Arun (@gumdalf_) — Twitter Score 81 out of 1000

Arun is a crypto and finance professional working in Institutional Growth at R3, a firm focused on the tokenization of real-world assets and interoperability bridging regulated assets with public blockchains. Arun's Twitter Score is 81 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #9,757 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.

Arun previously worked at Kamino, a Solana DeFi protocol that unifies lending, liquidity, and leverage into a single product suite, and at Marinade Finance, which provides native and liquid Solana staking, including mSOL for DeFi use and MNDE DAO governance. Marinade Finance's institutional staking offering carries SOC 2 Type I and SOC 2 Type II certification and integrates with custodians including BitGo, Anchorage, Zodia, and Copper. Before moving into crypto, Arun formerly worked at Barclays and at PwC, bringing a background in traditional finance to his current work in institutional blockchain adoption.

Arun holds degrees from Oxford and LSE and is a published author. His account has accumulated 14,680 followers as of October 2026 since joining in 2009, with 27,071 posts published to date. Arun has been mentioned by 11 accounts, with 49 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Arun include 264 founders, 66 angel investors, 130 influencers and 5 VCs, among them Toly, Solana, Laura Shin, Threadguy, Raj and Frank.