Benny is a crypto entrepreneur and standards author who co-founded Future Primitive and CryptoKitties. Benny's Twitter Score is 167 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #3,140 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Benny co-founded CryptoKitties and was a founding team member at Dapper Labs, where he helped ship the ERC-721 NFT standard. He previously worked at Dapper Labs and served as a product manager at NBA Top Shot. Benny co-authored the ERC-6551 Token Bound Accounts standard, a protocol extension that allows NFTs to function as wallets.
Benny co-founded Future Primitive and serves as its CEO. Future Primitive raised approximately $8 million, with a16z Crypto among the lead investors, per public reporting. Future Primitive's Checkpoint product has reached one million users and operates across more than 90 locations.
Benny's portfolio includes The Fabricant and Spacebar.
Benny has 8,922 followers as of August 2026 on X and has published 5,932 posts. He has been mentioned by 151 accounts, with 287 total mentions.
Who follows Benny on X?
The accounts that follow Benny include 616 founders, 170 angel investors, 167 influencers and 15 VCs. Among his notable followers are jesse.base.eth, Laura Shin, Stani, Meltem Demirors, Luca Netz and Linda Xie.