TruthX and Animoca Brands have released the "Crypto Market Trends and Forecast: Top 220 Crypto KOLs Report for Q1 2026." From a pool of over 30,000 accounts, the authors identified the 220 most influential figures and assembled a separate five-star group of 20 names. The final score is calculated using the O1 Rank metric, which factors in audience engagement, sentiment, and reach — with algorithmic filtering to exclude inflated engagement.
Animoca Brands is one of the key players in Web3, with a focus on gaming assets and NFTs. TruthX positions itself as an analytics platform for evaluating crypto influencers.
Bitcoin and Ethereum Lead in Influence
The authors assigned each segment a Market Influence Score — a measure of how strongly KOL activity drives a particular market. BTC and ETH scored highest across all categories. AI came next, followed by DeFi and Tech/Infrastructure.
Who Made the Top 20
The highest scores in the five-star selection went to Dan Held and Changpeng Zhao. Right behind them are Michael Saylor, Justin Sun, Brad Garlinghouse, and Arthur Hayes.
On the media side, Bankless, Coin Bureau, and Altcoin Daily all made the list. Vitalik Buterin and Anthony Pompliano also ranked near the top, alongside anonymous accounts Ansem, 0xSisyphus, miles, and smolting — creators who have built dedicated followings among crypto traders, primarily on X.