Brock Pierce (@brockpierce) — Twitter Score 268 out of 1000

Brock Pierce is a crypto entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Tether, Blockchain Capital, and Block.one. Brock Pierce's Twitter Score is 268 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,346 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.

Brock Pierce co-founded Tether, originally announced as Realcoin in July 2014 alongside Reeve Collins and Craig Sellars, with the first tokens issued in October 2014 on Bitcoin via Omni/Mastercoin infrastructure. Pierce said in a July 2020 interview that his involvement in Tether ended in 2015. In February 2021, iFinex, Bitfinex and Tether settled a New York Attorney General dispute for $18.5 million, admitting no wrongdoing. Separately, in October 2021, the CFTC ordered Tether to pay a $41 million civil monetary penalty for misleading statements and omissions about USDT reserves.

Brock Pierce also co-founded Blockchain Capital, which raised a $10 million venture fund in April 2017 by selling BCAP tokens described as digital securities; per Wired, Pierce left Blockchain Capital in 2017. He co-founded Block.one, which developed EOS.IO and raised over $4 billion during its initial coin offering period. In September 2019, Block.one agreed to settle U.S. SEC charges related to that unregistered ICO by paying a $24 million penalty, with no token registration, rescission offer, or disqualifications required under the settlement terms.

Brock Pierce was formerly a Director of the Bitcoin Foundation and was formerly affiliated with the Mastercoin Foundation. In March 2014, Pierce and a group of investors filed an offer to acquire Mt. Gox assets through Sunlot Holdings Ltd., after Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy following the loss of 850,000 bitcoin. Forbes listed Pierce in its February 2018 crypto rich list with an estimated net worth between $700 million and $1.1 billion. Pierce was formerly an advisor to the Government of El Salvador, leading an international delegation there in June 2021 following passage of the Bitcoin Law, and he was associated with crypto-community efforts in Puerto Rico described variously as Puertopia, Crypto Rico, or Sol, which received mixed local reactions.

Brock Pierce has posted 24,222 times on the platform and has 89,755 followers as of August 2026. Brock Pierce has been mentioned by 763 accounts a total of 2,879 times.

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