A tech guy from the UK.
Bought Bitcoin before most people knew what it was.
Called out one of the biggest scandals in crypto.
Then disappeared to comeback again.
Who is Cobie?🧵
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Cobie was a product guy from the UK.
He studied computer science in Bristol and worked in early stage startups.
In 2012, he bought Bitcoin.
That was the beginning.
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Two years later, he launched Maxcoin with Max Keiser.
It was one of the first coins tied to a public figure.
The goal was to improve Bitcoin, it didn’t work.
But it taught him something most people never learn:
Tech alone doesn’t move markets
Narrative does.
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After that, he worked at startups, joined Monzo, helped build products.
But when DeFi started gaining traction in 2020
Something pulled him back.
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Cobie started writing online again.
This time on Twitter and Substack.
His posts were simple, sarcastic, and brutally honest.
He talked about cycles, greed, hype, and fear, without selling anything.
And people listened.
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Cobie supported Lido from the early days.
He believed in liquid staking when most people didn’t get it.
He helped fund audits, explained the vision, and built trust in the protocol.
That early push helped Lido become one of the biggest plays in DeFi.
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That same year, he launched UpOnly with Ledger.
A podcast with conversations and guests like Vitalik, Saylor, and even SBF before the collapse.
It became one of the most important shows in crypto.
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Then, out of nowhere, he tweeted a strange encrypted message.
It looked random but a few days later, news broke:
There had been insider trading at Coinbase.
And Cobie had spotted it before anyone.
His tweet led to an investigation, arrests, and an SEC case.
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Then FTX collapsed and everything changed.
Cobie had interviewed SBF
FTX sponsored UpOnly.
He gave everything to support the space after the collapse.
Maybe he just hit a limit and needed to breathe.
Cobie shut it down and stepped away
For a long time, he didn’t post
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In 2024, Cobie became more active again.
Not like before, but you can still see him replying and posting on CT.
One of the longest standing voices in crypto.
Did you know his story before this?
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