Hall of Flame – Cointelegraph Magazine
Will Clemente III has 680,200 followers on Twitter thanks to his viral cryptanalysis content. He co-founded the blockchain research firm Reflexivity Research with Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano while still a teenager.
Who exactly is this guy?
Will Clemente III is still only 21 years old, but his keen insight into the industry means he is followed by some of the biggest names in crypto and 680,200 others.
But what is the “III” thing about?
“Yeah, I’m a third,” he laughs about his last name.
He explains that he “dropped out of school in August 2021 while in his second year to work in crypto.”
Clemente’s decision has paid off, as the 21-year-old now boasts influential industry figures such as MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor, Messari CEO Ryan Selkis and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal among his large following.
A bit like a teenage pop sensation discovered by Simon Cowell, Clemente was originally discovered by Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, the venture capitalist and podcaster who suggested they start a blockchain research firm together, before Clemente was even legally allowed to take a sip of beer.
“Pomp said, ‘Why don’t we start a research firm?’ so we launched Reflexivity Research in September 2021,” explains Clemente.
Clemente explains that, as he became obsessed with crypto, he lost a girlfriend — but not before she bought Bitcoin herself, hoping Clemente “would shut up about it.” It did not work.
“After learning that Bitcoin is probably the thing you want to own the most, I became obsessed and my girlfriend said you need to find a group of people to hang out with [about it]when she got tired of it.”
What led to Twitter fame?
Early on, Clemente recognized the importance of capturing the attention of prominent figures in the crypto industry to get his content out to a wider audience.
“I wrote a report on Bitcoin’s role in the financial system, published it and tagged all the crypto influencers I knew. Preston Pysh found it, retweeted it and called me out. I owe him the credit for going from 300 followers to 3,000 followers, says Clemente.
After Pysh retweeted Clemente’s report, Pomp stumbled upon it and invited Clemente to be a guest on his podcast— The Pomp podcast – which increased the number of followers to 5,000.
“From there it gave me the confidence to go from 5,000 to 10,000 and it just took off after that,” he says. “I owe Preston and Pomp a lot of time.”
Clemente seems unfazed by the sheer size of his online audience.
“600,000 – it’s just numbers on the screen,” he declares.
That said, he’s even recognized on the street these days.
“When you see that people recognize you, it’s strange. Four people recognized me while I was on tour. That’s when it hit me … this is actually real.”
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What can you expect on Twitter?
Clement tweets almost every day, sharing a combination of crypto-related news and insights and retweeting trusted content from others.
“My Twitter is a combination of Bitcoin and crypto data points, cool data points, different data sources, other research, whether it comes from me or others I support.”
Clemente also doesn’t consider it too bad to take the free quizzes on crypto exchanges to earn altcoins for himself.
Twitter beef
Mild beef: Bitcoin maxis
Clemente is a polite young man who actively avoids conflict.
Despite emphasizing his respect for the perspective of the Bitcoin maximalists, he has faced criticism from the community after moving away from only talking about Bitcoin on Twitter.
“I came in as a hardcore Bitcoin maximalist, then I shifted from Bitcoin as the only thing to look at, and that’s when I started tackling it from the Bitcoin maxi community,” says Clemente.
But he was prepared for the setback and decided it was worth it in the long run.
“I thought I’ll probably take the crap for a month or two and then it’ll slowly wear off,” he says.
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Like Twitter?
Clemente says he treats his Twitter feed as an important source of data and chooses carefully who he follows.
“I follow a little bit of everything, I look at my Twitter account as a Bloomberg terminal,” he says.
“I also follow meme accounts for fun, I think among the serious stuff,” he says.
He is a fan of accounts that share analytical insights into the chain, including Dylan LeClair and the lead chain analyst for Glassnode, Checkmate.
predictions?
Clemente is not one to get easy likes with big price predictions, but expects the price of Bitcoin to hit six figures sometime between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025.
According to him, “the market has bottomed out on a multi-year perspective.”
Clemente also believes that the majority of those who buy Bitcoin at lower prices are in it for the long term.
“People buying down there are not looking to sell at a double, they want to hold on for several years,” he says.
“We’re going to see a significant price increase over the next two years,” he says.
Clemente says it is important to consider that countries will “begin to take steps to get away from dependence on the dollar system.”
“If true, in my view it gives a high probability that they could take at least a small position or do a small part of the trade in Bitcoin, given that it is the purest decentralized bearer asset on earth,” says Clemente.
“Most market participants base their expectations for Bitcoin adoption on the outlook for the global macroeconomic landscape, but I think people underestimate the geopolitical significance of Bitcoin.”
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