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1) I don’t usually like parties. But watching a room of people wake up for the first time in a year was beautiful.

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2) much of the world shut down last year. Crypto didn’t.

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3) But we the people of the industry did shut down. As our industry and jobs expanded exponentially, our lives were on standstill.

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4) the world made a choice for us: a choice to grind to a halt. In most places, it’s still mostly halted. But Miami is alive.

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5) and so 12,000 people—most of whom had never met before—flew to one place to shake hands.

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6) I met

for the first time, and talked about my favorite tweet.

walked headfirst into the most obvious tweet trap in history. I hugged

and bantered with

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3:55 PM · Jun 6, 2021Twitter for iPhone

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7) and I met some members of our own team in person for the first time. I watched

watch the fruits of his labor swirl in confetti and flames at FTX Arena, and hung out with

on a boat. I strategized with Dan and Alfarida and @Brett_FTXUS.

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8) and I watched our counterparties learn, in person, why we hired

and

and Rey and more.

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9) But the highlight was the end. As midnight became 4am, I stood in LIV with

and

@stoolpresidente

and watched as 100 close collaborators and friends and competitors jumped up and down in rhythm with Diplo.

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10) a hundred close friends who had only ever known each other as Twitter profiles; laughing and hugging and dancing and sometimes even crying as they released a year and a half of loneliness, together.

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@CryptoParadyme

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OCDecaf (Ear Ringing)

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What’s your favorite tweet?

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legit wholesome seeing all our fav ct people under one thread lmao

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Asset CΩwboy (WEF Family Office)

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btcvix aka the guy who got arrested for stealing textbooks from a biomedical lab.... while he was a night security guard... 😂 Dude also shills rugpulls all the time on SSB it went downhill bad

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