Knowledge is power. May this knowledge be used to free the masses. Education is key.
Here 178 disruptive thinkers in the blockchain, fintech, ai, education, etc. sectors, enjoy!
Should you think I have missed some people, please comment on your choice and I will add it.
***I edited a 2019 data spreadsheet that was used for a social media sentiment bot***
1. Marc Andreesen
He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used Web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/marc-andreessen#section-overview
Twitter; @pmarca
2. Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant, and speaker. He is the CEO of the Tapscott Group and the co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/don-tapscott
Twitter; @dtapscott
3. Alex Tapscott
Alex Tapscott is a Canadian business author and advisor. His work revolves around the applications of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/alex-tapscott
Twitter; @alextapscott
4. Nick Szabo
Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar and cryptographer known for his research in digital contracts and digital currency. He holds an honorary professorship at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/nick-szabo#section-overview
Twitter; @NickSzabo4
5. Hal Finney
Harold Thomas Finney II was a developer for PGP Corporation. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. He also was an early Bitcoin user and received the first bitcoin transaction from Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
Deceased
6. Gavin Andresen
Gavin Andresen is a software developer best known for his involvement with bitcoin. Lead developer at Bitcoin foundation. https://www.crunchbase.com/person/gavin-andresen
Twitter; @gavinandresen
7. Adam Back
Adam Back is a British cryptographer and crypto-hacker. He is the inventor of hashcash, the proof-of-work system used by several anti-spam systems. A similar system is used in bitcoin. President of Blockstream, a blockchain technology company.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/adam-back
Twitter; @adam3us
8. Andreas Antonopoulos
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a Greek-British bitcoin advocate. He is a host on the Let's Talk Bitcoin podcast and a teaching fellow for the M.Sc. Digital Currencies at the University of Nicosia.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/andreas-antonopoulos
Twitter; @aantonop
9. Patrick Byrne
Patrick M. Byrne is an American entrepreneur, e-commerce pioneer and CEO of Overstock.com. In 1999, Byrne launched Overstock, after leading two smaller companies, including one owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. In 2002, Byrne took Overstock.com public.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/patrick-m-byrne
Twitter; @OverstockCEO
10. Roger Ver
Roger Keith Ver is an early investor in bitcoin-related startups. He has been a prominent supporter of bitcoin adoption and saw bitcoin as a means to promote economic freedom. Bitcoin Cash ABC founder.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/roger-ver
Twitter; @rogerkver
11. Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum and as a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/vitalik-buterin
Twitter; @VitalikButerin
12. Adam Ludwin
Adam Ludwin co-founded Chain, an enterprise-level blockchain infrastructure company, with Devon Gundry in 2014. Ludwin serves as the company's CEO. Ludwin and Gundry previously founded photosharing app Koa.la (formerly Albumatic)
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/adam-ludwin
Twitter; @adamludwin
13. Pieter Wuille
Peter Wuille is a Bitcoin Core developer and the co-founder of Blockstream. He is #2 in terms of commits to Bitcoin Core and is responsible for important improvements to Bitcoin like BIP 66, libsecp256k1, and Segregated Witness.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/pieter-wuille
Twitter; @pwuille
14. Bobby Lee
Bobby Lee was the CEO and co-founder of BTCC (formerly BTCChina), the first bitcoin exchange in China and the leading bitcoin financial platform worldwide.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/bobby-lee-ch
Twitter; @bobbyclee
15. Charles Lee
Charles Lee is a computer scientist, best known as the creator of Litecoin. He serves as the managing director of the Litecoin Foundation. As of July 2013, he also works for Coinbase
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/charlie-lee
Twitter; @SatoshiLite
16. Barry Silbert
Barry Silbert is the Founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group. Sitting at the epicenter of the bitcoin and blockchain industry, DCG is a global enterprise that builds, supports, and invests in companies all over the world.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/barry-silbert
Twitter; @barrysilbert
17. Emin Gun Sirer
Emin Gün Sirer is a Turkish-American computer scientist. He is currently an associate professor of computer science at Cornell University, co-director of IC3. He is known for his contributions to peer-to-peer systems, operating systems and computer networking.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/emin-g%C3%BCn-sirer
Twitter; @el33th4xor
18. Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn, is an American Colorado-based computer security specialist, cypherpunk, and CEO of zCash.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/zooko-wilcox-o-hearn
Twitter; @zooko
19. Vinny Lingham
Vinny Lingham is a South African Internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder & CEO of Civic - an identity protection and management startup. He was also previously the founder and CEO of Gyft & Yola, Inc.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/vinny-lingham
Twitter; @VinnyLingham
20. Brett King
Brett King is the co-founder and CEO of Moven, a New York-based mobile banking startup. He is regarded as an influencer in financial services globally, and his book Augmented was cited by China's President Xi Jinping as recommended reading on artificial intelligence.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/brett-king
Twitter; @BrettKing
21. Micheal Kitces
Michael Kitces is an American financial planner, commentator, speaker, blogger, and educator. Co-founder of XY Planning Network.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-kitces-2
Twitter; @MichaelKitces
22. Dan Morehead
Dan is founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, an investment firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies utilizing blockchain technology. The firm was founded in 2003 with a focus on global macro hedge fund investments.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/dan-morehead
Twitter; @dan_pantera
23. Erik Voorhees
Erik Tristan Voorhees is an American startup founder. He is co-founder of the bitcoin company Coinapult, worked as Director of Marketing at BitInstant. CEO of Shapeshift.io
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/erik-voorhees
Twitter; @ErikVoorhees
24. Perianne Boring
Founder & President, Chamber of Digital Commerce. The world's first and largest blockchain trade association. The mission of the Chamber is to promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain technology. Blockchain professor at Georgetown.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/perianne-boring
Twitter; @PerianneDC
25. Richard Gendal Brown
Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director at R3. Richard's team builds Corda, the world's most advanced enterprise blockchain platform. R3 is an enterprise software company supported by a consortium of hundreds of banks, technology firms and regulators.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/richard-brown-11
Twitter; @gendal
26. Brian Forde
He is currently the Director of Digital Currency at the MIT Media Lab, for heading it to use digital currencies like bitcoin widespread through high-impact technology and applications. Worked at the White House as a Senior Advisor for Mobile and Data Innovation.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/brian-forde
Twitter; @BrianForde
27. Oliver Bussman
Oliver is Founder and CEO of Bussmann Advisory, he advises enterprises, top-tier consultancies, and financial services companies looking to stay ahead of the digital disruption curve. Globally recognized thought leader in FinTech, blockchain and artificial intelligence.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/oliver-bussmann
Twitter; @obussmann
28. Christine Lu
Christine is the Execution and Public Relations Expert by profession. She has been into cross border Chinese business and investment trends since last 20 years. Co-founder of IXI collective, Affinity China and America Innovates. Board of directors of Cross Border Lab.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/christine-lu#section-overview
Twitter; @christinelu
29. Gilles Babinet
Gilles Babinet is a French multi-entrepreneur. He represents France in the Digital Champions group built by the European Union. He is also vice-President of the Conseil National du Numérique, a body advising the French Government on digital maters.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/gilles-babinet
Twitter; @babgi
30. Jim Marous
One of the most influential people in banking, and a top 5 Fintech influencer, Jim Marous is the co-publisher of The Financial Brand, and owner and publisher of the Digital Banking Report. Marous has also advised the White House on banking policy.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jim-marous
Twitter; @JimMarous
31. Bruce Porter Jr.
Bruce is an Entrepreneur and Social Media Marketing Expert by profession. He owns DC Translation LLC and EmmeGirls LLC, and is also the Chairman and CEO of GlobalBoost, a technology company in Washington, DC.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/bruce-porter-jr#section-overview
Twitter; @NetworksManager
32. Dinis Guarda
He is the founder and CEO of Ztudium group, which include intelligentHQ.com and socialmediacouncil.eu He has co-managed Saxo Bank’s web/online marketing strategy and created tradingfloor.com
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/dinis-guarda
Twitter; @dinisguarda
33. Brian Armstrong
Brian is the top tier executive and tech entrepreneur by profession. is the CEO and co-founder of Coinbase, an open financial system and Bitcoin exchange for the world. He is an active blockchain enthusiast and a great advocate of bitcoin.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/brian-armstrong
Twitter; @brian_armstrong
34. Jihan Wu
Jihan is the top tier business executive and blockchain expert by profession. Jihan is the co-founder of BITMAIN, which sells ASIC chip technology to bitcoin miners around the world.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/wu-jihan
Twitter; @JihanWu
35. Laura Shin
Laura is a tech journalist and author by profession. Laura is Forbes’ senior editor of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology coverage, and is a co-lead reporter on the Forbes Fintech 50 list.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/laura-shin
Twitter; @laurashin
36. Thomas Power
He is the board member of 9Spokes, an open banking dashboard. He is a well-known cryptocurrency expert and has published 7 books and spoken at 1000 conferences and events across 56 countries.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/thomas-power
Twitter; @thomaspower
37. Tyler Winklevoss
He is the Principal of Winklevoss Capital and co-founder and CEO of Gemini, a next-generation digital asset exchange.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/tyler-winklevoss
Twitter; @tylerwinklevoss
38. Tuur Demeester
Tuur is a speaker, research analyst and bitcoin activist by profession. He is the Editor-in-Chief at Adamant Research, and working on macro investment opportunities in the Bitcoin and blockchain space. He also co-founded the Belgian Rothboard Institute, an academic think-tank.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/tuur-demeester
Twitter; @TuurDemeester
39. Peter Todd
Peter Todd is a cryptocurrency developer and digital currency advocate by profession. He is one of Bitcoin’s most prominent and well-recognized open source developers, and is an applied cryptography consultant.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/peter-todd
Twitter; @peterktodd
40. Jameson Lopp
Jameson Lopp is a cryptocurrency engineer, entrepreneur and blogger by profession. Lopp is currently an engineer at BitGo and the creator of Statoshi.info, which displays bitcoin node stats in real time.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jameson-lopp#section-overview
Twitter; @lopp
41. Tim Draper
Tim Draper is the entrepreneur and top tier executive by profession. Draper is currently the founder of DFJ Venture Capital. He is also an active advocate for blockchain technologies, and is one of the early investors in Bitcoin.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/timothy-draper
Twitter; @TimDraper
42. Jeff Garzik
He is the co-founder of Bloq, an enterprise-grade blockchain startup. Bloq has its own cryptocurrency, Metronome, which is expected to eventually run on multiple kinds of blockchains.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jeff-garzik
Twitter; @jgarzik
43. Naval Ravikant
He is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList. Naval is also an investor in Bitwise Asset Management, one of the first cryptocurrency index funds. He is also providing a range of capital and advisory services to blockchain startup Blockstack, which released its first decentralized browser.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/naval-ravikant
Twitter; @naval
44. Jon Matonis
He is currently the Founding Director and co-founder of the Bitcoin Foundation. He is also the chairman of Globitex, a bitcoin and derivatives exchange. He also served as a Board Member at First Global Credit, a cryptocurrency investment firm based in Geneva.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jon-matonis
Twitter; @jonmatonis
45. Stephan Tual
He is currently the co-founder of AtlasNeue and Slock.it, a blockchain infrastructure for the collaborative economy that’s developed on the Ethereum platform. He was the CCO of Ethereum, and is universally recognized as an expert in the crypto and blockchain community.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/stephan-tual
Twitter; @stephantual
46. Jimmy Song
He is an instructor at Programming Blockchain, which teaches talented developers about how to code for the blockchain platform. He is currently a developer at Paxos, a fintech blockchain startup focused on automating post-trade settlements.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jimmy-song
Twitter; @jimmysong
47. Derin Cag
He is the co-founder of BlockchainAge, the global leader in blockchain research and consultancy. He also formed an online business magazine Richtopia, and is the co-founder of Marketing Runners, a professional services firm.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/derin-cag
Twitter; @DerinCag
48. Ryan Selkis
He has been the Managing Director at CoinDesk, a site that provides latest news, analysis, and insights in the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces. Previously, has was the Director of Growth for Digital Currency Group, an investment firm in crypto.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ryan-selkis-2
Twitter; @twobitidiot
49. Jeremy Allaire
He is currently CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle and Chairman of the Board of Brightcove. With his brother JJ Allaire, he co-founded Allaire Corporation in 1995.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jeremy-allaire
Twitter; @jerallaire
50. Wences Casares
He is the CEO of Bitcoin wallet provider, Xapo, and founded Internet Argentina, Wanako Games, Patagon, Lemon Wallet, and Banco Lemon. Casares sits on the boards of Paypal and Coin Center.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/wences-casares
Twitter; @wences
51. Wei Dai
Wei Dai is a computer engineer best known as the creator of the Bitcoin predecessor "b-money" and as the developer of the Crypto++ library.
Twitter; No twitter
52. Tony Gallippi
Tony Gallippi is the co-founder and current Chairman of the financial services company, BitPay. The company is the largest bitcoin checkout processor globally. Gallippi was responsible for founding BitPay in 2011 along with Stephen Pair.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/antonio-gallippi
Twitter; @TonyGallippi
53. Daniel Larimer
Daniel Larimer created the cryptocurrency platform BitShares, was co-founder of the blockchain social platform Steemit, and is CTO Block.one, a private company that was the original developer of EOS.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/daniel-larimer
Twitter; @bytemaster7
54. Chris Larsen
Chris Larsen is a business executive and angel investor best known for co-founding several Silicon Valley technology startups, including one based on peer to peer lending. CEO and co-founder of Ripple.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/chris-larsen
Twitter; @chrislarsensf
55. Blythe Masters
Blythe Masters is a former executive at JPMorgan Chase. She is currently the CEO of Digital Asset Holdings, a financial technology firm developing distributed ledger technology for wholesale financial services.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/blythe-masters
Twitter; @blythemasters
56. Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao is the founder and CEO of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, as of April 2018. Zhao was previously a member of the team that developed Blockchain.info and also served as chief technology officer of OKCoin.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/changpeng-zhao
Twitter; @cz_binance
57. Justin Sun
Justin Sun is the founder of TRON and Callme (PEIWO) APP. TRON is the world top 10 crypto network and web 4.0 blockchain dapp platform. PEIWO is one of the largest voice live streaming apps in China.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/justin-sun-cbba
Twitter; @justinsuntron
58. Charles Hoskinson
Founding three cryptocurrency-related start-ups, Invictus Innovations, Ethereum and IOHK. Research, design and development of Cardano, a third-generation cryptocurrency that launched in September 2017.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/charles-hoskinson
Twitter; @IOHK_Charles
59. Jesse Powell
Jesse Powell is an expert in virtual currencies, online/international payments and fraud, as well as co-founder and CEO of Kraken, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in the world. He is a 15-year veteran of the virtual currency industry.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jesse-powell
Twitter; @jespow
60. Leon Li
Co-founder of Huobi.com, a global blockchain asset financial services provider including exchange, trade, wallet, and storage.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-li-13621bb8/?originalSubdomain=cn
Twitter; @HuobiGlobal
61. Shakil Khan
Shakil Khan is an investor in BitPay, Spotify, SecondMarket, Top10, Duedil and YPlan. A serial entrepreneur, he was part of the founding team at buy.at, and he recently founded bitcoin news site CoinDesk.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/shakil-khan
Twitter; @shak
62. Bill Shihara
Mr. Bill Shihara is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Bittrex, LLC. Mr. Shihara is the Manager of Security Threat Analysis and Security Engineering at BlackBerry.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/bill-shihara
Twitter; @BittrexExchange
63. Nejc Kodrič
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Bitstamp. Nejc spearheaded the approach to become the first fully licensed virtual currency exchange in EU, which was granted in 2016, setting the benchmark for the Bitcoin industry’s continued consolidation and strength.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/nejc-kodric
Twitter; @nejc_kodric
64. Damijan Merlak
Co-founder of Bitstamp. Damijan Merlak serves as Director at Bitstamp Limited.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/damijan-merlak#section-overview
Twitter; @damianmerlak
65. Arthur Hayes
Co-founder and CEO of BitMex. He was the market-maker for Deutsche Bank and Citibank’s Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) businesses. He also has extensive experience trading equity index futures, forwards, and swaps as well as non-deliverable FX forwards.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/arthur-hayes
Twitter; @CryptoHayes
66. Ben Delo
Co-founder and CSO of BitMex. He has over ten years experience developing high-frequency trading systems for companies such as J.P. Morgan and IBM, dealing predominately in KDB+/Q.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ben-delo
Twitter; No Twitter account
67. Samuel Reed
Co-founder and CTO of BitMex. Sam has served as CTO of two technology companies: Tixelated and Global Brand Solutions of Hong Kong. Samuel’s primary area of expertise is in the implementation of modern, real-time web applications and interfaces.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/samuel-reed-2
Twitter; @STRML_
68. Charles Shrem IV
Charles Shrem IV is an American entrepreneur, bitcoin advocate, and convicted felon. In 2011 he co-founded the now-defunct startup company BitInstant, and is a founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation, formerly serving as vice chairman.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/charlie-shrem
Twitter; @CharlieShrem
69. Jean Louis van der Velde
Jean-Louis van der Velde is the Chief Executive Officer at iFinex Inc. (BVI). He co-founded Tuxia GmbH in 2000 and served as its Chief Sales Officer, is accountable for its overall sales strategy. Also founder of Tether.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jl-van-der-velde
Twitter; @bitfinex
70. Giancarlo Devasini
Became a partner in Bitfinex in early 2013 and worked on establishing banking relationships, attracting key personnel and re-domiciling Bitfinex in Hong Kong. Currently serving as Chief Financial Officer of Bitfinex.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/giancarlo-devasini#section-overview
Twitter; @CasPiancey
71. Paolo Ardoino
CTO of Bitfinex
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/paolo-ardoino
Twitter; @paoloardoino
72. Phil Potter
Ex CSO for Bitfinex and Tether. Now CEO, Potter Ventures LLC.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/philip-potter-bf61#section-overview
Twitter; @PhilGPotter
73. Stu Hoegner
General Counsel at Bitfinex. Expert on cryptocurrency issues before SEC, the Department of Finance, and the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. Editor of ‘The Law of Bitcoin’, the world’s first book on the law of cryptocurrencies.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/stuart-hoegner
Twitter; @GamingCounsel
74. Bobby Ong
Co-founder of CoinGecko, one of the world's leading cryptocurrencies data aggregator operating since early 2014. CoinGecko now tracks over 3,000 cryptocurrencies from more than 250 exchanges.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/bobby-ong-2
Twitter; @bobbyong
75. Paul Vigna
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Currently covering bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology. Author of three books.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-vigna#section-overview
Twitter; @paulvigna
76. Susanne Chishti
CEO of FINTECH Circle, Europe's 1st Angel Network focused on fintech opportunities & Founder of the FINTECH Circle Institute, the leading fintech learning platform offering classroom Innovation Workshops to C-level executives and online courses.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sunsanne-chishti
Twitter; @SusanneChishti
77. Andrea O'Sullivan
Andrea O'Sullivan is a feature writer for The Bridge at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Her work focuses on cybersecurity, surveillance, Internet freedom, cryptocurrency, and the economics of technology.
No crunchbase, no LinkedIn
Twitter; @anjiecast
78. Brock Pierce
Entrepreneur and venture capitalist with an extensive track record of founding, advising and investing in disruptive businesses. Pierce is the Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and co-founder of EOS Alliance, Block.one, Blockchain Capital, Tether, and Mastercoin.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/brock-pierce
Twitter; @brockpierce
79. Micheal Novogratz
Michael E. Novogratz is the CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners. He was formerly a principal and a member of the board of directors of Fortress Investment Group LLC and Chief Investment Officer of the Fortress Macro Fund.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/mike-novogratz
Twitter; @novogratz
80. Nicholas Cary
American businessman, best known as the co-founder of Blockchain.com. In 2014, as CEO of Blockchain, Cary led the biggest round of venture capital financing in the digital currency sector at that time, closing $30.5m from investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners and Richard Branson.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/nicolas-cary#section-overview
Twitter; @niccary
81. Joey Zhou
Ethereum dev in 2014, wrote first node implementation of Ethereum, contributed to geth, go-ethereum, cpp-ethereum. Angel Investor. Advised various Fed government agencies on technology & security.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/joe-zhou-2
Twitter; @josephzhou
82. Joseph Lubin
He has founded and co-founded several companies including the Swiss-based EthSuisse, contributing heavily to Ethereum, the decentralized cryptocurrency platform. Lubin is founder of ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based software-production studio
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/joseph-lubin
Twitter; @ethereumJoseph
83. Julian Hosp
Julian is the co-founder of TenX, a blockchain pioneer that makes multiple virtual currencies instantly spendable in everyday life. One of the most influential people in blockchain, Julian is a frequently invited speaker at global tech/FinTech/blockchain conferences.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/julian-hosp
Twitter; @julianhosp
84. Anthony Di Iorio
CEO & Founder of Decentral & Jaxx, Co-Founder of Ethereum.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/anthony-di-iorio-2
Twitter; @diiorioanthony
85. Matthew Roszak
Co-founder and chairman of Bloq, a blockchain software company. Also founding partner of Tally Capital, a private investment firm focused on blockchain technology with a portfolio of over 20 investments, including BitFury, Blockstream and Factom.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/matthew-roszak
Twitter; @MatthewRoszak
86. Brendan Blumer
He is the CEO of Block.one, the tech company producing the EOS.IO distributed ledger software.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/brendan-blumer
Twitter; @BrendanBlumer
87. Valery Vavilov
Original founding member of BitFury. Assumed the role of BitFury CEO in 2011. Prior to that, held numerous technology and business leadership positions.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/valery-vavilov
Twitter; @valeryvavilov
88. Brad Garlinghouse
CEO of financial technology company Ripple. He was formerly the CEO and Chairman of Hightail, the file sharing site.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/brad-garlinghouse
Twitter; @bgarlinghouse
89. Song Chi-Hyung
CEO of Dunamu. Founder of Upbit Korean cryptocurrency centralized exchange.
No crunchbase, no LinkedIn
Twitter; No Twitter
90. Jed McCaleb
He is a co-founder and the CTO of Stellar.org. Prior to co-founding Stellar, he founded and served as the CTO of the company Ripple until 2013.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jed-mccaleb
Twitter; @JedMcCaleb
91. Da Hongfei
CEO of Onchain, founder of NEO, key opinion leader of the Chinese blockchain industry, serial entrepreneur, a Bachelor of Arts graduate capable of coding virus with assembly language. Da Hongfei is blockchain advisor to a handful of banks, brokers, and clearing houses.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/hongfei-da
Twitter; @dahongfei
92. Riccardo Spagni
Riccardo is a member of Monero Core Team, who stewards of the Monero Project, and is also the lead maintainer of the Monero project. With an academic background in informatics and logistics.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/riccardo-spagni
Twitter; @fluffypony
93. Francisco Cabañas
Monero Core Team developper.
No crunchbase, no LinkedIn
Twitter; No twitter
94. Even Duffield
Founder of DASH. After discovering Bitcoin in 2010, Duffield wanted to add anonymity into the protocol. Duffield claims that Bitcoin Core developers would not have merged such code. Out of frustration, Duffield launched Dash in January-2014.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-duffield-98645515/
Twitter; @eduffield44
95. Binshen Tang
Founder of Clash of Kings with over 10 million MAU worldwide. Part of Tron ecosystem. Early Tron investor.
No crunchbase, no LinkedIn
Twitter; @ClashofKingsCoK
96. Chaoyong Wang
Mr. Wang is the founding partner and Chief Executive Officer of ChinaEquity International Holding Co., Ltd., a China-based independent venture capital firm which focuses on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in Greater China.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/chaoyong-wang#section-overview
Twitter; No Twitter
97. Sunny Lu
Co-founder & CEO, VeChain General company. Head of operations of VeChain.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sunny-lu
Twitter; @sunshinelu24
98. Jordan Earls
Jordan Earls is the co-founder of Qtum, a blockchain application platform, and the co-chair of the Smart Contracts Alliance, an initiative to promote the acceptance and use of smart contracts technologies.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jordan-earls
Twitter; @earlzdotnet
99. Patrick Dai
Patrick is graduated from Draper University. Previously employed by Alibaba, and committed to the blockchain technology development, with abundant blockchain industry development experience.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/patrick-dai
Twitter; @PatrickXDai
100. Jason Best
Currently the Principal of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA). Fintech partner at Vectr Ventures. Advisor for ICON Foundation. Co-Author of World Bank Crowdfunding report.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jason-best#section-overview
Twitter; @CrowdCapAdvisor
101. Paul Veradittakit
Joining Pantera in 2014, Paul worked at Strive Capital as an Associate focusing on investments in the mobile space. Consulting for Hatch Consulting and LECG and performed business development and marketing.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-veradittakit#section-overview
Twitter; @veradittakit
102. Jehan Chu
Partner at Jen Advisors, a Hong Kong based early-stage Blockchain VC firm. He has been a Blockchain evangelist since 2013, is the founder of the Ethereum HK meetup, Hyperledger HK meetup, and a founding member of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jehan-chu
Twitter; @collectionist
103. Yiseul Cho
CEO and founder at Perceptra. Venture partner at FBG Capital.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/yiseul-cho#section-overview
Twitter; @yiseulcho
104. Simon Seojoon Kim
Co-founder and vice president of KnowRe, an education technology company that develops digital learning platforms. CEO & Partner at Hashed.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/seojoon-kim
Twitter; @seojoonkim
105. Eddy Travia
CEO & Co-founder of London-listed Coinsilium Group Limited (NEX:COIN), venture builder, investor and accelerator of blockchain startups.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/eddy-travia
Twitter; @startupeddy
106. Ismail Malik
Founder of the world’s first Blockchain Lab and first ‘DLT’ company within Level 39 in Canary Wharf (world’s largest Fintech accelerator). Blockchain Lab focuses on smart contracts for the Internet of Everything .
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ismail-malik#section-recent-news-and-activity
Twitter; @DisrupTiv
107. KJ Eee
CEO, DAYLI Intelligence. ICON Council Chair.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wamlaw/
Twitter; @wamlaw
108. JH Kim
He holds the CISA qualification and is currently the CEO of theloop, the blockchain specialized company. ICON council chairman.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonghyup-kim-29995228/
Twitter; No twitter
109. Jay Kim
ICON Foundation Council member.
110. Hoon Lee
ICON Foundation Council member.
111. Min Kim
Founder of ICON Project and Council member at ICON Foundation.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/minhokim/
Twitter; @minhokim
112. Guido Schmitz-Krummacher
Blockchain & Crypto Expert for Regulatory, Compliance, Finance at Swiss Innovation Group. Board of Advisor at Cardano.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guidos1/?originalSubdomain=ch
Twitter; No Twitter
113. Olivier Beddows
CTO, Vice President and co-founder at LISK project.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/olivier-beddows#section-overview
Twitter; @Karmacrypto
114. Max Kordek
Co-Founder and President at LISK project. Globally recognized blockchain visionary, Max leads strategy & business at Lisk Foundation, the not-for-profit arm of the Javascript blockchain app platform Lisk.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/max-kordek#section-overview
Twitter; @MaxKordek
115. Jun Li
Founder of Ontology & Co-founder of Onchain.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jun-li-58950069/?originalSubdomain=cn
Twitter; No twitter
116. Jack Liao
Founder of Bitcoin Gold.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jack-liao#section-recent-news-and-activity
Twitter; @bitcoingold
117. Chang Jia
Changjia is the CEO and Founder of 8btc, Blockchain Researcher, Sci-Fi Writer. Editor and Co-author of Bitcoin, A Real yet Virtual Financial World (2014), and Blockchain: From Digital Currency to Credit Society (2016)
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/chang-jia#section-overview
Twitter; @btcinchina
118. Duan Xinxing
Founder of the BYTOM, a researcher of Fintech industry, the scholarship winner of The Gates Foundation. He used to work as the vice president and the chief researcher of OKCoin, which is the largest digital assets exchange platform in China.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/duan-xinxing#section-overview
Twitter; @Bytom_Official
119. Steve Nico Williams
CEO and co-founder of Populus.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/steve-nico-williams#section-overview
Twitter; @iamstevenico
120. Colin LeMahieu
Founder and CEO at The Nano Foundation, expanding adoption of Nano which tops the cryptocurrency industry in performance and efficiency.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/colin-lemahieu#section-overview
Twitter; @ColinLeMahieu
121. Ned Scott
CEO of Steemit.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ned-scott#section-overview
Twitter; @realnedscott
122. David Vorick
CEO, Co-founder and Lead Developer of Sia, the leading decentralized cloud storage network secured by blockchain technology. David has been active in Bitcoin and the larger cryptocurrency space since 2011.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/david-vorrick#section-overview
Twitter; @DavidVorick
123. Luke Champine
CEO and co-founder of Nebulous Lab. (SIA and Obelisk)
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/luke-champine#section-overview
Twitter; @lukechampine
124. Jack Lu
Founder of Wanchain. Graduated from Peking University and MBA fromThe Ohio State University. Blockchain entrepreneur and technical expert. Cofounded Factom in 2014.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jack-lu-9c0a
Twitter; @JackLu_WAN
125. Jackson Palmer
Co-Founder at DogeCoin.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jackson-palmer
Twitter; @ummjackson
126. Chris Trew
CEO and founder of Stratis.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/chris-trew-2
Twitter; @chrisblockchain
127. John McAfee
Executive chairman and CEO of MGT Capital Investments. Twitter Influencer. Crypto advocate. Will run for the 2020 presidential election to get speak time to speak about blockchain.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-mcafee
Twitter; @officialmcafee
128. Rhett Creighton
Bitcoin core test suite contributor. Forked Zcash to Zclassic. Currently working on Bitcoin Private.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyrhett/
Twitter; @HeyRhett
129. Xinshu Dong
CEO and founder of Zilliqa. Computer security expert currently developing secure and scalable blockchain.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xinshudong/?originalSubdomain=sg
Twitter; @xinshudong
130. Sasha Ivanov
CEO and founder of Waves blockchain. CEO and founder of Vostok project.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sasha-ivanov
Twitter; @sasha35625
131. Will Warren
Will Warren is Co-founder and CEO at 0x where he is developing public infrastructure for peer-to-peer exchange on the Ethereum blockchain.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-warren-92aab62b/
Twitter; @willwarren89
132. Nabil Naghdy
COO of status.im. SNT crypto.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabilnaghdy/
Twitter; @naghdy
133. Yanislav Malahov
Founder of Aeternity.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/yanislav-malahov
Twitter; @noyyy
134. Matthew Spoke
Founder and CEO of the Aion Network. Co-founder and CEO of Nuco, a blockchain enterprise infrastructure provider, and is the former blockchain project lead for Deloitte Canada.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/matthew-spoke#section-overview
Twitter; @MattSpoke
135. Jin Tu
Founder of Nuco. Engineer team leader at the Aion Network.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jin-tu#section-overview
Twitter; @Aion_Network
136. Kesem Frank
Co-Founder and COO of Nuco, is head of project delivery, also responsible for product management and roadmap execution. Kesem successfully led multiple DLT projects.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/kesem-frank-be76#section-overview
Twitter; @kesemfr
137. Daniel Wang
Founder and CEO of Loopring foundation.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/daniel-wang-4#section-overview
Twitter; @daniel_loopring
138. Julian Zawistowski
Decentralised systems visionary and entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Golem Factory, the company behind the Golem decentralized distributed compute network.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/julian-zawistowski
Twitter; @julianzawist
139. Do Sanghyuk
Co-founder and CEO of Waltonchain.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/do-sanghyuk#section-overview
Twitter; @Waltonchain
140. Xu Fangcheng
Co-founder of Waltonchain.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/xu-fangcheng#section-overview
Twitter; No Twitter
141. Martynas Bacevicius
CEO and founder at Ardorgate.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martynas-bacevicius-5194b951/
Twitter; No Twitter
142. Lior Yaffe
Blockchain Developer (NXT/Ardor/Ignis) and co-founder of Jelurida
Twitter; @lioryaffe
143. Joey Krug
Co-Chief Investment Officer at Pantera Capital, Core Dev on Augur, Co-Founder of Beam, and Angellist Syndicate
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/joey-krug
Twitter; @joeykrug
144. Jack Peterson
Lead developer of Augur.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jack-peterson-2
Twitter; @tensorjack
145. Jared Tate
Founder and creator of the DigiByte blockchain. DigiByte is a public, rapidly growing and highly decentralized 4-year-old blockchain.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredctate/
Twitter; @jaredctate
146. Brian Eich
Founder of Brave browser. Basic Attention token ERC20 token. Brendan Eich was founder and long-term CTO at Mozilla. Eich is widely recognized for his enduring contributions to the Internet revolution. In 1995, Eich invented JavaScript.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/brendan-eich
Twitter; @BrendanEich
147. Michael Gan
CEO of Kucoin, cryptocurrency centralized exchange.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-gan#section-overview
Twitter; @gan_chun
148. François Thoorens
CTO and co-founder of ARK blockchain.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/francois-thoorens
Twitter; @ArkEcosystem
149. Lars Rensing
CFO and co-founder of ARK blockchain.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/lars-rensing#section-overview
Twitter; No twitter
150. Ma Haobo
Founder of ælf, founder/ CEO of Hoopox
https://www.linkedin.com/in/haobo-ma-b7b0b251/?originalSubdomain=cn
Twitter; @HaoboMa_aelf
151. Paul Snow
Chairman of the Texas Bitcoin Conference, Inventor of the Factom protocol, CEO and co-founder of Factom Inc.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-snow
Twitter; @paulsnx2
152. David Johnston
Managing director at Yeoman's Growth Capital (YCG) and chairman of the board at Facton Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidajohnston/
Twitter; @DJohnstonEC
153. Sebastian Schepis
SyScoin founder and core developer. Chief Information Officer at Blockchain Foundry Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianschepis/
Twitter; @sebschepis
154.
Dan Wasyluk
Co-founder and CEO at Blockchain Foundry Inc. Creator of Syscoin.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danwasyluk/
Twitter; @BlockchainDan
155. William Quigley
Co-Founder of WAX
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/william-quigley
Twitter; @WilliamEQuigley
156. Malcolm Casselle
Strategic Advisor for WAX
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/malcolm-casselle
Twitter; @MalcolmCasSelle
157. Abhishek Pitti
CEO and founder of Nucleus Vision.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/abhishek-pitti
Twitter; @abhi_nucleus
158. Shawn Owen
CEO of Salt Lendings.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/shawn-owen
Twitter; @Shawn_OwenJ
159. Dave Martin
Co-founder and Managing Director. Power Ledger Pty Ltd.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-martin-3474469/?originalSubdomain=au
Twitter; @DavdMartn
160. Zac Cheah
CEO and co-founder of Pundi X Labs.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/zac-cheah#section-overview
Twitter; @zibin
161. Pitt Huang
CTO and COO and co-founder of Pundi X Labs.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/pitt-huang
Twitter; No twitter
162. Constantin Papadimitriou
Constantin is the President of Pundi X and a founding member of the Indonesian Blockchain Association.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/constantin-papadimitriou#section-overview
Twitter; @kiki_cp
163. Ari Paul
Co-founder, CIO and managing partner at BlockTower Capital.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ari-paul-e2d3
Twitter; @AriDavidPaul
164. Miko Matsumura
Miko Matsumura is a founder of crypto exchange Evercoin, is a General Partner with Gumi Cryptos and a Venture Partner with BitBull Capital, a cryptocurrency fund-of-funds.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/miko-matsumura
Twitter; @mikojava
165. Pavel Durov
Pavel Valerievich Durov is a Russian entrepreneur who is best known for being the founder of the social networking site VK, and later the Telegram Messenger.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/pavel-durov
Twitter; @durov
166. Eric Meltzer
Partner at INBlockchain, crypto investment fund.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/eric-meltzer-cdc4
Twitter; @wheatpond
167. Jake Jew Trading
Trader, twitter influencer and founder at KJ Trading.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-baval-8a74a956/
Twitter; @koreanjewcrypto
168. Suppoman
Youtuber, twitter influencer of VERY doubtful reputation.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsuppo/
Twitter; @MichaelSuppo
169. Ian Balina
Ian Balina is an influential Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Investor, Advisor, and Evangelist. He has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNBC, Huffington Post, The Street, INC and Entrepreneur Magazine.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianbalina/
Twitter; @DiaryofaMadeMan
170. Anatoly Radchenko
Managing partner and co-founder at United Traders.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/anatoliy-radchenko
Twitter; @aradchenko1
171. Trace Mayer
Co-founder and manager at Premier ARK LLC.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/trace-mayer
Twitter; @TraceMayer
172. Max Keiser
The Keiser Report on RT. Founder and CEO of StartCoin Holdings.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/max-keiser
Twitter; @maxkeiser
173. Alex Sunnarborg
Alex Sunnarborg is a founding and managing partner of Tetras Capital. Formerly, Alex was a research analyst at CoinDesk after the acquisition of Lawnmower.io, a crypto asset investment and research app he founded.
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/alex-sunnarborg
Twitter; @alexsunnarborg
174. Spencer Bogart
Partner at Blockchain Capital. Investing in people, companies, protocols and tokens building future of crypto. Former Bitcoin Analyst and VP at Needham & Co.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-bogart-cfa-bba645a/
Twitter; @CremeDeLaCrypto
175. Alvin Lee
Co-Founder at Aluna.Social. Cryptoasset Trader, Entrepreneur, Digital Marketer. Aspiring Quantitative Trader & Organic Vegetable Farmer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvinleehe/?originalSubdomain=sg
Twitter; @onemanatatime
176. Omar Bham (Crypt0)
Futurist, Cryptocurrency Advocate, Musician, Brain Hacker, & Actor - YouTube Channel Crypt0.
https://www.youtube.com/user/obham001
Twitter; @crypt0snews
177. Michael Gu (Boxmining)
Creator of Daily Cryptocurrency News and Discussion YouTube channel: Boxmining
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxODjeUwZHk3p-7TU-IsDOA/featured
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-gu#section-overview
Twitter; @boxmining
178. Ivan Liljeqvist (Ivan on tech)
Creator of Daily Cryptocurrency News and Discussion YouTube channel: Ivan on Tech. Founder of Ivan on Tech Academy.
https://www.youtube.com/user/LiljeqvistIvan
https://academy.ivanontech.com/
Twitter; @IvanOnTech
