David Velez (@velez_david) — Twitter Score 33 out of 1000

David Velez is a fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Nubank, one of the largest digital financial-services companies in the world, and serves as its Global CEO. David Velez's Twitter Score is 33 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #29,926 (top 10%) among 493,952 tracked accounts.

David Velez co-founded Nubank and has led the company's expansion into crypto services through Nubank Cripto, a platform that allows customers to buy, sell, and store cryptoassets. As of August 2025, Nubank Cripto reported 6.6 million users. In May 2024, Nubank announced support for cryptocurrency transfers involving Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, and the company works with Chainalysis for transaction monitoring. Nubank also issued Nucoin, a blockchain-based utility token tied to its rewards program, though buying and selling of Nucoin was discontinued in September 2024. In a 2023 interview, David Velez expressed a bullish view on Bitcoin's investment potential and on blockchain technology broadly.

David Velez previously worked at Sequoia Capital as a partner, and also formerly worked at General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley before founding Nubank. David Velez has accumulated 38,579 followers as of October 2026 on the platform since 2011, with 489 posts published. David Velez has been mentioned by 50 accounts, with 79 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow David Velez include 158 founders, 50 angel investors, 27 influencers and 7 VCs, among them Jason, Emilie Choi, David Marcus, Cuy Sheffield, Shaun Maguire and Patrick OShaughnessy.