Aave founder Stani Kulechov briefly suspended from Twitter after joking about...

Aave founder Stani Kulechov briefly suspended from Twitter after joking about...

Not everyone is convinced that Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter will promote free speech. Aave (AAVE) founder Stani Kulechov was temporarily suspended from Twitter this week, mere hours after joking that he was joining the social media company as interim CEO.“BREAKING: Joining Twitter as interim CEO,” Kulechov tweeted on Tuesday in a post that was intended as a joke. The tweet was timestamped at 2:48 pm PST (9:48 pm UTC). The following day, the Aave founder’s account was suspended, a spokesperson confirmed to Cointelegraph. The spokesperson also confirmed that it was Kulechov's first....


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