The Bitcoin Encyclopedia of Public Figures
Who supports Bitcoin? You might be surprised.
From billionaire investors to pro athletes, U.S. senators to hip-hop legends — discover what the world’s most influential people really think about Bitcoin. Read their stories, explore their boldest quotes, and find out how they got orange-pilled.
Cynthia Lummis
The Wyoming senator bought her first bitcoin in 2013 for $320, became the first known Bitcoin holder in the U.S. Senate, and introduced the BITCOIN Act to create a one-million-c…
Paul Tudor Jones
The legendary hedge fund manager predicted Black Monday, built an $8 billion fortune, and became one of the first Wall Street titans to bet big on Bitcoin — calling it the faste…
Larry Fink
The CEO of BlackRock — the world’s largest asset manager with over $11.5 trillion in assets — went from calling Bitcoin an “index of money laundering” to launc…
Nayib Bukele
Nayib Bukele made history as the first head of state to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, turning El Salvador into a laboratory for national Bitcoin adoption with volcano mining, a…
Michael Dell
The PC pioneer made Dell Technologies the largest e-commerce company in the world to accept Bitcoin in 2014 — years before most corporations even understood it. A decade later, …
Balaji Srinivasan
The Stanford PhD who co-founded a Bitcoin mining company, became Coinbase’s first CTO, and then publicly burned $1 million to warn the world about money printing — Balaji Sriniv…
Adam Back
His proof-of-work invention was cited in Satoshi’s whitepaper. Now he’s building the infrastructure for Bitcoin’s future — and launching a treasury company wit…
Jack Mallers
The 20-something CEO who helped an entire country adopt Bitcoin as legal tender — then built a publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company backed by Tether and SoftBank.
Brian Armstrong
He built Coinbase from a San Francisco apartment into a publicly traded crypto giant worth tens of billions — and became the man who onboarded more Americans to Bitcoin than any…
Cameron Winklevoss
He discovered Bitcoin on a beach in Ibiza, invested $11 million of his Facebook settlement, and became one of the world’s first Bitcoin billionaires. Cameron Winklevoss th…
Tyler Winklevoss
The Facebook lawsuit made him famous. Bitcoin made him a billionaire. He co-founded Gemini and never looked back.
Michael Saylor
He bet his entire company on Bitcoin — buying billions worth — and turned a sleepy software firm into a Wall Street sensation.
Elon Musk
The world’s richest man put $1.5 billion of Tesla’s treasury into Bitcoin — then watched the world lose its mind.
Reid Hoffman
The LinkedIn billionaire called Bitcoin his “five year investment plan” — then helped fund some of crypto’s biggest companies.
Marc Andreessen
The man who built the first web browser sees Bitcoin as the internet’s missing payments layer. His firm a16z has poured billions into crypto.
Lawrence Summers
A former Treasury Secretary who evolved from skeptic to acknowledging Bitcoin could reshape the future of global finance.
Jerome Powell
The Fed Chair compared Bitcoin to gold as a store of value — a remarkable acknowledgment from the most powerful central banker on Earth.
Dan Morehead
Pantera Capital’s CEO called Bitcoin “the biggest trade of our generation” and has been proven right many times over.
David Marcus
From running Facebook’s crypto project Libra to launching Lightspark, he’s been building Bitcoin’s payments infrastructure from the inside.
Cathie Wood
ARK Invest’s fearless CEO staked her reputation on a $1M+ Bitcoin price target. Wall Street’s most outspoken bull isn’t backing down.
Elizabeth Stark
The Lightning Labs CEO is building the technology that makes Bitcoin work as everyday money — fast, cheap, and unstoppable.
Ben Bernanke
The former Fed Chair who printed trillions acknowledged Bitcoin may “succeed” — an ironic endorsement from the architect of quantitative easing.
Ed Tilly
The Cboe chief brought Bitcoin futures to Wall Street, opening the floodgates for institutional adoption.
James Gorman
Morgan Stanley’s former CEO evolved from calling Bitcoin “more than a fad” to offering it to the bank’s wealthiest clients.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan author initially praised Bitcoin as an insurance policy against government overreach — a fascinating intellectual journey.
Al Gore
The former Vice President and climate advocate surprised many by praising Bitcoin’s potential to transform the financial system.
Milton Friedman
The Nobel Prize-winning economist predicted Bitcoin-like digital cash in 1999 — nearly a decade before Satoshi’s whitepaper.
Peter Diamandis
The XPRIZE founder sees Bitcoin as a key technology in his vision of an abundant, decentralized future for humanity.
Mike Crapo
As Senate Banking Committee Chairman, he’s been one of the most influential voices shaping pro-Bitcoin legislation in Washington.
Janet Yellen
The Treasury Secretary and former Fed Chair has navigated the complex politics of regulating Bitcoin while acknowledging its innovation.
Tim Draper
The legendary VC bought 30,000 Bitcoin from the U.S. Marshals’ Silk Road auction — and has been evangelizing ever since.
Tony Hawk
The skateboarding legend was an early Bitcoin adopter who brought crypto credibility to mainstream sports and entertainment culture.
Wences Casares
Known as “Patient Zero” of Bitcoin in Silicon Valley, the Xapo CEO personally orange-pilled Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, and countless tech titans.
Jack Dorsey
He renamed his payments company to Block, moved its treasury into Bitcoin, and declared it “the native currency of the internet.”
Nas
The hip-hop legend invested early in Coinbase through his venture fund — turning his street-smart instincts into a crypto fortune.
Paul Graham
The Y Combinator co-founder helped launch the startup ecosystem that birthed Coinbase, Stripe, and dozens of Bitcoin companies.
Warren Davidson
The Ohio congressman introduced the Token Taxonomy Act and has been one of Bitcoin’s fiercest defenders on Capitol Hill.
Caitlin Long
She left a 22-year Wall Street career to champion Bitcoin legislation in Wyoming, creating the most crypto-friendly state in America.
Spencer Dinwiddie
The NBA guard tokenized his own contract on the blockchain — pioneering how athletes can leverage Bitcoin and crypto finance.
Ben Askren
The Olympic wrestler and UFC fighter became one of Bitcoin’s most vocal athlete advocates, bringing crypto to the combat sports world.
Patrick McHenry
As House Financial Services Committee Chairman, he called Bitcoin “an unstoppable force” and pushed landmark crypto legislation.
Chamath Palihapitiya
The Social Capital CEO bought Bitcoin at $80 and called it “schmuck insurance” against irresponsible central bank policies.
Richard Branson
The Virgin Group founder invested in BitPay, accepted Bitcoin for space travel, and hosted the legendary Blockchain Summit on Necker Island.
Naval Ravikant
The AngelList founder and philosopher-investor sees Bitcoin as a profound tool for individual sovereignty and economic freedom.
Michelle Phan
The YouTube beauty mogul surprised her millions of followers by becoming an outspoken Bitcoin advocate and early crypto investor.
Paul Bucheit
The creator of Gmail predicted Bitcoin would become mainstream and compared its disruptive potential to the early internet.
Eric Schmidt
Google’s former CEO called Bitcoin “a remarkable cryptographic achievement” — high praise from one of tech’s most respected minds.
Abigail Johnson
Fidelity’s CEO personally mined Bitcoin and turned the $4.5 trillion asset manager into Wall Street’s first major crypto custodian.
Russell Okung
The NFL lineman famously demanded to be “paid in Bitcoin” — and became the first pro athlete to convert his salary to BTC.
Peter Thiel
The PayPal co-founder called Bitcoin “the most honest market we have” and compared doubters to those who dismissed the internet.
Bill Gates
The Microsoft co-founder’s complex relationship with Bitcoin — from praising its low transaction fees to questioning its energy use.