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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Kraken CEO Doubles Down on Anti-Woke Culture, Says 'Triggered' Employees Should Leave - Decrypt

As the crypto market continues to melt down, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell took to Twitter to emphasize a return to a crypto-first culture as the early Bitcoin exchange announced that it would continue hiring—reframing "diversity and inclusiveness" in the process.
"We're going to keep building and hopefully do a better job of filtering up front," Powell tweeted. "I think we've developed some really thoughtful policies that might not appease woke activists but work for the other 99% of the world."
1/ We recently attempted to summarize what the @krakenfx culture has been over the past 11 years, and what we hope it continues to be.
We had a few heated debates and it turns out we have about 20 people out of 3200 who are totally not on board. https://t.co/Ht6bagQ6T1
— Jesse Powell (@jespow) June 15, 2022
In a blog post released today, Kraken reiterated its mission of financial freedom and inclusion while emphasizing that different opinions are welcome.
"We will never ask that our employees...



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