Fred Ehrsam (@FEhrsam) — Twitter Score 921 out of 1000

Fred Ehrsam is Frederick Ernest Ehrsam III, who co-founded Coinbase, Paradigm, and Nudge, and currently serves as CEO of Nudge. Fred Ehrsam's Twitter Score is 921 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, placing him at rank #32 (top 0.1%) out of 484,166 accounts indexed on this platform. His score puts him among just 36 accounts at the 900 threshold. Fred Ehrsam has 289,408 followers as of August 2026 and has published 1,826 posts.

Fred Ehrsam purchased his first Bitcoin in 2011 while working as a foreign exchange trader at Goldman Sachs. He co-founded Coinbase in 2012 with Brian Armstrong after the two met through the Bitcoin subreddit. He stepped down from his day-to-day role at Coinbase in January 2017, remaining on the company's board. Coinbase went public in 2021, and Forbes reports he still owns about 4% of its stock. He currently works at Coinbase as a Director.

Fred Ehrsam co-founded Paradigm in 2018 with Matt Huang, who was formerly a partner at Sequoia Capital. Paradigm announced a $2.5 billion venture fund in November 2021, described at the time as the largest crypto-focused venture fund, and Forbes reports the firm now holds more than $8 billion in assets. Fred Ehrsam stepped down as managing partner in October 2023, moved to a general partner role, and now works at Paradigm as Co-Founder and Senior Advisor.

Fred Ehrsam co-founded Nudge, a neurotechnology company developing non-invasive brain-computer interfaces using focused ultrasound. Nudge raised $100 million in a Series A in July 2025, led by Thrive Capital and Greenoaks. Fred Ehrsam is widely active as an angel investor in crypto and frontier technology, and was previously an advisor to Polychain Capital. He was appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology by President Donald Trump in March 2026. In June 2021, Fred Ehrsam warned that most cryptocurrencies will not work and that 90% of NFTs will have little to no value within three to five years. Fred Ehrsam has been mentioned by 658 accounts, with 1,163 total mentions. His tracked investment portfolio includes bloXroute, Radicle, Dapper Labs, Handshake, Oasis, DIRT Protocol, Arcus and PRAXIS.

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Fred Ehrsam draws a following from across crypto and technology investment circles. The accounts that follow Fred Ehrsam include 3,916 founders, 1,102 angel investors, 1,057 influencers and 128 VCs, among them Balaji, Brian Armstrong, Chris Dixon, Coinbase, Solana and vitalik.eth.