Cato Institute is a libertarian public policy think tank founded to advance individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Cato Institute's Twitter Score is 47 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #19,219 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Cato Institute was co-founded by Ed Crane, Charles Koch, and Murray Rothbard and has been active in Washington, DC policy circles since 2008. The organization states it has never accepted government funding, relying entirely on tax-deductible contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations. It is an associate member of the State Policy Network and a partner of the Atlas Network.
Cato Institute's engagement with crypto and monetary policy runs through its Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, which studies and promotes alternatives to centralized, bureaucratic, and discretionary monetary and financial regulatory systems. The center's work spans cryptocurrency regulation, central bank digital currencies, monetary policy, and financial privacy, and includes published research such as a briefing paper on practical legislation to support cryptocurrency innovation. The center also produces Alt-M: Ideas for an Alternative Monetary Future, a platform dedicated to alternative monetary thinking.
Cato Institute has 378,222 followers as of August 2026 on the platform and has published 105,674 posts. The account has been mentioned by 437 accounts, with 4,369 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Cato Institute include 209 founders, 38 angel investors, 85 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Toly, Chamath Palihapitiya, Jesse Powell, Mario Nawfal and Zerohedge.