Dirt Digital // Case file: Farrell, M. // Last updated Jun 11, 2026
Subject File
FILE Nº DD-2026-001 // OPEN

Mike Farrell

GROWTH & PARTNERSHIPS // SOLANA ECOSYSTEM
BASE: VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC
STATUS: OPEN TO WORK / FULL-TIME
CLEARANCE: PUBLIC

A decade trading digital assets and five years building inside the Solana ecosystem, across growth, marketing, and partnerships, most recently as Head of Growth at Exo Technologies. A connector at heart: I build the relationships, narrative, and pipeline that move products and teams forward. This is the case file: what I've done, what I'm working, and where the hunt stands. I'm after a full-time seat on a serious, hungry team.

Open to Work
68+Episodes shipped
5+Years in the Solana ecosystem
$500KRaised for charity
10 yrsTrading digital assets
Exhibit A / The Hunt

Active Investigations

Every role I pursue gets a file: status, dates, and working notes. Run in public, updated from the admin desk.

Relationship Manager, Stablecoin Issuance
Anchorage Digital
OPENED Jun 9, 2026 // LAST ACTION Jun 9, 2026
Applied
Institutional stablecoin GTM. Business development and relationships at scale.
Account Manager, Renewal & Expansion
Range
OPENED Jun 9, 2026 // LAST ACTION Jun 9, 2026
Applied
Web3 fintech. Revenue retention and expansion, built on relationships.
Technical Product Marketing Manager
Anza
OPENED Jun 9, 2026 // LAST ACTION Jun 9, 2026
Applied
Solana core R&D. Translating protocol work for validators and developers.
Business Development Lead
Perena
OPENED Jun 9, 2026 // LAST ACTION Jun 9, 2026
Applied
Solana DeFi. Pipeline and partnerships from the ground up.
Product Strategy Lead
Magic Eden
OPENED Jun 9, 2026 // LAST ACTION Jun 9, 2026
Applied
Consumer crypto. Product and growth for a category leader.
Exhibit B / Field Notes

Field Notes

Thought pieces filed from the front. Each one ships with its own link / built to travel to LinkedIn and X.

Exhibit C / The Receipts

The Receipts

Claims are cheap. Here's the evidence, with context for where each number came from.

68+
Episodes shipped
Interviews with founders and builders across crypto and AI, since 2023.
$500K
Raised for charity
GRIP IT, Phuket. Co-founded and built from zero.
10+
Protocols & teams assisted
Growth and partnerships across the ecosystem, from Exo to Pentagon to Dirt Digital clients. Confirm the real number.
Multiple
NFT & memecoin activations
A memecoin takeover with Future Protocol, plus NFT community activations across the ecosystem.
Exhibit D / Case History

Closed Cases

A decade of assignments in frontier tech. Open a file for the full report.

Founder / Dirt Digital2025 - PRESENT

Growth studio for blockchain and tech teams: brand, content, partnerships, and distribution, with AI tooling used to multiply output.

  • Full-stack growth for clients: positioning, narrative, content pipelines, and distribution across X, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
  • Sourced ecosystem partnerships and ran campaigns, including a memecoin takeover with Future Protocol and NFT community activations.
  • Use AI tooling and agentic workflows to multiply output, with a human in the loop on every result.
  • Launched Island Growth, practical growth systems for owner-led businesses on Vancouver Island.
Growth / Pentagon2026

Growth sprint for a platform building the operating system for AI agent teams.

  • Shaped narrative across blog, social, and email.
  • Ran outreach and ecosystem activation, and delivered demos at industry events.
  • Partnered with engineering on product testing and feedback loops.
Head of Growth / Exo Technologies2025 - 2026

Owned end-to-end growth for a frontier-tech engineering team.

  • Built brand, positioning, and narrative from the ground up.
  • Ran content across blog, newsletter, podcast, and technical research.
  • Drove business development and lead generation through pipeline and ecosystem introductions.
Researcher / Creator / Independent Research, Blog & Podcast2021 - 2024

Independent crypto research, writing, and podcasting across multiple market cycles.

  • 68+ podcast episodes since 2023, interviewing founders and builders across crypto and AI.
  • Long-form ecosystem research and analysis through multiple cycles.
Co-Founder / GRIP ITPHUKET, THAILAND

Registered charity, co-founded and built from zero.

  • Roughly $500K raised across the program.
  • Fundraising, events, and community operations for child, environment, and welfare causes.
Exhibit E / The Tapes

The Tapes

Selections from 68+ episodes recorded across several shows and several years. Press play to review the evidence.

// Awaiting tape //

Best of the Show

Add your show name // 2025

Add standout episodes from the admin desk. Paste a YouTube ID and the player wakes up.

Exhibit F / The Brief

What I'm Looking For

The short version: a full-time growth or partnerships seat on a serious, hungry crypto team. Somewhere I can connect, build, and own outcomes, ideally in the Solana ecosystem I have called home for five years.

The Role

Growth, partnerships, BD, or marketing. Full-time, on a real team. Crypto, ideally Solana, though a great team doing epic work anywhere has my attention.

The Setup

Full-time and remote-first from Vancouver Island, working Pacific Time. Travel encouraged. A decade of remote operating discipline behind me.

The Fit

Teams that value receipts over decks, move fast, and want a connector who runs both strategy and execution.

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