Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi calls out how startups handle equity, saying employees deserve their upside without being locked in until a liquidity event "You can give employees and early holders liquidity actually when they need it. That's just something that's completely, completely broken today." "This is something that I don't think a lot of people would agree, but it's almost like modern day slavery in some cases, because you are forcing people to stay where they are to get to a liquidity event." "If they do leave, they have to figure out a way to exercise that no matter where they are in the world, especially in the United States. And if they can't afford it, you've basically given it back up to the company." "If you ask any venture capitalists around the side, they'll say, oh, that's just how it's done, but it's wrong." "I think if you work towards it and you want the upside, especially if you're working at the company, you deserve that upside."