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Co-Founder/CEO @YellowCard_App | Talk to me about Bitcoin, Africa, and Football | Louisiana-bred

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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
I'm proud to announce that @yellowcard_app has raised a $40M USD Series B, led by @polychain . This raise is proof that crypto isn't the future of Africa—It's the now.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
Bitcoin talks in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is a country to watch in the space in 2020 🇪🇹 Also, seems @jack is following me around😉
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
Honored to announce that @yellowcard_app has raised a $15 million Series A led by Valar Ventures, @thirdprimevc , & @CastleIslandVC with participation from @Square , @coinbase Ventures, & @blockchain Ventures. Great story by @CraigAdeyanju & @ForbesCrypto
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
For those interested in the Bitcoin & Blockchain Tech ecosystem in Ethiopia, here's a great list to follow:
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Chris Maurice⚜️
8 months
Beyond excited to bring @coinbase to Africa! 🎉🌍 Stablecoins like USDC solve real problems for real people & businesses on the continent. With @yellowcard_app 's regional expertise and Coinbase’s global brand and infrastructure, we will empower the next one billion people.
@coinbase
Coinbase 🛡️
8 months
Crypto is here to stay — helping drive a more open, accessible, and global financial system. Coinbase products will now be available in Africa, starting with 20 countries across the continent. Learn more about our partnership with @yellowcard_app :
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
I was just a kid from the South before I: - Ran a factory in Pakistan while in college in the US - Sold Bitcoin in Taco Bells all along the East Coast - Launched a multimillion dollar African crypto exchange - Raised money from the best in the business - Met with @Jack in Africa
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Chris Maurice⚜️
1 year
Africa has more crypto users than North America or Europe. 6 of the top 20 countries in the world for crypto are in Africa. Africa is the crypto continent.
@Forbes
Forbes
1 year
"Africa is leading the charge [on crypto]. Africa should be the one determining how this is regulated." @chrismaurice , cofounder of @yellowcard_app , spoke about unlocking financial freedom through crypto and Web3 at the 2023 Forbes #Under30Africa Summit.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
waiting for the bitcoin having like
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
@Fred_Delicious “She was fearless and crazier than him. He was her king, and God help anyone who dared to disrespect her king.”
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Chris Maurice⚜️
8 years
A big thank you to @AUBusiness ! #YellowCard Finance Student & Comp Sci Major form Cryptocurrency Business
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Chris Maurice⚜️
1 year
Thank you for having us, Your Excellency! Botswana is open for business, innovation, investment, and Bitcoin! Pula! 🇧🇼
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Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K Masisi
1 year
Yesterday the Chief Executive Officer of fintech startup, Yellow Card, Mr. Chris Maurice paid a courtesy call to my office. Mr. Maurice and his team are in Botswana to attend the 2023 U.S.-Africa Business Summit.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
waiting for something to happen after the bitcoin halving like
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
waiting for the bitcoin having like
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Chris Maurice⚜️
8 years
Kyrie Irving is doing unspeakable things to LeBron James' Cleveland Championship dreams
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Chris Maurice⚜️
1 year
Africa is leading the industry in practical, real-world use cases of crypto. African regulators need to come together to develop smart regulations that bring jobs, investment, and industry to the continent. Thank you @business @crypto !
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
Crypto is the now. This technology is changing lives across Africa and across the world every day. Situations like FTX hurt the entire industry and sadly harm people the most. @yellowcard_app customer assets are secure & accounted for daily internally.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
1 year
Guy way sabi what’s up!! @PsychoYP 🔥🎉
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“STRONGER” ft. @Zlatan_Ibile (Official Video) ‼️ Out Now -
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
Dar es Salaam. #BuyBitcoin
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
UPDATE: We were able to make some magic happen. You're welcome.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Knowing Elon, X Æ A-12 is either a transliteration of an animal crossing character or his Bitcoin wallet address
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
It's a beautiful day to buy #bitcoin in Kampala.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
I don’t think I fit in with the Silicon Valley culture, but that’s okay. Sometimes it’s good to be a little different. Someone from the Deep South running an African crypto exchange is about as different as it gets, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
I started out selling Bitcoin at different Taco Bells near college. Now I'm selling Bitcoin across Africa. 🌍 Wouldn't want to have it any other way.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
Spending the week in Gaborone, Botswana, with @bitcoinlady . Alakanani has spent 6 years building an amazing community in So. Africa out of nothing but her love for #Bitcoin Her self-funded @SatoshicentreBw has housed and incubated 7 Blockchain startups completely free of charge.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
This was an amazing talk. Honor discussing Bitcoin, international financial systems, and moving money around the world with this group. I think we need to make this an annual event🤔 @jack @iaboyeji @YeleBademosi @adetolaov @paraga @timigod @MunachiOgueke
@jack
jack
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Bitcoin meetup Nigeria
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
PSA: Malaria is No Joke. (My African friends already know this). Take your pills and/or test at first sign of symptoms if you're in a risk zone. A short story.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Whatever you’re doing, whatever your background is, you should be looking into cryptocurrency. We’re still in the early stages of crypto - don’t get left behind. 🚀
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
No Bitcoin, Mo Problems
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
I have a pitch for @netflix who do I need to talk to?
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
I cannot even imagine the amount of money MTN and Airtel will pump into Nigeria if everything goes live.
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Osaretin Victor Asemota
3 years
Nigeria is going to be painted Yellow all over. Game has changed. Better late than never. I have practically worked half of my life for this day. From NEFTO in 2002/2003 to PSB! Congratulations @MTNNG @MTNGroup
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
My flight back to Atlanta is so empty that when I asked the attendant for a window seat she said, "Sit anywhere." Time to go home.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
Super excited to work with @MarshallHayner the amazing team at @metalpaysme ! Crypto solves real problems for one billion people in Africa, and together with Metal we're making it more accessible and practical than ever before.
@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
5 years
"The youngest bitcoin millionaire" @erikfinman and @MarshallHayner teamed up to launch a new VC fund focused on #crypto startups. Its first investment? @yellowcardio via @DanielGKuhn
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
I've decided I'm getting married in Nigeria. This wedding is too wild.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
If you had to choose between true love or being given 10 whole Bitcoins, what type of wallet would you put them in?
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Douala, Cameroon
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
I love Africa because you can buy anything while stuck in traffic. I just got some chips and a small cat.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
1 year
Pumped to announce this partnership. Together, we will change the way money moves. Big shoutout to @emilycchiu and the whole TBD team for making this happen. @yellowcard_app is bringing Africa to the world and the world to Africa.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
Damn, I'm really 60% eyebrow
@money2020
Money20/20
3 years
The first competitor stepping into the ring is @chrismaurice , CEO of @yellowcard_app
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
Education first.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
There's no degree required to join the cryptocurrency movement. No licenses are needed to participate. Nobody can tell you to stay away. Cryptocurrency is an opportunity like none other.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
Central African Republic isn't just adopting #Bitcoin , it's making a stance for freedom. The CFA system has held back development across the entire region. I hope that Gabon, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Chad, and Eq. Guinea will follow the courageous example of CAR.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
I can see it now. Elon will become the new Diogenes, living in a trash can and preaching to passerbyers on the street about why we need to go to Mars.
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Unable to argue about sports during the corona crisis? Going through withdrawals because you can't call a top player overrated? Check out Crypto Twitter! A brave new world where you can argue to your heart's content, and call anything and everything overrated/underrated.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
Only piece of advice I can offer: Everyone on your team deserves a piece. Align incentives and watch how quickly your office starts to smell like a 🦄 den. 🎉🥂
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Africa is the most amazing place to be building something. I wouldn’t want to spend my time anywhere else.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
There's a TV channel in Tunisia where some guy just livestreams himself solving math equations all day.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Africa is the most amazing place to be building something. I wouldn’t want to spend my time anywhere else.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Just heard someone complaining that he's tired of his facemasks "smelling bad" ... should I tell him? 😂
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 months
Stuck at the Dubai airport. Someone played Dancing Queen at full blast on their speakers and the terminal burst out in song. I've found my second wind. Bring on the next 11 hours.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
We're honored to be the first investment by the @CeloOrg Ecosystem Fund (led by @polychain ). Thank you for believing in our mission to make Bitcoin accessible to anyone across Africa. The best is yet to come🎉📈
@yellowcard_app
Yellow Card App
4 years
We're excited to announced the close of our funding round of $1.5m USD through the @CeloOrg Ecosystem Fund led by @polychain 🎉 This money will help us bring Bitcoin to every part of Africa! Thank you all for your support on our journey to make Bitcoin accessible to everyone!
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
Wearing the same outfit two days in a row, but I changed countries...Can I get away with it?
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
We believed in what we were building, and others did, too. We raised millions from the most influential investors and companies in this industry. People who knew we were on to something and wanted to work with us. Forever grateful for their confidence.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Life's too short to keep working a job that leaves you dreading Monday. Make a change sooner rather than later.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
Buying #HNS at 7am 2,200 ft above Cape Town
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Chris Maurice⚜️
9 months
Incredible news for the whole country 🙌
@business
Bloomberg
9 months
Africa's Yellow Card will “immediately” apply for a license in Nigeria after the country’s central bank lifted a ban on cryptocurrencies
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
Round 2: Addis Ababa
@jack
jack
5 years
Bitcoin and blockchain meetup in #Ethiopia !
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
Tune in to see how much my hair has grown since this picture was taken
@cnbcafrica
CNBC Africa
2 years
[TODAY] #FocusOn : We are joined by @chrismaurice , co-founder and CEO of @yellowcard_app to discuss #cryptocurrecy , as a step to financial freedom. Tune into #DSTV410 at 13h45 CAT as we learn more.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Lots of love for the people of Nigeria today. They're very special to me. 💛
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
While in Africa I met up with Jack to teach him everything I knew about Nigeria. Jack has vision, knows what Bitcoin can do, and believes that Africa is ready for crypto. Meeting with Jack confirmed what I already knew: Bitcoin was built for Africa.
@jack
jack
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Bitcoin and blockchain meetup in #Ethiopia !
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
traders be up at 3am got both bags of crypto and bags under their eyes
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Reply to this with all the reasons Bitcoin isn't the future
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
Yellow Card App is available today in English, Swahili, French, and Kinyarwanda. Webapp is available in English, Swahili, Somali, Chinese, Arabic, Luganda, French, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, and Portuguese. Adding more and moving them all to mobile :)
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Osaretin Victor Asemota
3 years
I think I may have gifted a lucky crypto company a campaign slogan. Crypto is African. People like @yellowcard_app already have their app in multiple African languages or Is it only Buganda? We will see how this all turns out.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
This is disappointing. Financial platforms in emerging markets need to remember that their platform is a full-time job / income for hundreds of people. If you were affected by this, please reach out. We'll get you onboarded as a merchant ASAP. #Nigeria
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Learning shouldn't stop when you graduate school. The fact that people go through life thinking that they "hate learning" is proof that our current way of educating students develops poor relationships with learning.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
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The lesson from Binance, HSBC, and others seems to be that if you're going to launder money to terrorists, be sure to make over $4b in the process.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
I made Yellow Card to make buying and selling Bitcoin easier. This quickly became a multimillion dollar exchange built from the ground up to make crypto accessible to more people. Yellow Card found a home in Africa, where we’re changing lives every day.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Hello, I’d like to speak to the CEO of @Bitcoin please.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
I'll be speaking at the Africa FinTech Summit in Addis Ababa next week about furthering Blockchain adoption across the continent (and world!). See you there!
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Chris Maurice⚜️
1 year
You can tell we're in a bear market because Bitcoin Miami has gone from "We rented out the Versace Mansion, flew in the top EDM artist from Peru, free booze all night" to "Happy hour in the Hooter's parking lot, BYOB."
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
I'm thankful for my friends and colleagues who have shared their stories. It is important that everyone around the world support our brothers and sisters in Nigeria in their fight to #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSARS
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Proud to say that @yellowcardio is on its way to being the top exchange in Africa. So what are you waiting for? Sign up.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
When I first learned about Bitcoin it was so hard to buy and sell. So I started doing it myself in the lobby of a Taco Bell in Alabama. This became an entire operation happening in Taco Bells up and down the East Coast. I loved the tacos, but knew there had to be a better way.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
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The best way to get around Lusaka. #Bitcoin #Zambia 🇿🇲
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Chris Maurice⚜️
3 years
Did all of my Christmas shopping in Nairobi this weekend. Everyone is getting either a hand-carved giraffe or an elephant.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
@danheld Energy was always going to be the currency of the future.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
6 years
It's 3:48am, and I'm sharing a twin bed with two other guys in Lagos, Nigeria. How was your day?
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
Had an awesome time speaking at the #AfricaFintechAddis Summit with an awesome group. The future is bright for Blockchain in Ethiopia
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
You deserve to be happy even if you aren't working 14 hours a day. Don't be fooled into thinking you have to work yourself ragged to "earn" happiness.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Cryptocurrency's best days are still ahead of it. You're so early.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
The United States needs a framework for regulatory clarity in the crypto industry. @erikfinman and @MarshallHayner are bringing one! U.S. Blockchain Entrepreneurs Support Crypto-Currency Act Of 2020 Despite Pressure From D.C. Lobbyists via @forbes
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
My brother's video game is launching soon. Show some love on Steam😄🙏
@flightless_game
Flightless | Mole Team 6
2 years
🐦NEW STEAM GAME ANNOUNCEMENT🌦 🚩Flightless: A turn-based RPG where your timing matters that delves into the struggles of mental health! 📄Inspired by the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi RPGs! 🔴WISHLIST ON STEAM (Link in comments👇)
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Cryptocurrency is the absolute best industry to be involved in if you're someone with big ideas and big dreams. Might not be too good for you if you just prefer falling in line and going with the flow, though.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
One of the best things about cryptocurrency is that it gives you fewer reasons to be afraid of the future. When you know what's being built, and you understand your role in that, you have more hope for tomorrow.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
I want to give a special thanks to all 209 team members. This doesn't happen without every single one of us. To our growing leadership team who puts sweat, tears, and (in some weird cases) blood into growing this company: I'd name you all if Elon increases the character count😄
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Chris Maurice⚜️
5 years
Guys, I figured out what happened to the $2 bill...they're all in Zimbabwe.
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4 years
Half of my friends live in Nigeria and I wouldn't have it any other way. 💛🌍
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Cryptocurrency can be summed up in one simple sentence: Money, controlled by math, not by people.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
Building a startup is just about internalizing a bunch of things that you'll deal with in therapy in your late 40s
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Still waiting for that @tacobell sponsorship 🤞
@Cointelegraph
Cointelegraph
4 years
Yellow Card #exchange CEO, @chrismaurice , ran a small business selling $BTC in the corner of Taco Bells with his friend Justin Poiroux, @benjaminpirus reports.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Good to know that no matter how crazy the virus gets, no matter how crazy the markers get, there will always be a new yearly Madden game. Truly the only constant in life
@NFLonFOX
FOX Sports: NFL
4 years
Your new Madden 21 cover will feature Lamar Jackson! @Lj_era8 😤
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Chris Maurice⚜️
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It’s better to be known as “that person who won’t shut up about Bitcoin” than “that person who forgot to buy Bitcoin in 2020.” Early beats late.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
We're going to build a better future, and we're going to make cryptocurrency pay for it.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
Most of our learning takes place outside of a school system - but our current system makes kids think that "learning" is a chore. We should start fixing that perception.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
no more XRP shill bots 🚫 society has progressed past the need for XRP shill bots 🚫
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Chris Maurice⚜️
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@NaijaFlyingDr Do good without expecting recognition! That’s how you get the most done while being the happiest.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
My team, my friends, that live in Nigeria deserve to feel safe and free. #EndSARS
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
@sam_adeyemi Power without vision is like a ship without a rudder.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
@tylerwinklevoss @mcuban Bitcoin is easier to understand than fiat money. ⚖️ Limited supply ⛓ Algorithmically controlled production 🌍 Global use cases Besides, you don’t have to understand it to use it - much like cash.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
2 years
Please send me all Nigeria wedding invites. Will bring N1000 bundles.
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
One of the best feelings in the world is watching the price of Bitcoin climb up and you already own some. 📈
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Chris Maurice⚜️
4 years
*a criminal stops me on the street* "Give me your wallet!" "Okay do you want my hardware wallet or my paper wallet?" *I smile to myself, knowing I've defeated him* ... *he stabs me and just takes my regular wallet, which had more money anyway*
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