Nick Ayton is a blockchain entrepreneur and technologist who co-founded Chainstarter and has advised family offices on crypto investing. Nick Ayton's Twitter Score is 22 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #50,683 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Nick Ayton co-founded Chainstarter, an advisory and technology business focused on crypto exchanges and tokenized digital securities, and separately founded Chainstarter Ventures Ltd. A 2017 Forbes article identified him as CEO and founder of Chainstarter, describing it as a second-generation ICO platform. He also founded CRIX.IO and Solarix Ventures. Per Cointelligence, the partnership between Ayton and co-founder David Lofts publicly dissolved in 2018 amid mutual accusations concerning project progress and funds, with the publication explicitly declining to endorse either side's allegations.
Nick Ayton founded The 21 Million Project, an ICO-funded television series concept focused on the Bitcoin revolution, and has described himself as its creator. He told CCN that 21 Million Productions Ltd made a €10,000 intercompany loan to Chainstarter, which he said was documented, director-approved, and repaid in full with 5% interest in early 2018. A published Tokenomics interview described him as advising family offices on crypto investing and serving as an advisor to a regulated UK crypto fund. His current website presents him as a futurist and technologist focused on organizational diagnosis, data sovereignty, and advanced technologies. He currently serves as Summit Chair at the Family Office Summit.
Nick Ayton posts 12,611 and has been mentioned by 39 accounts a total of 1,365 times. His X account has remained active, though recent visible posts have leaned toward political commentary rather than crypto topics.
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The accounts that follow Nick Ayton include 102 founders, 15 angel investors, 41 influencers and 7 VCs. Among them are Andrew Kang, Anthony Pompliano, Cointelegraph, Frank Chaparro, Matthew Graham and leighcuen.substack.com.