Pete Rizzo is a Bitcoin historian and journalist who hosts The Bitcoin Historian podcast, a weekly show covering Bitcoin's most significant moments. The Bitcoin Historian's Twitter Score is 370 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #721 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
The Bitcoin Historian works at Bitcoin Treasuries, a data provider focused on Bitcoin capital markets adoption and corporate Bitcoin tracking, where he joined as CEO and partner to lead product expansion. His journalism career included serving as editor-in-chief at CoinDesk, a role he held until September 2019 having joined in 2013, and previously working as managing editor at Bitcoin Magazine. He is also affiliated with Rage Media.
The Bitcoin Historian conducts archival research on Bitcoin's history, focusing on the people and events that shaped its development. He has 215,252 followers as of July 2026 and has published 20,574 posts. The Bitcoin Historian has been mentioned by 520 accounts a total of 1,657 times.
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The accounts that follow The Bitcoin Historian include 1,037 founders, 210 angel investors, 648 influencers and 45 VCs, among them CZ BNB, Laura Shin, Michael Saylor, 6529, Stani and CoinDesk.