Lyn Alden is a macro investment strategist and author who founded Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. Lyn Alden's Twitter Score is 582 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, placing her at rank #222 (top 0.1%) among 389,201 accounts tracked on this platform.
Lyn Alden previously worked as head engineer and system integrator at the FAA's Cockpit Simulation Facility from 2009 to 2021, before transitioning to full-time investment research. She has since authored Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better (2023), examining the history of money through technology and building the case for Bitcoin as a monetary solution, and The Stolguard Incident (published March 2026), a dark sci-fi thriller exploring surveillance, scientific hubris, and the difficulty of distinguishing truth from lies in a digital world. She publicly advocates exclusively for Bitcoin among digital assets and does not extend bullish investment views to altcoins. Her research and analysis have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Bloomberg.
Lyn Alden is General Partner at Ego Death Capital, joining for Fund II after previously serving as an advisor to Fund I. Ego Death Capital closed its $100 million Fund II in July 2025, targeting Series A investments of $3 to $8 million in Bitcoin-native companies. She was appointed as a Class II Director to the Bakkt Holdings (NYSE: BKKT) Board of Directors on October 20, 2025, and serves as a Director on the Board of Swan Bitcoin, a role she has held since autumn 2021, when she joined around Swan's $6 million Series A at a $90 million valuation. Lyn Alden has been mentioned by 783 accounts, with 3,131 total mentions.
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Lyn Alden has 1,023,538 followers as of July 2026 on the platform and has published 34,247 posts. The accounts that follow Lyn Alden include 2,035 founders, 462 angel investors, 1,281 influencers and 67 VCs, among them Balaji, Brian Armstrong, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin, Toly and Chris Dixon.