Elon Musk and Kraken’s Jesse Powell Shouldn’t Claim to Be Free Speech Advocates In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs are lauded as innovators whose vision exceeds that of ordinary mortals. Sometimes they start believing the hype.
Inside a Corporate Culture War Stoked by a Crypto C.E.O. Jesse Powell, who leads the crypto exchange Kraken, has challenged the use of preferred pronouns, debated who can use racial slurs and called American women “brainwashed.”