Shakil Khan (@shak) — Twitter Score 126 out of 1000

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 126 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #5,023 (top 5%) among 483,944 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 32,592 followers as of August 2026 and has published 26,977 posts on the platform, with his account active since 2008. He has been mentioned by 196 accounts, with 676 total mentions.

As an angel investor, Shakil Khan has backed BitPay, Thingtesting and 20VC Fund.

Who follows Shakil Khan on X?

The accounts that follow Shakil Khan include 576 founders, 177 angel investors, 53 influencers and 32 VCs. Among his notable followers are Balaji, Marc Andreessen, CoinDesk, Anthony Pompliano, Chamath Palihapitiya and Garry Tan.