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 656 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #142 (top 0.1%) out of 493,668 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 153,905 followers as of October 2026 with 16,952 posts since 2018. He has been mentioned by 359 accounts, with 631 total mentions across the platform.
Darren Lau's tracked portfolio includes Nansen TOKEN2049, 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 2,207 founders, 737 angel investors, 1,088 influencers and 70 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Solana, ZachXBT, Cobie, Ansem and Toly.