ZachXBT (@zachxbt) — Twitter Score 1000 out of 1000

ZachXBT is the pseudonymous blockchain investigator and OSINT researcher publicly identified as Zachary Wolk in court filings. He serves as incident response advisor to Paradigm, joining on February 26, 2025 to assist portfolio companies while continuing his independent investigations. ZachXBT's Twitter Score is 1000 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, placing him at rank #1 (top 0.1%) out of 389,201 accounts tracked on this platform, and among the 36 accounts that score above 900.

ZachXBT has been active on X since 2021, publishing investigative threads and long-form research on Paragraph under the series Investigations By ZachXBT, with coverage including Lazarus Group laundering research. He is also listed as a security researcher partner on TRM Labs' Beacon Network, a real-time crypto crime response platform launched August 20, 2025. Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang has stated that ZachXBT returned over $350 million to victims of hacks and scams. Wired described him as the most prolific independent crypto-focused detective in the world, and he was named to CoinDesk's Most Influential 2024 list as a leading independent crypto fraud investigator. He also won CoinMarketCap's Social Influencer to Watch award at the 2024 Crypto Awards. He has been funded largely through cryptocurrency donations and grants totaling around $1.3 million since 2021.

ZachXBT's investigations have contributed to arrests and asset recoveries across multiple cases. He investigated the August 2024 theft of approximately $243 million in Bitcoin from a single Genesis creditor, with findings that contributed to the September 2024 arrests of Malone Lam and Jeandiel Serrano. He submitted evidence attributing North Korea's Lazarus Group to the February 2025 Bybit hack, which involved losses of over $1.5 billion. In late January 2026, he publicly alleged that John Daghita, known online as Lick, had stolen more than $46 million in seized crypto from U.S. Marshals Service wallets; Daghita was arrested on March 5, 2026 in a joint FBI and French Gendarmerie operation. A 2021 investigation into Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT phishing aided French authorities, with five suspects placed under investigation for allegedly stealing NFTs valued at $2.5 million.

ZachXBT was named as defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by Jeffrey Huang, known as MachiBigBrother, in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas on June 15, 2023; the case was terminated on August 16, 2023 following a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice. After the suit was filed, the crypto community donated over $1 million toward his legal defense.

ZachXBT has amassed 1,051,150 followers as of July 2026 and published 23,539 posts on X. He has been mentioned by 1,685 accounts, with 3,881 total mentions. ZachXBT holds Eclipse and Fluidity Labs.

Who follows ZachXBT on X?

The accounts that follow ZachXBT include 3,966 founders, 839 angel investors, 3,582 influencers and 128 VCs, among them Laura Shin, Toly, Erik Voorhees, CZ BNB, Chris Dixon and jesse.base.eth.