Marco Santori is a crypto lawyer and director at WalletConnect who previously served as chief legal officer at Kraken. Marco Santori's Twitter Score is 363 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #758 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Marco Santori is a member of the founding team at DeFi Development Corp, which identifies itself as a Solana treasury vehicle. He previously worked at Kraken as chief legal officer, a role he held for five years before stepping down in early 2025 and moving into an advisory role there, per Axios. He also formerly worked at Pantera Capital as a GP, at Blockchain.com as president and chief legal officer, and at Cooley as a partner, where he co-authored the SAFT, the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens.
Marco Santori has a notable record in crypto policy and legal matters. While he was chief legal officer at Kraken, the SEC charged Kraken entities in November 2023 with operating an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer, and clearing agency, allegations Kraken disputed; the SEC agreed to dismiss that lawsuit with prejudice in March 2025, with no penalties and no admission of wrongdoing, per The Washington Post. Separately, Kraken agreed to pay approximately $362,000 to settle apparent OFAC sanctions violations, a matter Santori said Kraken had discovered, voluntarily self-reported, and corrected. He also appeared in 2023 before a joint meeting of the House Agriculture and Financial Services committees to discuss regulatory gaps in digital-asset markets.
Marco Santori has published 377 posts and has 41,543 followers as of July 2026. He has been mentioned by 335 accounts, with 869 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Marco Santori include 1,194 founders, 263 angel investors, 416 influencers and 56 VCs. Among his notable followers are Balaji, Solana, Erik Voorhees, Marc Andreessen, Laura Shin and Toly.