from Hacker News

CEO of Kraken, the Cryptocurrency Exchange, Steps Down

by prions on 9/21/22, 9:02 PM with 17 comments

  • by boxmonster on 9/22/22, 12:03 AM

    Obviously Jesse Powell isn't right for the CEO position but I do have a tiny bit of sympathy because I refuse to put my preferred pronouns in my profile. I think it's an invasion of privacy to force me to announce to the whole world my gender identity. Friends and coworkers know on a need-to-know basis.

  • by contingencies on 9/21/22, 10:04 PM

    First employee and chief architect for Kraken here (2011-2015). I'll be professional and state only that this news is "unsurprising".

  • by witheld on 9/21/22, 9:10 PM

  • by JumpCrisscross on 9/21/22, 9:18 PM

    "The conflict at Kraken began this spring after Mr. Powell questioned employees’ use of preferred pronouns and engaged in a lengthy discussion about whether women are inherently less intelligent than men.

    Some employees voiced complaints, and Mr. Powell released a company culture document outlining what he described as Kraken’s libertarian values. He told employees that if they disagreed with the document, they should quit."