Ryan Grim is an investigative journalist who co-founded Drop Site News and covers politics, cryptocurrency, and national security. Ryan Grim's Twitter Score is 62 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #13,756 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Ryan Grim previously served as D.C. Bureau Chief at The Intercept and, before that, held the same role at HuffPost. He also co-hosts Breaking Points and has authored several books, including "We've Got People," "The Squad," and "This Is Your Country On Drugs."
Ryan Grim has reported on cryptocurrency from multiple angles. In a September 2022 episode of Deconstructed, he co-hosted a conversation with crypto skeptic Ben McKenzie examining whether the industry amounts to a scam and how it should be regulated. He later reported on a crypto political-action committee's involvement in a congressional race and covered proposed changes to U.S. cryptocurrency oversight. More recently, he co-authored an investigation into U.S. Treasury officials' consultations with Jeffrey Epstein about cryptocurrency during the Obama administration's Iran-sanctions negotiations, and reported that Consensys had hired a consultant linked to North Korea who contributed code to MetaMask, with Consensys subsequently terminating that access and finding no misappropriation or security impact.
Ryan Grim has published 105,823 posts on the platform and has 530,865 followers as of August 2026. He has been mentioned by 265 accounts, with 2,699 total mentions.
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