Benedict Chan is a crypto infrastructure engineering executive who currently serves as CTO at Lightsprint AI. Benedict Chan's Twitter Score is 64 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #13,403 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Benedict Chan previously served as VP of Engineering at Chainlink Labs and, before that, as CTO at BitGo. During his time in the Ethereum ecosystem, he built what is recognized as the world's first ETH multisig web wallet, a foundational contribution to self-custody infrastructure. He is also a co-author of the Chainlink 2.0 whitepaper, published in April 2021, and is a founding member of the WBTC DAO.
Benedict Chan's tenure as CTO at BitGo coincided with a notable regulatory matter: in December 2020, BitGo agreed to pay $98,830 to settle potential civil liability with U.S. authorities over 183 apparent sanctions-program violations. Separately, Galaxy Digital announced a planned acquisition of BitGo in May 2021 but terminated the deal in August 2022, after which BitGo pursued legal action over the termination fee.
Benedict Chan has accumulated 4,355 followers as of October 2026 and has published 362 posts on the platform. He has been mentioned by 47 accounts, with 83 total mentions. As an angel investor, Benedict Chan has backed XY Finance, SpruceID we're hiring, Gomu, Wallet Guard, Medallion and Tensorplex Labs.
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The accounts that follow Benedict Chan include 207 founders, 61 angel investors, 59 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Jesse Powell, Frank Chaparro, Arthur, Tyler Winklevoss, Eric Wall and Tay.