ZachXBT
Crypto Industry Figure
Known for: pseudonymous American blockchain investigator and open-source intelligence researcher known for independent forensic investigations into cryptocurrency fraud
Biography
ZachXBT, also identified as Zachary Wolk is a pseudonymous American blockchain investigator and open-source intelligence researcher known for independent forensic investigations into cryptocurrency fraud, scams, and thefts. He has been active on X since 2021, publishing detailed investigative threads that trace stolen funds, expose rug pulls, and identify perpetrators of crypto-related crime. His work has contributed to the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen digital assets and has assisted law enforcement agencies in arrests across multiple countries.
Key Achievements
- 2023 — Court filings from a 2023 defamation lawsuit revealed his full name as Zachary Wolk and established that he resides within the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Western Distr...
- 2017 — According to his own account, ZachXBT entered the cryptocurrency space around 2017, during the initial coin offering boom.
- 2021 — = = ZachXBT began publishing investigative threads on Twitter (now X) in 2021.
- 2025 — = = In February 2025, ZachXBT joined Paradigm, a cryptocurrency venture capital firm, as an incident response advisor, working with the firm on security matters.
- 2025 — In August 2025, ZachXBT was announced as a launch partner for the Beacon Network, a real-time communication network created by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs.