Shirtless shitposting and hunting SBF on the meme streets: Gabriel Haines, Hall of Flame

Name: Gabriel Haines 
Anonymous: No 
Twitter followers: 45,300
Known for: satirical ranting, shiting posting, and comedic content

Who is Gabriel Haines anyway? 

Gabriel Haines is simply a contented creator, podcaster and Crypto Twitter shitposter who has a proclivity for ripping disconnected his garment successful videos and ranting astir the marketplace successful a goofy and comedic fashion. 

His amusement worth has seen him rapidly physique up a pursuing of 45,300 — not a atrocious effort considering his online travel lone started connected YouTube successful aboriginal 2020, erstwhile helium was making videos connected subjects arsenic divers arsenic hummus reviews and acquisition videos connected contented marketing.

Haines jumped into the crypto abstraction astir the extremity of 2020 aft seeking retired ways to hedge against ostentation successful effect to the inordinate magnitude of U.S. dollar printing and stimulus thrown astir during the tallness of the planetary pandemic. 

“Airdrops are a large mode to marque wealth successful crypto due to the fact that you don’t needfully person to hazard a batch of capital; you don’t person to marque a large commercialized oregon thing similar that. You can, you know, really walk your clip earning tokens. And that tin often beryllium a large payday.” 

How did helium get fashionable connected Twitter?

Haines’ earlier crypto contented was chiefly focused connected longer-form interviews and acquisition videos connected subjects specified arsenic decentralized concern (DeFi); however, his popularity grew connected Twitter arsenic helium ramped up his short-form comedic antics.

One cardinal break, successful particular, was a satirical video that helium posted arsenic a remark successful effect to a Nov. 12 tweet from Sam Bankman-Fried announcing that helium had filed FTX, FTX US and Alameda Research for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In the video, which has astir 961,400 views, 13,800 likes and 1,834 retweets, Haines tin beryllium seen successful sweatpants and nary shirt, holding a sword successful his manus and ranting astir the alleged enactment orgies that went connected down closed doors wrong SBF’s interior circle.

Following connected from that, different cardinal infinitesimal was undoubtedly erstwhile helium raised $10,000 from the assemblage via crypto fundraising level and DAO Juicebox to spell hunt for SBF successful the Bahamas during the contiguous aftermath of the FTX implosion.

In a assemblage canvass of 2,220 participants connected Nov. 26, 70% voted successful favour of backing the trip, portion 11.8% voted “No” and 18.1% voted “Who’s Gabriel?”

The superior covered flights and accommodation for Haines and his family, and notably, nary 1 expected Haines to bash thing but marque immoderate comic contented retired of it all.

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The escapade yet culminated with a video of Haines lasting retired the beforehand of SBF’s flat complex, ranting with his garment off. This has since been turned into an NFT, which is escaped to mint for those who donated to the Juicebox campaign. 

What tin you expect from him connected Twitter? 

Haines’ brand of shitposting mostly consists of rallying the troops successful bearish oregon bullish situations and screaming with his garment disconnected astatine location oregon successful public.

He besides likes to marque amusive of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, but helium has superior reasons for doing so.

“I deliberation that Gary Gensler has been particularly egregious successful his regulatory practices by not providing immoderate clarity to the regulatees. I deliberation he’s been precise heavy-handed, malicious and not truly trying to assistance the market.” 

Twitter beefs 

“I don’t person beef with anyone — I don’t truly springiness a shit,” helium says earlier instantly adding, “But I did person a Twitter beef with BitBoy Crypto for similar a day, going backmost and forth.”

Haines says helium doesn’t peculiarly similar immoderate things astir the BitBoy YouTube transmission relating to allegations of paid promotions.

“You’ve got to beryllium precise unfastened and upfront astir what is sponsored. You cognize if you’re talking astir a token that you’re holding, conscionable to marque a disclosure, it’s okay. As agelong arsenic you mentioned disclosure, past you should beryllium good arsenic agelong arsenic you’re unfastened and honest,” helium says.

Twitter likes and dislikes

“I emotion the community. I emotion the memes. I deliberation that it’s the spot to beryllium if you’re into crypto. It’s the spot wherever you’re gonna get the astir magnitude of information, and it’s wherever astir of the radical are. If you emotion crypto, you amended beryllium connected Crypto Twitter due to the fact that (if you’re not) you’re gonna miss out,” helium says. 

Haines says there’s not peculiarly thing helium dislikes astir Crypto Twitter oregon thing he’d similar to change. 

Looking ahead 

Haines has a elemental and nonstop program for the future: “Continue to marque videos. Continue to get amended and amended and question retired much opportunities and breathtaking things. Those are my plans.”