The CEO of a prominent crypto data company is resigning after posting a series of inflammatory comments to X after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Ryan Selkis, founder and CEO of Messari, said Friday he was stepping aside after his “politics and rhetoric put the team in harms way.”
A leader’s first responsibility is to his team.
This week was the first week in 6.5 years that my politics and rhetoric put the team in harms way.
As such, I have decided to step aside as CEO.
My friend, colleague, and founding teammate @ericturnr will be taking the helm. pic.twitter.com/6icM6efMUu
— Ryan Selkis (d/acc)
(@twobitidiot) July 19, 2024
Selkis wrote on the social media platform Saturday that “anyone that votes against Trump at this point can die in a f***ing fire. Literal war.”
He added in another post that the “Civil War for the country started today, and if you are anti-Trump you are against the men who are willing to fight.”
“Bolshevism cannot be cured with votes. We must excise the metastatic cancer and evil of the left, by force if necessary,” Selkis wrote in another post on Sunday. “Do not initiate violence, but if it’s brought to your door, finish with violence.”
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Selkis said he will remain in a full-time role at Messari and that Eric Turner, the company’s chief revenue officer, will take over as interim CEO.
He added that he would be “channeling all of my energies into addressing the underlying issues that have led to these systemic problems in our institutions.”
