Darren Lau is a crypto angel investor and DeFi author based in Southeast Asia. He co-founded Not3Lau Capital, a crypto fund he launched alongside brothers Daryl Lau and Zachary Lau, now listed as permanently closed, and founded The Daily Ape, a crypto educational resource and Telegram community aggregating top DeFi content and news. Darren Lau's Twitter Score is 637 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #159 (top 0.1%) out of 389,587 accounts tracked on this platform.
Darren Lau previously worked at CoinGecko as a Market Research Analyst, contributing to DeFi research, the ICO section revamp, and quarterly reports. He also previously worked at The Spartan Group as Senior Analyst, covering primary and secondary crypto market investment opportunities. He co-authored How to DeFi (March 2020) and How to DeFi: Beginner (2021) under the CoinGecko brand, covering DeFi fundamentals, Ethereum, and step-by-step DeFi application guides. He is an active angel investor in crypto and DeFi projects and has appeared on The Block's The Scoop podcast, discussing crypto VC strategy and the shift away from spray-and-pray investing.
Darren Lau has built an audience of 155,560 followers as of July 2026 with 16,988 posts since 2018. He has been mentioned by 358 accounts, with 629 total mentions across the platform.
Darren Lau's tracked portfolio includes Nansen, Meteora, Pleasr, Babylon Finance, Apricot Finance, PSTAKE, Atomic Form and LI.FI.
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Darren Lau draws followers from across the crypto space. The accounts that follow Darren Lau include 1,939 founders, 608 angel investors, 1,291 influencers and 114 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Solana, ZachXBT, Cobie, Laura Shin and Ansem.