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Shakil Khan (@shak) — Twitter Score 125 out of 1000
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Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸
Balaji
CoinDesk
Anthony Pompliano 🌪
Chamath Palihapitiya
Gary Vaynerchuk
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About Shakil Khan's Twitter Score
Shakil Khan is a founder and angel investor who founded CoinDesk, the crypto media outlet he sold to Digital Currency Group in 2016 for $500,000. Shakil Khan's Twitter Score is 125 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #6,197 (top 5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Shakil Khan founded CoinDesk and later sold it to Digital Currency Group, the firm led by Barry Silbert, after which he was formerly affiliated with both Digital Currency Group and Bullish. CoinDesk went on to become a significant force in crypto journalism, with its November 2022 reporting on Alameda Research's FTT-heavy balance sheet preceding FTX's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Shakil Khan is also an investor in BitPay, the bitcoin payments company, and as of 2014 was reported to hold bitcoin without positions in other alternative currencies.
Shakil Khan has 32,320 followers as of July 2026 and has published 26,924 posts on the platform, with his account active since 2008. He has been mentioned by 188 accounts, with 664 total mentions.
As an angel investor, Shakil Khan has backed BitPay.
Who follows Shakil Khan on X?
The accounts that follow Shakil Khan include 533 founders, 96 angel investors, 70 influencers and 41 VCs. Among his notable followers are Balaji, Marc Andreessen, CoinDesk, Anthony Pompliano, Chamath Palihapitiya and Gary Vaynerchuk.
