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@aiouy

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towards sound money and beautiful cities. ceo @shakepay

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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
4 years
I came to bitcoin because I could write code to move money without needing someone else’s permission I stayed to help everyone else do that
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I came to Bitcoin to make an investment, I stayed to understand how the world works
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if you think gofundme is bad wait til you hear about CBDC
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3 years
just voted
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13% of canadians own #bitcoin according to bank of canada up from 5% a year ago
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3 years
tell me you're into bitcoin without telling me you're into bitcoin
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3 years
What is money?
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3 years
congrats, we've flattened the curve
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4 years
Imagine we were here, now, and bitcoin did not exist?
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3 years
Three years ago, we lost our product, revenues, and all our customers. A very public failure. 1 month later, we re-launched @shakepay . Today, @shakepay is a top 10 financial app on the 🇨🇦 App Store. Never quit.
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@aiouy
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2 years
#bitcoin ownership in Canada more than doubled in 2021 13% of Canadians own #bitcoin
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3 years
more canadians bought bitcoin for the first time in May than did in all of 2020 fiat is bleeding fast, bitcoiners are being created fast
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3 years
literally a 404 on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms page
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4 years
Just passed 150,000 customers @shakepay , up from 100k a few months ago. Canadians are flocking to #Bitcoin
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2 years
1 million Canadians now getting off fiat with @shakepay only getting started
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4 years
Just passed 250,000 customers @shakepay Crazy to think almost every investor we spoke to in 2019 told us there'd be no market for #Bitcoin in Canada
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Just passed 150,000 customers @shakepay , up from 100k a few months ago. Canadians are flocking to #Bitcoin
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@aiouy
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2 years
Today, I will be testifying in Ottawa at the blockchain technology parliamentary committee. I hope to make my case for why #bitcoin , not blockchain, is the revolutionary change and how policy makers should focus on building an environment that fosters its adoption in Canada.
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3 years
if you are not alarmed by how swiftly our rights and freedoms are being taken away, you haven't read enough history
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3 years
meeting more canadian bitcoiners in miami than in canada
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3 years
when the @shakepay card launches, I'm closing my bank account
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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
5 years
@jmj I built a Twilio “app” for my dad that reroutes calls to his dad in Lebanon. He calls a local number and reroutes directly, costs 10x less and never drops.
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👀
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I'm only really here for the fuck you money
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4 years
Sneak peak
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first Shakepay Card tx in production $25 to @learningcode , earned bitcoin cashback it’s 🔥, can’t wait for you all to get one
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@aiouy
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2 years
for any of the curious out there, today we pushed an update that both - speeds cashins from 14s to 8s - speeds cashouts from 2 minutes down to 20s
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Jean Amiouny
3 years
The Great Canadian Stagnation 🇨🇦 - wealth accruing to landlords - health care system critically over capacity every year - small businesses underwater (mega chains dominate) - low birth rates, low interest rates - no compelling vision of the future few talk about this
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3 years
Big internal milestone coming up this week for the launch of the card, wish the team good luck
@shakepay
Shakepay — Buy Bitcoin 🇨🇦
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INTRODUCING: The Shakepay Card with bitcoin cashback! Spend dollars, earn bitcoin. Join the waitlist to be one of the first people to get the card! #Bitcoin
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Now that everyone’s talking about #bitcoin again, it’s worth remembering that bitcoin is more than just it's price, it's a public good that's available to everyone. I shared this to MPs in Canadian parliament last year.
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Jean Amiouny
3 years
not one for pre-announcements but what's coming tomorrow is going to blow your fiats off what's old is new again
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4 years
👀
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3 years
receiving more than 1 etransfer per second right now 👀
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4 years
A lot of Canadians are buying #Bitcoin for the first time
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3 years
Huge update. We’re now showing the CAD equivalent when sending btc to the blockchain or to a shaketag ⁦ @FossGregfoss ⁩ will be happy
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4 years
We often get customers come to @shakepay asking for fancy new features. We say no. No to more coins. No to trading charts. We allow you to go from sign up to btc in your wallet in minutes. And we're the best at it. Use Shakepay if you want to become financially self-sovereign.
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3 years
In 2021, @shakepay hired 20+ Canadians. If you want to help fix Canada by fixing the money, we have 15 open positions right now.
@BNNBloomberg
BNN Bloomberg
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#BREAKING : Canada loses 207,100 jobs in April
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now receiving over 2 etransfers per second 👀👀
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receiving more than 1 etransfer per second right now 👀
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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
4 years
“By 2025, the cybereconomy will have many millions of participants. There will be no cyberwelfare. No cybertaxes and no cybergovernment. The cryptoeconomy could well be the greatest economic phenomenon of the next thirty years.” — The Sovereign Individual, 1997
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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
4 years
Looking for devs who want to work with #bitcoin at @shakepay - frontend, backend, full-stack, security, devops - mainly js (node, react-native) - work remotely - can be paid in bitcoin - fast growing team (doubled in last 6mo 📈) DMs open, more below👇
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Top 20 on the App Store
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Canadians are buying the dip
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surreal, @shakepay is now #3 on the app store finance section
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top 10
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Record signups yesterday
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2 years
gm to everyone ushering in the bitcoin golden age
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@aiouy
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4 years
🎁Early Christmas present. Who wants recurring buys? Drop your @shaketag below and I'll flip it on for ya (or email jean@)
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3 years
boom, let's melt fiat #bitcoin
@shakepay
Shakepay — Buy Bitcoin 🇨🇦
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INTRODUCING: The Shakepay Card with bitcoin cashback! Spend dollars, earn bitcoin. Join the waitlist to be one of the first people to get the card! #Bitcoin
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blocking every ad on twitter until it becomes ad-free
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if today was exciting for you, you’d fit right in @shakepay
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5 years
2020 prediction: the Lollar will become a mainstream meme across Lebanon, the EU, twitter, and Instagram. ⁦ @dan_azzi
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@aiouy
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3 years
We're hiring a Chief of Staff. This time last year, we were 8 at @shakepay . Today, we're 38 and growing. If you're hungry, ambitious, and hard-working, and you want to learn how to scale a company, this is the job for you.
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we will bring #bitcoin to every canadian
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@francispouliot_ can confirm. we've about to pass our all time daily volume record
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some day, we will remove the sell function @shakepay
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2 years
if you're having fun today you'd also enjoy working @shakepay
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4 years
top 10
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top 15 App Store finance
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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
20 days
$50mil in bitcoin rewards earned by customers on @shakepay (in today's $) rn you can - shake your phone - cashback w card - win contest on socials - refer a friend - get shakepaid on direct deposit, card - get shake it forward'ed we'll get every canadian their first btc, none
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Eric Richmond
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Excited to see @shakepay featured in @BetaKit this morning. We’re revolutionizing the way Canadians buy, earn and interact with Bitcoin. Check out our story and look out for the bus coming to a city near you!
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yes
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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
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c'est du punissement, pas de la science ca « une personne non vaccinée devra être "accompagnée en tout temps lors de ses déplacements par un employé de ce commerce, de cette pharmacie ou de toute autre personne mandatée par eux à cet effet" »
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@aiouy
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4 years
Had investors pass on our company because they didn’t think #bitcoin had a real future. 12 months later, they're signing up to buy bitcoin and we’re generating revenue off them.
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The volume of #Bitcoin purchases on our app greatly exceeded our expectations
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if you thought buying bitcoin was cool, wait til you start earning it
@shakepay
Shakepay — Buy Bitcoin 🇨🇦
3 years
Just sent every cardholder and waitlister an email. It's probably nothing 👀🎁
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@aiouy
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#bitcoin adoption in 🇨🇦 is 🔥 @shakepay in October 2020 (following @shl 's format) $51M in #btc bought and sold (up 258% y/y) 5,135 shakers bought #btc for the first time (up 426% y/y) $140 median transaction size Let me know if you have any questions.
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@aiouy
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build something people find absolutely incredible
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@aiouy
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almost 100k shakers on the card waitlist 🤯
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@shakepay
Shakepay — Buy Bitcoin 🇨🇦
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INTRODUCING: The Shakepay Card with bitcoin cashback! Spend dollars, earn bitcoin. Join the waitlist to be one of the first people to get the card! #Bitcoin
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proof of work maple syrup
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@aiouy
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Just started asking @shakepay customers why they're buying #bitcoin Their answers are legit 🔥 Thread 👇
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receiving so many email money e-transfers we hit gmail's rate limits
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@aiouy
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Hiring a product designer to make Canadians #bitcoin & financially literate. DMs open.
@saifedean
Saifedean Ammous
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Canada's central bank has sold off 1,000+ tons of gold reserves over the past fifty years, buying mainly US dollars, while an ounce of gold has gone from $35 to $1900. You'll be delighted & flattered to hear these clowns think bitcoiners are not financially literate!
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so many laser eyes starting to follow me nice to meet you fellow plebs, let's shake things up #bitcoin
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@aiouy
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if #bitcoin is legal tender, is it no longer a "virtual currency"? Isn't it just foreign exchange?
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@aiouy
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We've just made most positions @shakepay fully remote within Canada.
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We're hiring #Bitcoin developers. We're bringing #Bitcoin to all 🇨🇦. We pay in #Bitcoin . DM me or apply here
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@aiouy
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do more with @shakepay
@LucasTuzo
Monkey D Lucas
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Finally got in the 2nd silver wave and paid my first bill today with crypto; my child’s daycare! Do more with @shakepay #Bitcoin #BTC
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#bitcoin 's flywheel
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Bitcoin is the real fuck you money
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Joining @johnkvallis reading The Sovereign Individual this weekend
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@aiouy
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#bitcoin adoption in 🇨🇦 is on 🔥 @shakepay in Nov 2020 (following @shl 's format) 8,115 🇨🇦ians bought #btc for the first time (up 736% y/y) $90M in #btc bought and sold (up 471% y/y) $158 median transaction size Let me know if you have any questions.
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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
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Time to build, let's go! My goal with this project is to get my mom to hodl using a multisig wallet. I'll share my journey building a bitcoin multisig wallet. I hope this thread helps inspire others to build on bitcoin.
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@aiouy
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4 new shakers at the office today the team is growing 📈
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two new joiners @shakepay today
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@aiouy
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Shakepay more than doubled our team in 2021 if interested, we're still hiring
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@aiouy
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Who's the turkey?
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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
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You really gotta feel for Canadians wanting to buy bitcoin.
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4 years
So this happened
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@nntaleb Your grandmother knows more about the future than economists, journalists, and so-called "experts". @nntaleb details how to shed the bullshit from those who have no Skin in the Game. - Jean de Montreal, Canada
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nutrition
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remains true
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We often get customers come to @shakepay asking for fancy new features. We say no. No to more coins. No to trading charts. We allow you to go from sign up to btc in your wallet in minutes. And we're the best at it. Use Shakepay if you want to become financially self-sovereign.
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@aiouy
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@AleResnik @danielsinger Seems there's some "crossing the Rubicon" that once a state offers too much, it cannot be saved. Where do you think this line was for Argentina?
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I'm only really here for the fixed monetary supply
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🪳
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@roybrey
Roy Breidi
3 years
Yesterday was a crazy day in the crypto world. @shakepay held up well when other platforms were down. Big shoutout to the engineering team for making resiliency a core feature of Shakepay 🙌
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We made 3 offers yesterday.
@shakepay
Shakepay — Buy Bitcoin 🇨🇦
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Behold our new Careers page. We're hiring in every position imaginable!
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Super backed up in verifying customer accounts. Record signups @shakepay over the last few weeks. Never seen this before. Lots of it is manual rn but we've started the switch to an automated verification. Give it a try! And we're hiring in dev & ops roles, DM if interested.
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@aiouy
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even in a bear market, Canadians are getting 🟠💊d every day #bitcoin
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@aiouy
Jean Amiouny
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try owning a bitcoin business
@shl
Sahil Lavingia
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Owning a business is far less stressful than owning public stocks or crypto.
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@aiouy
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just bought my bitcoin 21 conf tickets. who else is going?
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launching something big tomorrow
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Congrats team, we did it. Big updates coming in a few weeks.
@aiouy
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Big internal milestone coming up this week for the launch of the card, wish the team good luck
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@jordanbpeterson Hi Mr. Peterson, I run @shakepay a top 10 finance app that allows Canadians to buy Bitcoin. We've made it easy for hundreds of thousands of Canadians to control their wealth and escape perils of a collapsing Tower of Babel. I'd be more than happy to help you too.
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