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Ryan Selkis
Ryan Selkis is the co-founder and former CEO of Messari, the leading crypto intelligence and research platform. Known by his pseudonym 'Two Bit Idiot,' he broke the news of the Mt. Gox hack in 2014 that shook the crypto world, helped build CoinDesk and the Digital Currency Group, and spent six years publishing Messari's annual 'Crypto Theses' - the most widely read forecasting reports in the industry. He stepped down as Messari CEO in July 2024 amid political controversy, but remains an advisor and one of crypto's most influential voices.
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