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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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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

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and Rey and more.

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

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@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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It really is beautiful to go out and have fun again with groups of people.

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Unreal!

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I hope we'll have the chance to met in the future. Keep doing this excellent job

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Bravo. Well said.

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This is the most wholesome post I’ve read on the internet today. I’m so glad it was such a great experience. Good job on all the hard work. 👏🏼💪🏼

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Great thread. Although I weren't there, I feel it.

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Awesome thread. You’re a legend 🔥

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amazing, for some people (like me) we hope to be there or somewher else next year! All of us we deserve it

@mollsunminding

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This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I can’t wait to sing and dance in a crowd again ❤️

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