Erik Voorhees

CEO of ShapeShift

CEO of ShapeShift, Voorhees discusses cryptocurrency trading and decentralization.

Erik Voorhees

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btc-e just credited my account with my mtgox coins 👍

Mentioned on : 07/25/2024

Behold... this has never been done before. Native (unwrapped) #Ethereum in Native (unwrapped) #Bitcoin out $5,000 trade No intermediary No custody No KYC @ShapeShift_io today launched decentralized cross-chain trading, by integrating @THORChain (which also launched today)

Mentioned on : 04/13/2021

That the meme literally has cute little bitcoin shields is so perfect

Mentioned on : 07/05/2025

Don't fret, brother. Crypto is, and has always been, 99% nonsense grifty garbage/scams/jokes, and 1% fundamental global financial system revolution. But this 99/1 is based just on quantity of projects. Considered by market cap, it's more like 75% quality, 25% nonsense. Bitcoin is good. Ethereum is good. Stablecoins are good. Several dozen defi projects are good. Wildly cool technology permeates through all of it, and sound economics underpins its long term growth, though the short term feels often like an appallingly irrational market. How to cope with this dichotomy? Embrace the degen frontier and have fun, and recognize that amidst it all, a decentralized financial system is real, is important, and is working. None of it is forced on anyone, after all. We are building and we are attracting the world toward us... and much of the world simply wants to gamble and have fun. This is okay, and actually provides capital for the important work happening behind the casino. It is, actually, working. We are realizing the wildest dreams of those who are into it for all the right reasons, despite the accompanying fantasies of those who aren't. Just keep building, and build well.

Mentioned on : 01/18/2025

The toxic maxis are the absolute worst part of the entire movement. Their allegiance is to brand and idol-worship, not to principle. But Bitcoin is only useful, only virtuous, to the degree it brings its underlying principles into the world. And wherever else those same principles are found, is to be celebrated. Schiff attending the conference is *good.* While he is wrong about Bitcoin, he is a thoughtful person, and has advocated for market-based money longer than most maxi's have been alive. Ross speaking about unity among those who desire decentralization and freedom is *good.* The battle is about markets vs the state. Any friend of the former is a friend of mine.

Mentioned on : 06/02/2025

I like Saylor, but a slide like this has no place at a Bitcoin conference... on the Nakamoto stage, no less.

Mentioned on : 06/02/2025

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