Cassandra Unchained (@michaeljburry) — Twitter Score 425 out of 1000

Cassandra Unchained is the public investing persona of Michael Burry, the physician-turned-investor known for his prescient bet against the U.S. housing market, who founded Scion Capital and Scion Asset Management before stepping back from investment management to focus on his Cassandra Unchained newsletter. Cassandra Unchained's Twitter Score is 425 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #496 (top 0.5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.

Cassandra Unchained returned to X in October 2025 under the handle @michaeljburry, per Business Insider, rebranding the account as Cassandra Unchained, a name drawn from Warren Buffett's characterization of Burry. Scion Asset Management has since stated that it is no longer providing investment management services and that Cassandra Unchained is now Burry's sole focus. The associated Substack newsletter covers stocks, markets, and bubbles, with activity continuing into mid-2026.

Cassandra Unchained has maintained a notably skeptical stance on crypto assets. In December 2025, Burry described bitcoin at $100,000 as ridiculous and called it the tulip bulb of our time, per Business Insider, on a Michael Lewis podcast. Separately, Scion disclosed bearish put options on Nvidia and Palantir with a combined notional value of $1.1 billion as of September 30, 2025. The account has 2,103,498 followers as of September 2026 and 589 posts, and has been mentioned by 336 accounts a total of 586 times.

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Cassandra Unchained draws a broad audience of market-focused accounts. The accounts that follow Cassandra Unchained include 2,001 founders, 510 angel investors, 979 influencers and 31 VCs. Among the most prominent followers are Erik Voorhees, Toly, Nikita Bier, Laura Shin, Chris Burniske and Mert.