Jess Zhang is a Web3 gaming founder who co-founded Blockus, an all-in-one Web3 gaming infrastructure platform, though Blockus announced a permanent shutdown in July 2026 citing severe targeted harassment and safety threats directed at its CEO. Jess's Twitter Score is 98 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #7,411 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Jess co-founded Blockus alongside Michael Wei and Linglong Zhu, building infrastructure that included wallet-as-a-service, unified Web2 and Web3 login, in-game NFT marketplaces, and fiat and crypto payments. Blockus raised a $4 million pre-seed round led by Maple VC, with Altos Ventures participating and angel investors including Zhuoxun Yin of Magic Eden, Michael Ma of CreatorDAO, and Bryan Pelligrino of LayerZero. Jess also participated in a16z crypto Startup School 2023, a program that, per Refresh Miami, provided $500,000 for a 7% investment.
Jess previously worked at Roblox as a data scientist, and was formerly affiliated with Sui, Sei Network, and Polygon. In April 2025, she announced that Blockus would cease all development on Base until Jesse Pollak was removed from his position. Jess has also publicly warned that impersonators launched a $JESS memecoin on Pump.fun, likely manipulated its price, and compromised her X account, urging affected users to report the incident to the FBI.
Jess's portfolio includes EthXY Warlords.
Who follows Jess on X?
The accounts that follow Jess include 285 founders, 56 angel investors, 132 influencers and 5 VCs, among them Laura Shin, Udi Wertheimer, Tyler Winklevoss, Nick Tomaino, The Crypto Dog and gabrielShapir0. Jess has been mentioned by 23 accounts a total of 67 times, with a following of 20,311 and 25,184 posts published.