Self-education in the cryptocurrency industry is often talked about but is difficult in action due to the lack of educational materials and truly knowledgable people in the space. This is a part one list of crypto influencers and celebrities, people well known for their opinions, predictions, analysis and actions. Twitter is where the cryptocurrency community lives and these 50 accounts cover majority of the industry, from NFT founders to hedge fund managers to CEOs of public companies and even common retail traders posting analysis.

Top 50 Crypto Twitter Influencers

1. Anthony Pompliano – Crypto influencer since 2016
2. PlanB – Bitcoin on-chain analysis
3. Willy Woo – Bitcoin on-chain analysis
4. Will Clemente – Bitcoin on-chain analysis
5. Ray Dalio – CEO of Blackrock, the largest asset manager in the world.
6. SBF – Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX Exchange
7. Joseph Lubin – Ethereum and government ties
8. Yatt Siu – Animoca Brands, digital property rights
9. Jack Mallers – Lightning Network, bitcoin
10. David Puell – ARK investments crypto team
11. Chain – Protocol for blockchain infrastructure
12. A16z – Cryptocurrency and digital asset based fund
13. Punk6529 – Early NFT adopter, building Om metaverse, critical thinker
14. DC Investor – Crypto Analysis
15. Decrypt – Crypto Media Coverage
16. Cozomo Medici – Known as Snoop Doggs NFT persona, Heavily invested in NFTs and digital art
17. Anthony Scaramucci – Big crypto investor, known for being a big fan of Algorand
18. Andres – Working on Bitcoin
19. Brian Brooks – CEO of Bitfury, former acting comptroller and on many crypto boards.
20. Devchart – technical analysis
21. Coinbase – Popular, public US exchange
22. Binance – Most popular exchange globally
23. CZ – CEO of Binance
24. Therationlaroot – Bitcoin On-Chain analysis
25. Coinmetrics – Crypto market data
26. Santimentfeed – On-Chain and social analysis
27. Grayscale – Institutional Investment asset manager, manages crypto funds.
28. Bitcoin Magazine – Largest bitcoin event and native publicist
29. Max Keiser – Huge Bitcoin guy
30. Nayib Bukele – President of El Salvador, Very open about bitcoin purchases and news
31. Michael Saylor – CEO of microstrategy, the only US company truly adding BTC to their balance sheets
32. BanklessHQ – Educational podcast
33. RealVision – Raoul Pal Crypto x Economy focused
34. Mike Novogratz – Big investor
35. Forbes Crypto – Forbes crypto publication
36. Dan Morehead – Pantera Capital big investor 
37. Yassine Elmandjra – ARK bitcoin
38. Brett WInton – ARK Director of research
39. Gavin Wood – Founder of Polkadot blockchain and the Ethereum smart contract, former co-founder of Ethereum
40. Vitalik Buterin – Founder of Ethereum
41. David Scwartz – CTO at Ripple and previously worked on the BTC code
42. Sunny Lu – VeChain founder
43. Jack Dorsey – Founder of Twitter and Square, now working on Bitcoin
44. Sandeep Nailwal – Polygon co-founder
45. Dylan Leclaire – Bitcoin analyst
46. Mark Yusko – Morgan Creek Capital founder
47. Whale Alert – Reporting large crypto movements
48. Bierre – Bitcoin trader
49. Chris Larsen – Co-founder of Ripple
50. Brad Garlinghouse – CEO of Ripple

Top 15 Crypto Podcasts

These are some of the best podcasts for cryptocurrency, blockchain and Web3 education. They each put out genuine content and are known as genuine sources of media and information. Of course, regardless of status, don’t trust but verify.

1. Thinking Crypto – A personal favorite for market updates
2. Coin Bureau – Possibly the best cryptocurrency podcast to learn, not just beginner topics
3. The Altcoin Podcast – One of the best podcasts for learning about altcoins
4. CoinDesk – One of the biggest crypto brands and publishers in the world
5. Real Vision – A podcast by macro-economist Raoul Pal that covers cryptocurrency
6. UnChained – Blockchain podcast
7. Decrypt Daily – Cryptocurrency podcast
8. On The Chain – Solid blockchain podcast
9. The Gentleman of Crypto – Good friendly explanations of things in the market
10. Crypto News Alerts – News and whats happening in the maket
11. Bankless – Reviewing blockchains
12. Daily Crypto Report – Daily report on the crypto market
13. Millenial Investing – Great group of business and investing podcasts
14. The Defiant – A great source of cryptocurrency information
15. Web3 with a16z – a16z is one of the biggest names in venture capitalism in the cryptocurrency space

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