of the total daily trading volume of the Korean stock market, typically around $14 billion. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's dominance has fallen to 54.3%, its lowest level since April 2024."
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I had a preliminary zoom call with a crypto startup. They took a picture of me in the zoom and posted it to their discord, suggesting that we will be investing or partnering with them. This is dishonest, and it is a very good way to get us to an immediate "no".
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My parents took me to the Soviet Union in 1980. I was very young, but if affected me greatly. I wish more Americans could visit the world, and see how great we have it.
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Old friend visiting Miami from California. Invited me to dinner and requested I bring my vaccination card. My friend, you are not in California any more.
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Right...Let's take @elonmusk, the most dynamic and interesting entrepreneur in America, and tell him he can't do that stuff any more. Because of one stupid tweet. Great job, SEC.
SEC seeks to bar Elon Musk from serving as an officer or director of a publicly traded company if found guilty; Musk calls SEC action unjustified (@saracsalinas / CNBC)
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I’m more proud of @stablekwon today than I’ve ever been of any founder I’ve ever known.
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There are a LOT of very rich Silicon Valley people virtue signaling about climate change who also own their own planes and charter a super yacht every summer. What I’m saying is, more of you need to invite me along.
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Quite a few of my anti gun friends have asked me what types of guns they should buy just in case. Sort of like that saying about how there are no atheists in foxholes.
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If you’re perplexed as to why investors would aggressively invest in Ripple at a $10b valuation, the problem may be you. Or you could just keep believing you’re so smart and they’re so dumb.
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These arguments that ripple is only worth their XRP holdings and therefore is worthless because xrp is worthless and all the people who own xrp have been duped and lack agency requires fairly stunning amounts of cognitive dissonance to pull off.
Ripple just raised $500 million from a group of marquee investors.
But here’s how outside VCs see it:
“[The company] is not worth anything outside of XRP holdings. No one uses their tech. No usage on the network/blockchain.”
@steven_ehrlich investigates
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"XRP is no slouch, either. Despite an all-out attack by
the SEC on Ripple, XRP has largely shrugged off the drama: It rose 160% in Q1, matching Ether’s spectacular rise."
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This deal is done. $1.1b techcrunch.com/2024/10/17/st…
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Half way through #SwellByRipple and meeting twitter folks in real life. Selfie with @XrpMr @BakkupBradley @digitalassetbuy, Graham and @bgarlinghouse before everyone started the serious drinking. 💪🏼
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Bill Gates has done every single thing he could do to please the progressive left. There is no way to win, except leave the US. The lunatics are running the asylum.
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I just met @EnesFreedom. He’s a true American hero. Thank you @jacobhelberg and @rabois for inviting me to your home today.
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Coindesk with the scoop - Today we are launching our second fund - The $100 million Arrington Algo Growth Fund. I'll write a blog post later today as well. coindesk.com/arrington-capit… via @realDannyNelson
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Professors benefit from giving toxic and dangerous advice to students and society. That’s because they make money by impoverishing students in a lifetime of debt, and suffer no downside should anyone listen to their ridiculous ideas.
Venture capitalists benefit from giving toxic and dangerous advice to startups. That's because the risk to the VC is bounded — the amount invested — whereas the costs to founders and workers' health, to society, to democracy, and to the environment are unbounded.
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5/ So while Ripple pays (presumably) tens of millions of dollars to fight off the SEC and protect the entire industry from corruption, some of you say anyone associated with it is dead to you. Fine, sir, I am dead to you. I applaud what they are fighting for. I can live with that
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