vessenes (@vessenes) — Twitter Score 62 out of 1000

Vessenes is a Bitcoin entrepreneur who founded CoinLab and co-founded the Bitcoin Foundation. Vessenes's Twitter Score is 62 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #13,889 (top 5%) among 487,142 tracked accounts.

Vessenes built CoinLab into Mt. Gox's North American agent under a partnership agreement that later broke down. In 2013, CoinLab filed a $75 million lawsuit against Mt. Gox alleging breach of contract. A settlement between CoinLab and the Mt. Gox bankruptcy trustee was reported by Bloomberg in January 2021, resolving claims tied to Bitcoin held in the long-running bankruptcy proceedings.

Vessenes co-founded the Bitcoin Foundation, which launched in September 2012 with the aim of accelerating Bitcoin's global adoption through standardization, protection, and promotion of the open-source protocol. In June 2013, California's Department of Financial Institutions sent the foundation a letter ordering it to cease operating as an unlicensed money transmitter.

Vessenes's account has accumulated 4,477 followers as of September 2026 and 1,417 posts on the platform. The account has been mentioned by 61 accounts, with 150 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Vessenes include 211 founders, 47 angel investors, 46 influencers and 11 VCs. Among them are Brian Armstrong, Erik Voorhees, Marc Andreessen, Kyle Samani, Fred Ehrsam and CoinDesk.