Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko tells data centers to pivot to crypto

A nine-word post on X from the Solana co-founder offered a blunt piece of business advice and very little else Anatoly Yakovenko has some career advice for the people who run the world’s server farms. On November 4, 2026, the Solana Labs co-founder posted a single line on X: “If you are in data centers, pivot to crypto.” That was it. No thread, no chart, no follow-up. Nine words, delivered with the confidence of someone telling a friend to sell their minivan. What Yakovenko actually said The post went up at approximately 03:54 UTC. For most of the Americas, that was well past midnight. Cointelegraph picked it up the same day and ran it as breaking news. That is a notable amount of coverage for a sentence shorter than most email signatures. “If you are in data centers, pivot to crypto.” — Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Labs Yakovenko did not attach any additional explanation. Initial searches turned up no accompanying details or follow-up comments from him clarifying what he meant. The crowd response was polite rather than rapturous. The post collected hundreds of likes in the hours after it went live, with limited reposts and quote posts. A new message from a familiar voic...