I KNOW KUNG FU is a crypto data entrepreneur and writer who co-founded Messari, the crypto intelligence platform he later departed in September 2024. I KNOW KUNG FU's Twitter Score is 0.1 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #463,434 among 486,396 tracked accounts.
I KNOW KUNG FU is the public X/Twitter identity of Ryan Selkis, whose online moniker originated on Reddit. Selkis co-founded Messari and built it into a widely followed source of crypto market intelligence, publishing annual "Crypto Theses" outlook reports that became a staple of the industry calendar. He stepped down as CEO in July 2024 following inflammatory political posts on X, then left the company entirely in September 2024. Messari had raised a $35 million Series B in September 2022 at a roughly $300 million valuation, though Blockworks later acquired it at a steep discount to that figure.
I KNOW KUNG FU founded Project Solomon, a political initiative he launched after leaving Messari. Earlier in his career, Selkis previously worked at Digital Currency Group, previously served as Managing Director at CoinDesk, and previously worked at ConsenSys as entrepreneur-in-residence. The @twobitidiot handle also has a notable publishing history: in February 2014, Selkis released a Mt. Gox "Crisis Strategy Draft" document under the Two Bit Idiot blogging brand, drawing wide attention during that exchange's collapse. The account was briefly permanently suspended by Twitter in January 2023 over an alleged impersonation violation before being reinstated.
I KNOW KUNG FU has 440 followers as of August 2026 on X. The account has been mentioned by 1,730 accounts, with 5,104 total mentions. As an investor, I KNOW KUNG FU has backed Common, Vesper Finance, WalletConnect, Recall, Multis, Syndicate, superfluid.eth and Roll.
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