A fixture of Crypto Twitter, The Crypto Dog’s embrace of online pseudonymity is intentional and even ideological: The popular Bitcoin market analyst and digital asset advocate believes that a government-issued identity is unnecessary for establishing a meaningful community presence in the age of Web3.
The Crypto Dog was an early Bitcoin adopter, first investing in and mining the original cryptocurrency in 2011. It wasn’t until 2017, however, that he discovered the existence of other digital assets and the vibrant online community that is Crypto Twitter. The same year, he started his “TheCryptoDog” Twitter account, which would go on to become a favorite resource for many traders. One year later, The Crypto Dog left a STEM doctoral program he was enrolled in to go all-in on becoming an entrepreneur.
The Twitter influencer is known for his spot-on commentary on the Bitcoin market and for being long-term bullish on crypto no matter how rough of a patch the markets are going through. He has also candidly admitted to believing that 90% of his followers “shouldn’t be trading, learning how to short and obsessing over technical analysis and orderflow and all of that bullshit.”
In 2021, The Crypto Dog’s Twitter following more than doubled in size, from around 250,000 at the beginning of the year to over 700,000 by January 2022. While part of the growth surely has to do with Bitcoin’s breathtaking all-time highs registered over the past year, The Crypto Dog’s unflappable observations are no less relevant for crypto traders amid market corrections.
Through the year, the Dog often ventured outside of his usual focus on BTC and ETH market dynamics, amply discussing relatively new market entrants such as SOL, trends like the explosion of the nonfungible token space, and market-moving regulatory developments.
The Crypto Dog’s 2021 journey was not always smooth sailing. In March, his account was among a handful of widely followed crypto handles that were mistakenly suspended, although some in the crypto space at the time suspected that the incident could have been premeditated.
If the current trend of audience growth remains unchanged, we are likely to see the sunglasses-clad dog’s following exceed 1 million at some point this year. With Bitcoin bracing for yet another phase of a bull run and new digital asset traders flocking into Crypto Twitter every day, The Crypto Dog’s market expertise and apt observations will become more in-demand than ever in 2022.
At the height of the bear market of early 2022, The Crypto Dog anticipated the incoming reversal of the negative trend, noting that there is no reason for Bitcoin to stop before a new all-time high. After all, “Most of the supply hodl’d from 30K to 69K back to 35K. We’re not going to sell at 50K.”
On a more personal note, the Dog shared early in the year that he was content with the trajectory that his career, Bitcoin and his general life was taking, also pledging to focus more on his health — advice he is recommending everyone heed.
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