Pentosh1 is a pseudonymous crypto analyst, trader, and angel investor, recognized across Crypto Twitter by his penguin avatar. Pentosh1's Twitter Score is 676 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, placing him at rank #123 (top 0.1%) among 531,432 tracked accounts. He has 925,542 followers as of July 2026 on X and has published 2,684 posts since 2019.
Pentosh1 entered crypto in summer 2017 and suffered roughly a 90% portfolio drawdown in the 2018 bear market, an experience that led him to build a trading methodology around high time frame support and resistance, market structure, and momentum.
Pentosh1 accurately predicted Bitcoin's 2021 market top near $64,000 and warned of the subsequent bear market, then called the cycle bottom around $16,900 in early 2023. In 2026, Pentosh1 described Ethereum as a "cursed asset," noting it was flat over nine years and 14% below its 2017 high in inflation-adjusted terms, and predicted Bitcoin could reach $180,000 in 2026 or 2027.
Pentosh1 is an angel investor in web3 projects with a tracked portfolio of at least 11 investments spanning DeFi, the Bitcoin ecosystem, and AI and infrastructure sectors. He serves as an advisor to Merit Circle DAO (now Beam). His tracked investments include Dolomite, Inspect, GAMES.GG, ZKasino, Scallop, Lends, Dream and eesee.io.
Pentosh1 has been mentioned by 537 accounts, with 1,220 total mentions across the platform.
Who follows Pentosh1 on X?
Pentosh1's follower base spans a wide range of crypto market participants. The accounts that follow Pentosh1 include 2,106 founders, 447 angel investors, 2,420 influencers and 65 VCs. Among his notable followers are Toly, ZachXBT, Marc Andreessen, Ansem, Coinbase and Laura Shin.