Wade Preston 🛡️ (@wadepreston) / X

Wade Preston 🛡️

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Wade Preston 🛡️

@wadepreston

Exec Dir. @na_blockchain | Strategy & Policy @standwithcrypto | Main Street Entrepreneur @prevailcoffee creating policy pathways for financial sovereignty

Joined December 2021

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Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Apr 25
My name is Wade. IRL impact entrepreneur, onchain buidlr, grassroots advocate, policy wonk, connector, instigator, former MMA fighter, former champion barista, dad, husband, 40x casualty of dysentery on the Oregon Trail, philosopher, crayon-eater, serial round-tripper, Hayekian
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Aug 8, 2024
This is a coffee shop in Montgomery, Alabama that I opened up several years ago with my wife and our friends. It sits in between the church that Dr. King used to pastor and the bus stop where Rose Parks got on the bus. Today we officially started accepting USDC on @base w/ a
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Sep 20, 2023
As someone who’s been steadily selling off crypto assets to pay cancer bills, ngl… seeing y’all send BitBoy 6 figs kinda hurts.
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Aug 7, 2024
About to put this sticker on the front door of my business that serves 250 ppl a day.
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Sep 27, 2023
My wife and little sister were diagnosed with cancer within 7 months of each other. Here's what I've learned: - The American Cancer Care system is a massive Moloch Trap. - A cancer diagnosis is gonna set you back about $50k out of pocket (even with pretty good insurance) - We
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
May 24, 2023
People on twitter debating the value of @pudgypenguins IP. Meanwhile…
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Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Feb 5, 2024
So stoked to be a part of the @Making_Coffee_ team and build something truly special. gm Frogs!
Pons Asinorum
@Pons_ETH
Feb 5, 2024
gm We are excited to announce that @tecmo_bo has joined the @Making_Coffee_ team! In addition to being an NFT and Web3 bozo, he is a craft coffee professional with over 12 years experience ! ✅His experience spans many facets of the industry and is an accomplished barista,
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Mar 14, 2024
Officially joined the team weeks ago, but I’ve been working on @Making_Coffee_ for 12yrs+. I’ve spent most of my adult life working to fixing the 400yr old problem of the coffee supply chain, & now we’re at the last mile. Don’t fade me. Don’t fade @Pons_ETH Don’t fade the frogs.
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Sep 7, 2023
We got this.
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
May 29, 2023
Never without her forever friend. @pudgypenguins
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Jan 27, 2024
This one is special. Mrs. Tecmo's hair has started growing back, post-chemo. It's very short & super soft. Our lil calls it her "penguin fluff". There are very few feminine tufts. Had to trade up and stretch a bit to get this for her but... would. you. look. at. her. 😍
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Feb 22, 2024
I’ve spent 12 years of my life trying to solve an “unsolvable” problem. Now the solution is within reach. Helluva feeling. Time to get this thing across the finish line. You ready, @Pons_ETH?
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Jul 8, 2024
Replying to @dcinvestor and @base
We started piloting USDC payments on @base in my coffee shop this month. Since we’re not paying card fees on those transactions, we’ve got that % of the payment going directly to the coffee grower’s wallet
Wade Preston 🛡️
@wadepreston
Sep 12, 2023
It’s been a challenging season of life for my family, but one of the consistent sources of joy has been @pudgypenguins. A care package arrived today from the team. My kids, who have had to worry about things kids should never have to worry about, were overjoyed. 🫶🐧