Holyn Kanake
     Hyperliquid Policy Center
  

Head of Communications



Why HPC
A decade ago, I got coffee with a friend after our summer in investment banking and he told me how we’d stop using cash by 2025. That it may even be outlawed. I was initially skeptical as someone who appreciates facts and data, but my doubt quickly dissipated after reading the Bitcoin whitepaper.

Ten long years later and we’ve yet to put America on chain, let alone the entire world. As people continue to experiment with decentralized finance and embrace onchain products, it’s more important than ever to craft regulations that protect their right to these new capital markets.

Hyperliquid is a north star, clear evidence of decentralized finance’s outsized impact. The Hyperliquid Policy Center will guide America into a decentralized future that values developers and respects consumers while also protecting our national security and economy. This is a mission worth dedicating a career and a life to.



Meet Holyn Kanake
Holyn is a storyteller and investor who’s been translating crypto’s technical concepts into clear consumer impact for nearly a decade. She recently worked at Kindred Ventures and was fortunate to partner with startups like Zora, Utopia (acq. Coinbase), fal, PlayAI (acq. Meta), and others. Beyond investment, she helped portcos craft messages that reached their customers using new and traditional media, built relationships across industries, and conducted deep research on AI infra, crypto, and other regulated spaces.

Beyond work, Holyn advises founders and talent on brand and commercial strategy. She also writes BIAS, a newsletter about tech and society with 5,000+ subscribers across tech, media, and finance.  



Bylines & quotes

BoysClub Zine — 2023
CoinDesk — 2022
Bloomberg — 2022
BuzzFeed News — 2022

Essays
Twitter & the promise of decentralized social — 2022
The social tokens guide — 2022
The case for pseudonymity — 2022
Introducing $HOLLA — 2020 (one of the first creator tokens! launching even before $FWB)

Speaking

Boys Club @ SxSW — 2024
Cornell Blockchain Conference — 2024
Columbia Crypto Panel — 2022
NYU Crypto Guest Lecture — 2022


Before Kindred, Holyn led strategy and operations for publishers and creators at Twitter. She architected Twitter’s global content strategy and narrative by building trust internally and credibility externally through cultivated relationships with media partners. Select proud accomplishments:

  • Designed and executed the communications strategy for the quarterly Staff meeting with Twitter’s CFO, CTO, and other leaders to advance content objectives. The content team got headcount and creators became a product priority
  • Established Twitter’s Content Council comprised of partners like the EIC of the NYTimes, Chief Digital Officer of the NBA, and other executives across news, sports, and entertainment 
  • Shaped internal culture by ghostwriting VP internal comms, leading the monthly all-hands, and drafting annual goals
  • Built relationships cross-functionally and with key vendors globally to execute on events, training, press, and more
  • Mitigated the 2020 Bitcoin hack and other nonpublic crises by managing internal and partner comms


Full resume available

Kindred Ventures
2022-2025
Research & Investments
20+ deals, 35+ portfolio companies

$FWB
2021-2022
Treasury
Millions in managed liquidity 

Twitter
2018-2021
Global Content Partnerships
$1 billion in revenue

EY
2016-2017
Management Consulting 
Millions in client KYC/AML savings




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