Jesse Pollak, head of protocols at Base, wrote about the recent celebrity token incident: "A few days from now, the same people will come back and sell us the same shit, wrapped in slightly different wrapping paper (e.g. New Celeb, New Air of Legitimacy, etc.). The only way for the industry to get out of this mess is for long-term thinkers to build a better future. It's up to us."
Jesse Pollak, head of protocols at Base, said on social media, "I hope Coinbase will list as many tokens as possible, including those from Base and other networks. More startups, more potential stocks, more memes, more utility tokens, more culture tokens, more DeFi tokens, more networks. More of everything. In the current model there is scarcity, and we need abundance. That's the highest priority. " "Brian Armstrong is right about how to scale this: - Adopt black...
On February 6, Jesse Powell, co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court accusing the co-op's board of directors at the 2500 Steiner Street apartment building of discriminating against his purchase of a home. The indictment alleges that Powell was denied for his association with the cryptocurrency industry, his experience with an FBI search of his home in early 2023, and his support for conservative causes. Powell said the apartment building's bo...
Kraken founder Jesse Powell expressed his support for bitcoin entrepreneur Roger Ver, also known as Bitcoin Jesus, to seek a pardon from President Trump. In an article on X, Powell argued that Mr. Ver, who renounced his US citizenship, was the victim of government overreach, not the tax evader portrayed by the authorities, arguing that the available evidence against him for tax evasion was highly dubious. Thus, an attempt by the Internal Revenue Service to prosecute and convict him appears to be...
Jesse Pollak, head of the Base protocol, wrote on X: "Base's annualised [on-chain] GDP is just over $1 billion, and the next target is $1 trillion."
Jesse Pollak, head of protocols at Base, said in a post on X: "After tweeting'Base belongs to all of us' in Chinese, I have been contacted by many amazing Chinese developers. I am very proud to be building with you and supporting Chinese developers is one of my top priorities for 2025. Which of the most base developers should I focus on?"
Regarding the view of Jesse Pollak, the head of the Base protocol, that "Ethereum and L2 are not in a zero-sum competition", Abstract Chain contributor Cygaar wrote on X: "This may be a somewhat controversial opinion, but I do believe that L2 will compete with Ethereum L1 in the short term. Once existed...
Jesse Pollak, the head of the Base protocol, replied to Solana co-founder toly on X: "I don't think the Base < > Ethereum relationship is a zero-sum competition. Base and other L2s are actually executing the Ethereum roadmap, and many of us have been working together on this for over 5 years. If Base develops...