DiscusFish is an early cryptocurrency pioneer who co-founded Cobo and F2Pool, two of the most recognized names in crypto custody and mining pools. DiscusFish's Twitter Score is 113 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #7,216 (top 5%) among 464,440 tracked accounts.
DiscusFish, whose real name is Mao Shixing, has been active as a thought leader in the crypto community since 2017. He is credited with starting the first Chinese Bitcoin and Litecoin forums, an early contribution that helped shape Chinese-language crypto discourse. Beyond Cobo and F2Pool, he also co-founded Yibite, and is affiliated with Cobo Ventures, MetaMask Institutional, and Safe{Wallet}.
DiscusFish serves as CEO and co-founder of Cobo, a digital asset custody platform. Cobo raised $13M in a Series A round and later closed a $40M Series B led by DST Global, IMO Ventures, and A&T Capital. By 2021, Cobo's total assets under custody had crossed $1.5B, and the platform obtained SOC 2 Type 2 certification in 2023. DiscusFish has accumulated 219,957 followers as of July 2026 across 1,706 posts on the platform. He has been mentioned by 77 accounts, with 185 total mentions.
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DiscusFish draws a technically engaged audience from across the crypto industry. The accounts that follow DiscusFish include 635 founders, 140 angel investors, 292 influencers and 39 VCs, among them ZachXBT, Luca Netz, Andrew Kang, Zhu Su, CL and Murad.