Patrick McKenzie is a technology and finance writer who advises Stripe and publishes the Bits about Money newsletter covering financial infrastructure and systems thinking. Patrick McKenzie's Twitter Score is 326 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #909 (top 0.5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Patrick McKenzie previously worked at Stripe and continues to serve as an advisor to the company. His newsletter, Bits about Money, covers topics spanning technology, financial infrastructure, and complex systems, with recent editions published in 2026. His writing engages directly with crypto-adjacent subjects, including a piece explaining perpetual futures, stablecoins, exchanges, and leverage, as well as an article examining debanking claims made by crypto advocates and referencing a16z crypto's brief on the topic.
Patrick McKenzie has also written on Stripe's crypto infrastructure, which includes stablecoin payments, an on-ramp product, and Tempo, a Layer 1 blockchain incubated with Paradigm. Patrick McKenzie has accumulated 198,219 followers as of September 2026 and has published 70,186 posts. He has been mentioned by 398 accounts a total of 1,022 times.
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