As a new investor, it can be quite challenging to know what exactly is going on in the frantic crypto market. At times, the cryptocurrency market seems like a living and breathing entity, with prices following both facts and hype.

But no matter if you are new in the market that wants to buy bitcoin with credit card or a seasoned veteran that trades daily, there are some crypto influencers that everyone should be following.

Sometimes, a single tweet from these crypto advocates can sway the market in either direction. For this reason, we created this list of the most influential personalities in the crypto sphere, that any crypto enthusiast should be following on Twitter.

1.  Anthony Pompliano

Anthony Pompliano is one of the most important bitcoin advocates in the crypto community. He’s the co-founder of blockchain venture capital firm Morgan Creek Digital Assets and writes one of the most beloved newsletters in the community, the Pomp letter.

He is a big supporter of bitcoin and advocates for its superiority over other store-of-value assets such as gold. With a following of more than 700k on Twitter, his ponderings on crypto are rarely left unnoticed.

2.  Andreas Antonopoulos

Andreas Antonopoulos is one of the most renowned and appreciated bitcoin educators. His bestseller series of books “The Internet of Money” have been an eye-opener to many other personalities on this very list.

Many consider him to be one of the OG of crypto, spreading the truth before in front of empty auditoriums over a decade ago. His perseverance has paid off, with crypto slowly, but surely reaching mainstream attention.

3.  Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum – the #2 crypto by market cap and the #1 smart contract blockchain in the world. Considered as one of the big thinkers of the sphere, he’s revered by many and has more than a million followers on Twitter.

More than just a source on Ethereum updates, his tweets are often sources of wisdom and point out the hidden benefits of crypto for humanity.

4.  Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss

Twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss were made famous by the movie “The Social Network”. They are long-time Bitcoin investors and the co-founders of famous crypto exchange Gemini.

They often praise the properties of Bitcoin and expose how the original cryptocurrency is the solution to most of our financial woes.

5.  Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey is the founder and CEO of Twitter and a long-time advocate for bitcoin and crypto. He also founded Square, a financial app which invested 25% of their assets in Bitcoin in October 2020.

Recently, he sold his first tweet as an NFT for $2.9 million and donated this money to charity, after exchanging it into BTC.

6.  Elon Musk

Elon Musk doesn’t really need an introduction. He’s the famous tech guru and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. But more importantly in the current narrative, he’s a huge advocate for crypto.

His love for cryptocurrencies began with the meme crypto Dogecoin. His tweets have pumped the price of DOGE many times in the past.

However, his most substantial support to the crypto environment was when Tesla invested $1.5 billion of its assets in Bitcoin.

7.  Changpeng Zhao

CZ Binance is the CEO of Binance, the most popular crypto exchange in the world. Launched in 2017, his company quickly overtook the competition, showing his dedication and knack for business in this market.

He’s a highly appreciated personality in the crypto community, best known for his “Funds are safu” meme, regarding the safety of user’s funds on the exchange.

8.  Brian Armstrong

Another crypto exchange CEO, Brian Armstrong is the head and co-founder of Coinbase. Coinbase recently became the first crypto-related business to be publicly traded on the US stock exchange.

This event is regarded as a milestone for cryptocurrencies, where they stopped being a novelty and became “serious business”.

9.  Michael Saylor

Michael Saylor is the founder, chairman, and CEO of MicroStrategy, a business intelligence firm.

He’s an outspoken advocate of Bitcoin, both in speech and in action. He often tweets about the benefits of the original crypto, but more importantly, his company has invested more than $50 billion in BTC (current bitcoin price) since the beginning of 2020.

10. Gavin Wood

Gavin Wood is the other co-founder of Ethereum and the inventor of the Solidity programming language. He’s since switched projects and has launched Polkadot, one of the top-rising competitors to Ethereum.

Gavin advocates decentralization above all, which is what his latest project aims to provide – a decentralized web 3.0 for everyone.

Wrap up

Without its advocates, Bitcoin would still be a niche asset, reserved for the tech-savvy community. However, thanks to their trust in the technology and their willingness to spread the good word, the personalities on this list have greatly contributed (and still do) to the rise of crypto into the mainstream.

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