Armani Ferrante (@armaniferrante) / X

Armani Ferrante

40.4K posts

Armani Ferrante

@armaniferrante

Founder, CEO @Backpack @MadLads @anchorlang. Jobs: jobs.backpack.app Exchange: backpack.exchange/signup App: backpack.app/downloads

Joined April 2011

Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Oct 31, 2023
Lads, the time has come. We launched Anchor, the framework. We launched Backpack, the wallet. We launched xNFTs, the protocol, We launched Mad Lads, the community. And now, we launch X.
The Block
@TheBlockCo
Oct 31, 2023
Backpack launching cryptocurrency exchange with Dubai license theblock.co/post/260114/ba…
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Jun 20, 2022
So WTF are xNFTS?
Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Sep 22, 2025
Biggest liquidation cascade of the year
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Feb 28, 2024
We started this company about two years ago. It's been the hardest but most rewarding years of my life. We were down. We were out. Most people thought we were dead. But never did we quit. Never will we quit. And with the conclusion of this round, we are so back.
Backpack 🎒
@Backpack
Feb 28, 2024
We're happy to announce our $17 Million strategic series A round led by @placeholdervc.
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Dec 26, 2022
Solana will be fine. DeGods will be fine. Polygon will be fine. Ethereum will be fine. Don’t get lost in the soap opera. We have a long bear to build out of. The amount of users in crypto is pathetic. Focus on solving problems and growing the pie. Ignore everything else.
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Jul 25, 2024
We’re a team now.
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Oct 11, 2025
Waking up to see this post, I'm a exhausted, disappointed, and heart broken to see it go viral and to see the responses. No one cares about our users more than our team, and if you take the time to actually read our Discord and my tweets over the past day, I hope you'll see
Ferrari
@Ferrari4u2
Oct 11, 2025
Imagine getting liquidated, adding more money to grab some cheaper tokens… but it never shows up on the exchange. Why? You were STILL IN DEBT even after losing your entire account That’s what happened to @Backpack users Way worse than what banks do
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Nov 9, 2022
Right now @solana really feels like a family.
Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Dec 28, 2024
.@solcasino @Flipgg_ can you guys stop spamming the network with this bullshit and ruining block explorers for everyone.
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Feb 1, 2024
FUD is your fuel. If you're not getting FUD you're not doing anything important. People will boo you from the stands only because they can't survive in the arena. Congratulations to @weremeow and team for building one of the best products and now communities in the industry.
meow
@weremeow
Feb 1, 2024
Quite intense what we worked so hard to figure out: 1. The fairest, most community first funding we can think of* 2. Have the most accountable token management ritual I’ve ever seen We get fudded and lied about these exact 2 things. CT is intense indeed. Lesson learnt. *Our
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Jan 9, 2025
PFPs are the single most effective form factor for a luxury good. You spend way more time looking at avatars online than you do looking at people's wrists or cars. If we're talking about status signaling, nothing beats a profile picture. Forget a Rolex. Buy an NFT.
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Mar 5, 2025
Lads on top.
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Sep 8, 2025
Story time. Over two years ago we attempted Backpack's first fundraise for the exchange. We had lost most of our money on FTX, and we had to re-invent ourself. With a couple small checks and our personal savings, we bootstrapped the initial exchange team to focus on all the
Backpack 🎒
@Backpack
Sep 8, 2025
Backpack EU is here 🎒🇪🇺 Today, we're live as one of the first exchanges to offer regulated perpetual futures in Europe. Private Beta access is limited to 100 spots per day, every day. Join the waitlist now: eu.backpack.exchange
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Armani Ferrante
@armaniferrante
Dec 1, 2024
First product. Then token.
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