Ian Macalinao (@simplyianm) — Twitter Score 118 out of 1000

Ian Macalinao is a crypto founder who co-founded Saber Labs and Protagonist, a crypto fund and incubation lab that launched an initial $100M fund focused on early-stage crypto companies. Ian Macalinao's Twitter Score is 118 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #5,636 (top 5%) among 493,607 tracked accounts.

Ian Macalinao co-founded Saber Labs alongside his brother Dylan Macalinao. The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Ian and Dylan Macalinao over allegations tied to interlocking projects around Saber Labs, including claims that they used pseudonymous identities in a stablecoin and DeFi TVL-inflation scheme. The investigation also references Sunny Aggregator and Cashio, the latter of which was hacked and lost millions of dollars. The brothers have since exited Protagonist, with Ian Macalinao continuing to maintain Saber project infrastructure.

Ian Macalinao has 10,442 followers as of October 2026 and has published 7,375 posts. Ian Macalinao has been mentioned by 107 accounts a total of 222 times.

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The accounts that follow Ian Macalinao include 422 founders, 146 angel investors, 93 influencers and 9 VCs. Among them are Toly, Laura Shin, Kyle Samani, Mert, SBF and Georgios Konstantopoulos.