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 August 2026, ranking #9,642 (top 5%) among 483,944 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 14,720 followers as of August 2026 since joining in 2009, with 27,039 posts published to date. Arun has been mentioned by 10 accounts, with 45 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Arun include 261 founders, 66 angel investors, 130 influencers and 5 VCs, among them Toly, Solana, Laura Shin, Threadguy, Raj and Frank.