richiehawtin (@richiehawtin) — Twitter Score 23 out of 1000

Richiehawtin is an electronic musician and music-technology entrepreneur who co-founded PIXELYNX, a music-metaverse gaming platform bridging music, gaming and Web3. Richiehawtin's Twitter Score is 23 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #42,533 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.

Richiehawtin performs and records under the Plastikman alias and has built a portfolio of music and technology ventures over the course of his career. He founded Beatport, the digital music store that became a central marketplace for electronic music, as well as Minus Records, PLAYdifferently and Liine B.V. He also co-founded Plus 8 Records, an influential early electronic music label, and founded Plus Eight Capital Management LLC, through which he also serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board at Plus Eight GP LP.

Richiehawtin co-founded PIXELYNX alongside Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5), Ben Turner, Dean Wilson and Inder Phull. The platform raised a $4.5 million seed round in December 2021, led by Animoca Brands, Solana Ventures, Alameda Research, Republic Realm and Sfermion, with additional participation from Alumni Ventures' Blockchain Fund, Hyperedge Capital and SevenX. In December 2022, Animoca Brands announced it had taken a majority stake in PIXELYNX through a controlled subsidiary.

Richiehawtin has published 13,125 posts on the platform. He has been mentioned by 90 accounts, with 192 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Richiehawtin include 101 founders, 29 angel investors, 49 influencers and 2 VCs. Among his notable followers are Gmoney, Coop, Justin Blau, Alex Atallah, Medved and XCOPY.