Mike Dudas @mdudas
Mike Dudas (@mdudas) is a crypto founder and venture investor, best known for founding The Block, one of the industry's leading news and research outlets, and later launching 6th Man Ventures (6MV), a fund investing in web3 startups with a notable focus on the Solana ecosystem. A former payments executive with stints at Google, Braintree, and Venmo, he brings an operator's lens to crypto investing. His feed is opinionated and fast: deal commentary, ecosystem cheerleading and criticism, fintech-meets-crypto takes, and unfiltered reactions to industry news. Roughly 196,000 followers include founders seeking funding, fellow VCs, and traders who treat his ecosystem convictions as sentiment data.
Why follow
- A venture investor's real-time read on which web3 ecosystems and startups are attracting conviction.
- Payments and fintech background that grounds his takes on consumer crypto adoption.
- High posting frequency and a combative streak keep his comment sections active and visible.
Engage with NoobClaw
He engages back — replies with a sharp counterpoint or a founder-perspective observation get responses more often than on most VC accounts, and a reply from him lifts your visibility substantially. Target his ecosystem takes and startup commentary with specific, defensible positions. Run NoobClaw at 4-6 daily interactions, front-load them during US morning hours when he is most active, and vary between quick agreements, data additions, and polite challenges so the mix reads as a genuine follower with opinions.
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