Alex Shin @AlexShin Twitter profile

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Alex Shin

5 years

A friend in Seoul can’t withdraw $700 without... proof as to why he needs more than $700. Like printed proof to bring to the bank in person. He can however, move $500k/day on a local Korean crypto exchange.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

For those of you wondering why $APT is $17. Aptos is a meme coin in Korea. The #1 asset class in Korea is real estate — more specifically, Apartments. Retail is calling Aptos “apartment” claiming people can one day afford to purchase an actual apartment if they hold $APT.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

This is real. Not a joke.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

Their excuse: to protect you from voice-fishing incidents....? What the hell kind of excuse is that? This was in person, at the bank.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

Yes it’s a major bank. No he’s not a criminal. He just haven’t used his debit card in a while.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Lots of friends coming out to #ethtokyo #daotokyo next week — so some local crypto FAQs 🇯🇵🧵

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

life update.

Michael Arrington 🏴‍☠️

@arrington

5 years

Arrington XRP Capital Welcomes Alex Shin, Former #Hashed Partner, As New Venture Partner @AlexShin

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

Korea Blockchain Week is lookin’ intense. Here a guide I wrote up. (In progress) #koreablockchainweek #beyondblocks #hashednight

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

In an UBER now. Got to talking about their IPO. Driver says they are getting cash bonuses based on tenure — $500 for the two years she’s driven for UBER. It’s not much, but pretty cool that they’re paying drivers.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

3 years

@arrington Korea is the only country where by mandate, lightning cables are required to have any additional line of insulation to avoid breaks like those. 😎

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

Friend says even the teller looked confused as to why they had such hideous rules.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

@Cointelegraph Not sure if wall street analyst is the most credible source for Bitcoin’s fate.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

Recently caught up with some non-tech + non-crypto friends. Tried to explain Maker. I’m pretty sure they think I’m crazy.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

I recently tracked down my 5th grade elementary school teacher and emailed him an update of my life. He remembered me and it absolutely made his day. I encourage everyone to do this.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

I lol’d. And then I was sad.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@davidiach It’s absolutely insane. Trying to give your parents a cash gift shouldn’t be this hard.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

“Crypto Twitter is very US centric” @JoyceInNYC this is so true.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

Took a selfie with an Uber driver. I was his 10,000th ride, over 6 years. Ya’ll don’t have loyalty programs?? No driver bonus?? What about fireworks in the driver’s app or something? @Uber_Support

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

@ummjackson Your points are valid, but language translation problem is real. If you haven’t tried to conduct/lead business in another country with your 2nd language, you have no idea how much of a challenge this is.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

The hottest project from Korea raises $32 million seed. Amazing working with you guys. @polychaincap @hashed_official @1kxnetwork @KeneticCapital @binance @arrington and others!

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@cz_binance Amazing communication man. Props!

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

2 years

@gettindabucket @cobie @CapitalShipyard @lawmaster Sounds like something’s been going on with payroll already.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@arrington Who’ve you been talking to...?

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Friends coming to Seoul Korea for #KBW Where to stay, BBQ etc. Couple of tips.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

In general, if you don’t have a working product with users or a lick of code written somewhere. Most of what you say about why you need to raise $30 million in a token sale is meaningless.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

2 years

Bear market founders are hungry. Literally and figuratively.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@cz_binance Thanks for sharing this!

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

2 years

Quick update. Along with 2022 I wrap my role as EIR @ SamsungNEXT. Amazing people. Wonderful time. So much autonomy. 🙏🏻 It’s back to the drawing board for me. This year, more writing. More doing.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

4 years

@mattcharris Lots of truth in this thread — I just think the markets were looking for a reason to correct.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

So after Kyoto, people should know that the Japanese crypto market is the next frontier.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Talking to several protocols exploring Korea/Japan. Very clear who is ready to win and who isn’t.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

If you are exploring the Japanese market and don’t know Joi, you are missing out.

Sui

@SuiNetwork

1 year

Along with presentations and demos, the afternoon featured a fireside chat with @Joi and @AlexShin about AI and the blockchain, two of the hottest topics in tech.🔥

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

This is a serious challenge for us. We call it “language barrier” but it runs deeper than that, in this case its outright discrimination. Crypto is a global phenomenon. I hope everyone realizes this sooner than later.

Michael Arrington 🏴‍☠️

@arrington

6 years

I don’t like bullying. I just witnessed a group of American crypto people mocking and laughing at someone who has serious on the ground experience but not perfect English at an event. Calling it a day, going to the gym.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

4 years

Seoul Population: 9,963,000 Area: 605sq km Population Density: 15,763sq km Covid19 Cases: 628 Deaths: 2 New York City Population: 8,393,748 Area: 784sq km Pop. Density: 11,000sq km Covid19 Cases: 251,690 Deaths: 15,074

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Some of the most influential folks locally are @Joi and the Parasol team @WatanabeSota , and the OG crypto folks @missbitcoin_mai and @obnty Key interest areas are Yen Stable Coins, Digital IP, Wallets, custody, middleware etc

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

One of our partners just got an email from a headhunter—CTO role at a “well funded started up.” Turns out it’s a portfolio company. Damn.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

4 years

@mdudas @shakeshack @dhmeyer Didn’t Harvard get $9million? They have a 41 billion endowment.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@danheld That TRON dinner that never happened.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

4 years

@kevinleeme My father passed a few months ago. Literally earlier this year, I saw him and he was fine and I felt like we had decades. Time is precious man.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Crypto founders! So US is no bueno, come to Asia. But when you do — Please hire local people who understand the scene here. I can refer you to great folks. Don’t just walk in here and do random events. You will be labeled as dumb or scam, usually both.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

4 years

@cryptocoley @BinanceAmerica Whaaaat... @cz_binance this that Coley?

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@cz_binance @VitalikButerin This is better than Microsoft’s Window’s 95 launch dance.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Suddenly, everyone is a bitcoin maxi. 😎

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@cz_binance Let’s be real, you had this tweet ready in your draft folder. Right?

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Yes. $APT is apartment and my fellow Koreans are having a blast buying it. Not a joke. And no I’m not throwing shade @ the good folks over at @Aptos_Network . I just thought it was interesting information to share. And lots of people inquired about $APT volume in Korea.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

Woot woot! #seoul stepping up their game!

Beyond Blocks

@beyondblocks_

6 years

Park Won-soon, the mayor of #Seoul , has revealed a five-year plan that will invest $108 million to make the South Korean capital a smart city powered by #blockchain .

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

@ummjackson @JensenSbj Or CZ doesn’t manage their official twitter channel. Probably a better guess.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@bendreyfuss I’ll do you one better. Cheesecake Factory is in fact, good.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@arrington @NataliePropy he’s texting and driving.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

What is the best, most concise explanation of bitcoin ever?

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Who’s coming to Tokyo in April?

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

@itstheDoom @Storm_Token @AdamDraper 🔥🔥🔥 @SimonYuSEA I wish I was there! Represent the PNW!

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@garrytan I had friends interview at Theranos and come back completely puzzled and pretty sure the whole thing was built on lies.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

#koreablockchainweek kicks off tomorrow. #hashed is bringing the entire crew go #BeyondBlocks on the 17th and 18th. Come say hi!

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@Incogni85044148 @cz_binance Just so you know, Korea’s GDP is like 11th or 12th in the world. $700 here is $700.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

3 years

#squidgame #1 on Netflix in 90 countries. Korean soft power all time high.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

And the investment firms that operate here. The team at @GumiCryptos @ivcryptofund @emoote_ @hyperithm and of course @xxstevelee @IkumaUeno and MZ cryptos which is @yousuckMZ ’s approach to web3.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

6 years

Prediction. Network valuations for new crypto projects will drop significantly. The market has spoken, Alts need to prove utility.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Top markets for $XRP has always been S. Korea. 36% of all trading volume today on Upbit was $XRP. 🔥

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

2 years

@mrjasonchoi I think you are missing the point. People don’t wanna play hot potato or musical chairs anymore.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

4 months

This is exactly the problem with crypto. Korea will no longer be price discovery and liquidity markets for the west.

Arthur Hayes

@CryptoHayes

4 months

$ENA is fucking ripping and the Koreans aren’t even involved yet. When that kimchi hits … oh baby. Yachtzee 😘😘😘

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

3 years

The problem with crypto is crypto people.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

The startup community in Japan is somewhat of a tight circle. Get to know what they are cooking — @kiyokb , @tmiyatake1 and his tech savvy audience or the one and only @jtwald . I’m still looking to chat irl @0xshugo 😎

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

@arrington @DoveyWan You guys can tip me anytime. 👍🏻

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

Uber driver lady asks me if she can call a friend. She dials: Driver: “I got me a rider in the car, so censor yourself.” Friend: “...” Driver: “I’m off the market.” Friend: “wait, you alone?” Driver: “my passenger got earphones on, he working.” Me: “that’s right.”

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

This is crazy. Women getting groped on subways is a real problem. (Subways in Tokyo have women-only cars) True story, I witnessed this in Seoul some years back and stepped in by making a scene trying to blatantly grab the guy’s ass.

Katherine Wu

@katherineykwu

5 years

Yesterday a total stranger grabbed my arm in the subway to get me to talk to him and today another man followed me into a CVS store and blocked my path to “ask about my background”. Both times I had earphones in. Afterwards I went home & angry-cried over how powerless I felt.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

When “adoption” is in question, look towards Asia for clues. 1.) Samsung Galaxy s10 ships with a private key wallet 2.) KYC/AML into Upbit via Kakao, the leading messaging app. 3.) super low penetration of @MyCrypto and @myetherwallet , people keep their crypto on exchanges.

Ari Paul ⛓️

@AriDavidPaul

5 years

1/ Crypto will conquer the world, but it will do so partly by becoming low friction to end users. It’s currently “too hard” to do everything. Pasting an alphanumeric string is hard enough to keep out 95% of the world.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

2 years

I was trying to explain web3 — and someone at the table said “you mean like www …?”

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

Speculation is a form of trust.

Anthony Pompliano 🌪

@APompliano

5 years

Bitcoin's volatility is what made it the best performing asset over the last decade. Volatility is a requirement for outsized returns.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

My baby

Blind

@TeamBlind

1 year

More than 95% of Twitter employees are now on Blind after Elon Musk's acquisition. We've become the de facto communication channel for Twitter employees and professionals all over, according to @TIME #TIME100Companies

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

2 years

Dog is a man's best friend. Diamonds are a girl's best friend. Narratives are a VC's best friend.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 months

EthDenver = most tiring crypto conference ever.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

5 years

Took a 55 minute flight from Seoul to Fukuoka Japan. It’s taking longer to get a working SIM card.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

3 years

@SisunLee @PassTheBaton Last Christmas, I gave you baton. The very next day, you gave it away.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

My 60 year old Korean uncle just said: “Why do projects issue coins? Just price? Unregistered stocks right?” They are catching up to the game.

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Alex Shin

@AlexShin

1 year

Downloadable podcast, book, YouTube video reqs to consume on a 15 hour flight to Denver, CO. Can be long form. Like Balaji on Tim Ferriss.

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