Whether you’re a would-be Blockchain insider or have spent some years being one. You could be worse-off than to read the short biographies of Blockchain insiders who’ve been through the journey before.
So we’ve compiled a list from top Blockchain Insiders. It’s a list of the most influential people in the Blockchain industry, particularlyat being pro-active. If you’re an enthusiast of distributed ledger technology, it is critical that you follow and connect with these Blockchain insiders and expand your professional network.
Our Blockchain list is an automatic algorithm based on social media influence, Klout scores. We take into account various metrics from Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram. We also take into account newspaper, TV, radio, and other media coverage. Furthermore, we measure soft-power and have a secret recipe.
This list gets updated each Monday. If you believe you fit the criteria (or you know a blockchain leader who can), you can add people by clicking the “join” button. All entries are considered by our admins, and Richtopia reserves the right to accept or forbid people from the list as it deems fit.
Follow these blockchain insiders to keep up with trends. You will also learn what resources they use to stay in the know
Don Tapscott Media theorist, author (new book is Blockchain Revolution – co-authored with my son Alex Tapscott) Hammond B3 player, Adjunct Professor
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Marc Andreessen “I don’t mean you’re all going to be happy. You’ll be unhappy – but in new, exciting and important ways.” – Edwin Land
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Gilles Babinet Digital Champion @ France European Commission ; entrepreneur- bigdata, blockchain, #AI, Educ @captain_Dash ex. Chairman at @cnnum @africa4tech #JamaisSansElles
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Jim Marous Co-publisher of The Financial Brand and the owner and publisher of the Digital Banking Report.
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Vinny Lingham Shark on @MnetSharkTank. Co-founder : @Gyft, @SiliconCape. Born in South Africa. Lives in California. CEO of Blockchain Identity Startup @CivicKey.
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Michael Kitces One nerd’s perspective on the financial planning & #FinTech world…
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Brett King Founder/CEO of Moven, Bestselling Author, Radio Show Host, Innovator of the Year
Bruce Porter Jr. American #Entrepreneur, athlete, globetrotter living in #Washington #DC @EmmeGirls COO @GlobalBoost CEO. #Blockchain $BSTY #Gold #ModelBuzz #veterans
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Sydes Jokes We don’t stop laughing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop laughing.
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Christine Lu Impact Investor • American • Immigrant • Feminist • International Relations Nerd • Futurist • Blockchain • Black Coffee Only • ENFP • Mom • Plate Spinner •
Oliver Bussmann Global FinTech Executive, Advisor, Keynote #Speaker and Blogger. Top 10 #FinTech #Blockchain Influencer.
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Daniel Writer @yahoofinance: sports business; tech; media; #dfs; bitcoin; books. @fortunemagazine alum. Boston fan. hate mail: droberts@yahoo-inc.
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Sebastian Meunier I help FIs transform their businesses through innovation #Fintech #Insurtech #Regtech
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Brian Forde Sr Lecturer @MIT Bitcoin & Blockchain Former Sr Tech Advisor @WhiteHouse Nicaraguan Phone Company Founder Returned @PeaceCorps Volunteer Karaoke scares me
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Alexander Tapscott The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.
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David M. Brear CEO at @11FSTeam #BuildingBanks, #Blockchain #Insurtech & #FinTech Investor, Speaker, host of the iTunes no1 podcast @FinTechInsiders & NED at @this_is_bud 金融科技
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Tuur Demeester Economist & investor, Editor in Chief at Adamant Research
Barry Silbert Founder/CEO, Digital Currency Group (@DCGco), parent of @GrayscaleInvest (@BitcoinTrust) @GenesisTrading @CoinDesk & investor in +80 cos, $BTC, $ETC, $ZEC
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Antonio Selas Lawyer (Partner) lecturer/speaker: Top50 #Blockchain Global influencer; #Antitrust #Cryptocurrency #FinTech #InsurTech #IP #Patents #Payments #PSD2 #RegTech #TM
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Tiff Hayden The next Governor of Michigan 2018 #Libertarian @LPMI At-Large Director #Fintech #Bitcoin #Ripple #Homeschool (***I no longer read DM’s.)
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Vincent Boucher SOLVING Humanity’s Toughest Challenges. #AI #DeepLearning #ReinforcementLearning #SuperIntelligence | Founder of @Montreal_AI and @Quebec_AI | World’s 1st #CAIO
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Brian Armstrong Co-founder & CEO at @Coinbase. Building an open financial system for the world. Engineers, try our coding challenge: https://t.co/cqErefYP23
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Devie Mohan Top 10 #FinTech influencer. Keynote Speaker on fintech innovation. Co-founder/CEO/Researcher @burnmark_. Traveller, experimentalist. #Retinoblastoma fighter
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Christophe Langlois SOCIAL media business, COGNITIVE collaboration analytics, DIGITAL innovation marketing, REVIEWER amazon, SPEAKER #socbiz #finserv #fintech #hr, IBM my views
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Simon Tayl0r How to fix a bank in 100 days author and fintech networker. Behind the scenes in the barclays accelerator.
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Jon Matonis Economist. Founding Director at Bitcoin Foundation
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Sir Mark Walport Tweets from the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser and the Government Office for Science. Most tweets by officials. Direct quotes will be signed ‘SMW’.
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Jose Pagliery @CNNMoney investigative reporter ⚔cybersecurity, financial crime⚔ Author of *Bitcoin and the Future of Money.* PGP: https://t.co/P1F6OpRNq2
Anthony Watson #Founder, #Chair & #CEO #UpholdBank. #LGBT Equality & Human Rights Seeker. #Chair @UKLabour Business Council. Tweets Represent My Personal Views Only.
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Eileen Burbidge Early-stage tech VC and recovering work- and tech- aholic. Online identity full circle: Eileen Tso, Eileen Broch, Eileen Burbidge
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Jeff Garzik Husband, father, builder, co-founder @BloqInc, proud son of a USMC F-4 pilot.
Ben Brabyn Head of @Level39CW supporting #fintech #cyber #smartcities #IOT in #London and internationally
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Laura @Forbes contributor covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech; Unchained podcast host; co-lead reporter of the Forbes Fintech 50; #binder
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Michael Casey Immigrant. Blockchain nerd @MediaLab. Former @WSJ columnist. Author of 4 books. Latest, The Social Organism, co-authored with @revilopark
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Paul Vigna Markets, bitcoin, and the zombie apocalypse.
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William Mougayar Author, The Business Blockchain. Investor, Virtual Capital Ventures. Founder, Startup Management. Mentor, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Thought Leader.
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Nick Bilodeau Financial services exec passionate about strategy, innovation & marketing. Top 5 most followed FinTech persons on Twitter. Views are my own, not my employer’s.
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Preston J. Byrne COO & General Counsel @MonaxHQ (blockchains for enterprise). Fellow of @ASI. Marmot superfan.
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Anthony Di Iorio Doing my part to unite and create the decentralized world. CEO & Founder Decentral & Jaxx, Co-founder Ethereum.
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Nicolas Cary President & Co-Founder @blockchain and Chairman & Co-Founder @YouthBusinessUS | opinions my own. Run. Read. Fish. Explore. Smile. Learn.
Jackson Palmer Marketer and data geek at @Adobe by day. Coder and producer by night. Creator of @dogecoin / @gifbase / @noisedotsupply | Opinions my own, etc.
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Ismail Malik Founder @BlockchainLab | Smart Contracts for the Internet of Everything #BleStack #Blockchain #SocialTrading #Ledgers #Gamification #ValueWeb #Sidechains
Fred Ehrsam Previously co-founder @Coinbase, computer science @DukeU.
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Kristian T. Sorensen Founding partner @Norfico, the first agency in the Nordics combining strategic advisory services with professional communication focusing on #fintech
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Richard Gendal Brown Executive Architect for Innovation in Banking and Financial Markets at IBM UK
Michael Parsons Blockchain/Digital Currency Advisor & Presenter | Chartered Accountant & Banking professional
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Emily Spaven Editor @TechCityNews. Former managing editor @CoinDesk & contributor @Forbes. Ex-@Google employee. Interested in all tech, bitcoin and blockchain.
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Daniel Easterbrook I work primarily with financial services firms and banks to improve digital experiences.
Tony Gallippi Co-founder and Executive Chairman of BitPay, Inc.
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George Samman Blog at https://t.co/VzMhAZpRng. Blockchain adviser and consultant. Former Co-founder @magnr To know me is to love me. Don’t know me? Let me buy you a drink.
Michael Mainelli scientist financier trying to promote societal advance through better finance and technology
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José María Fuster Group Santander Chairman Advisor #Innovation,#Fintech, #Digital, #Technology, #Social, #Bigdata, #Banking, #Payments
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Dan Morehead CEO of @PanteraCapital — the investment firm focused exclusively on digital currency and blockchain tech — and Chairman of @Bitstamp. #Bitcoin & #blockchain.
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Claire Cockerton CEO of Plexal, Founder of ENTIQ & Innovate Finance, Co-Creator of Level39, Techbiker – Loves IoT, FinTech, Smart Cities, Design & Boldness in humans
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Melanie Swan The brain as a DAC, potentiation as a demurrage currency. Philosopher, futurist, entrepreneur, trader, traveler, blockchain researcher, information theorist
The Richtopia Blockchain list is compiled using a number of metrics combined to produce rank order. Two of the main influencers on a persons ranking are their social media profiles and regular media coverage. Our sister company MarketingRunnersspecialises in increasing the profile of brands and personalities so if there are people you think should be higher on our list or someone who is not included on the list and wants greater exposure, then get them to contact the Marketing Runners team who may be able to help.