[HN Gopher] CEO of Kraken, the Cryptocurrency Exchange, Steps Down
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       CEO of Kraken, the Cryptocurrency Exchange, Steps Down
        
       Author : prions
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-09-21 21:02 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | JumpCrisscross wrote:
       | "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.
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       | 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."
        
         | mrkramer wrote:
         | That's wild.
        
           | stoplying1 wrote:
           | I got a pretty complacent or even celebratory vibe from folks
           | around here when a very similar played out at Coinbase...
        
         | exysle wrote:
         | I identify as an Eastasian housewife.
        
         | tmpz22 wrote:
         | > Kraken's libertarian values. He told employees that if they
         | disagreed with the document, they should quit."
         | 
         | Isn't this an oxymoron. "I believe in an ideology based around
         | self-determination, if you deviate from my directions by
         | asserting your right to self-determination, like the literal
         | definition of your own name, you should quit".
         | 
         | Sometimes the announcement of libertarian values just seems
         | like a dog-whistle.
        
       | contingencies wrote:
       | First employee and chief architect for Kraken here (2011-2015).
       | I'll be professional and state only that this news is
       | "unsurprising".
        
       | witheld wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/qur2R
        
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