Dan is a crypto entrepreneur who co-founded Messari, the crypto intelligence platform that was acquired by Blockworks in June 2026. Dan's Twitter Score is 279 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,234 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Dan co-founded Messari, co-founded the Digital Currency Council, and co-founded Volara, where he also serves as CTO. He is affiliated with skyfast.ai and is the creator of casebitcoin.com, a resource compiling information on Bitcoin's value propositions, price history, and literature. A Bitcoin OG, Dan has been active in the space since at least 2011.
Dan has accumulated 35,128 followers as of August 2026 and has published 53,066 posts. He has been mentioned by 166 accounts a total of 403 times.
Dan's portfolio includes Bitlayer.
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