Thomas J. Pacchia is a Bitcoin entrepreneur who co-founded PubKey, a Bitcoin-focused bar, media house, and community venue. Thomas's Twitter Score is 73 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #11,312 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Thomas co-founded PubKey alongside Greg Minasian and Andrew Newman, opening the venue in 2022 and serving as its CEO. The venue drew national attention during a September 2024 campaign stop when Donald Trump purchased burgers using Bitcoin in a transaction widely reported as the first completed by a current or former U.S. president. Thomas also founded HODL Capital in 2017, a digital-asset hedge fund focused on crypto and hash-rate markets, and separately founded Hash Function.
Thomas previously served as Director at the Fidelity Investments Bitcoin and Blockchain Incubator, where he was the firm's first external hire with Bitcoin expertise and contributed to the architecture of its digital-asset custody, exchange, and early mining operations. He was also a founding team member at Fidelity Digital Asset Services and an early product developer at Digital Asset Holdings, both former roles. Thomas previously served on the board of Stronghold Digital Mining, which was acquired by Bitfarms and became a wholly owned subsidiary on March 17, 2025. Thomas currently serves as an advisor to Luxor.
Thomas has accumulated 4,496 followers as of October 2026 across 6,119 posts. He has been mentioned by 65 accounts, with 222 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Thomas include 254 founders, 32 angel investors, 136 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Anthony Pompliano, Jesse Powell, Frank Chaparro, Tyler Winklevoss, Neeraj K. Agrawal and Cameron Winklevoss.