Preston Johnson is a Web3 entrepreneur who co-founded WAGMI United, the crypto-focused consortium that acquired Crawley Town Football Club in April 2022, and who stepped down from his roles at the club in July 2025. Preston Johnson's Twitter Score is 54 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #16,481 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Preston Johnson co-founded WAGMI United alongside Eben Smith with the aim of merging professional football ownership with NFT-based fan participation, giving holders voting rights on specified club matters and merchandise benefits through a partnership with Adidas on Crawley Town NFTs. The consortium's acquisition of Crawley Town Football Club was one of the more prominent examples of Web3 principles being applied to a real-world sports organization. Johnson resigned as chairman and CEO of the club in July 2025, citing a divergence in vision after new investors took over the parent company.
Preston Johnson was previously affiliated with Pixel Vault, a crypto-native intellectual property and NFT studio he helped launch, which developed projects including PUNKS Comic. Velvet Sea Ventures and 01 Advisors announced a $100 million investment into Pixel Vault in February 2022. Preston Johnson has accumulated 43,743 followers as of August 2026 and has published 139,436 posts, and has been mentioned by 60 accounts a total of 192 times.
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