Julian Assange is a publisher and journalist who co-founded WikiLeaks, the organization that became a focal point for classified document disclosures and cryptocurrency adoption in the nonprofit space. Julian Assange's Twitter Score is 48 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #22,010 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Julian Assange co-founded WikiLeaks and serves as Director of Sunshine Press Productions ehf, the Icelandic company behind the publication. He previously served as Chairman of the WikiLeaks Party. On June 25, 2024, Assange pleaded guilty in a US federal court to conspiring to obtain and disclose classified national defense information, receiving a 62-month time-served sentence that resolved a legal case that had spanned many years.
Julian Assange is notable in crypto circles for WikiLeaks' pioneering use of Bitcoin as a fundraising channel. After traditional payment processors blacklisted WikiLeaks in 2010, the organization pivoted to accepting Bitcoin donations, making it one of the earliest high-profile nonprofits to rely on cryptocurrency for operational funding. WikiLeaks has since expanded its accepted cryptocurrencies to include Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Zcash, Monero, and Ethereum. In 2017, Assange publicly claimed that WikiLeaks had achieved a 50,000% return on its Bitcoin holdings.
Julian Assange's account has accumulated 538,629 followers as of July 2026 and has published 20,137 posts. He has been mentioned by 55 accounts a total of 107 times.
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