he went from writing code at capital one
to becoming one of crypto twitter’s biggest voices
> zion thomas
> known as ansem
> discovered $BTC at georgia tech
> graduated in 2017
> joined Capital One as a software engineer
> crypto was a side hustle
quit his job in 2021
> went full time into crypto
> started publicly journaling his trades
> shared his wins, losses and mistakes
> bought $SOL around $1.50
then FTX collapsed
> most people wanted nothing to do with $SOL
> ansem went the other way
> solana went upto $300 from $8
> spotted $BONK and $WIF early
his audience started exploding
> 3K followers became 100K+
> he became known as "The Solana Guy"
> millions started watching his calls
> he even stepped into the boxing ring
against bitboy
from engineer to trader to one of crypto twitter's biggest voices
then on June 17, 2026
something completely unexpected happened
> an anonymous developer launched $ANSEM on Pumpfun
> sent 650M tokens straight to ansem's wallet
> ansem didn't create the coin but eventually embraced the story
then the Black Bull started running
> $ANSEM went nearly +20,000% in 7 days
> suddenly everyone was watching his wallet
then came the plot twist
> instead of simply sitting on the attention
> ansem announced he would redirect his creator fees back to the community through weekly airdrops
> millions of dollars eventually flowed back toward the trenches
the real lesson from ansem's story is that
you don't need to start with influence
you need to start with conviction, keep showing your work
and sometimes the opportunity finds you when nobody is watching
to becoming one of crypto twitter’s biggest voices
> zion thomas
> known as ansem
> discovered $BTC at georgia tech
> graduated in 2017
> joined Capital One as a software engineer
> crypto was a side hustle
quit his job in 2021
> went full time into crypto
> started publicly journaling his trades
> shared his wins, losses and mistakes
> bought $SOL around $1.50
then FTX collapsed
> most people wanted nothing to do with $SOL
> ansem went the other way
> solana went upto $300 from $8
> spotted $BONK and $WIF early
his audience started exploding
> 3K followers became 100K+
> he became known as "The Solana Guy"
> millions started watching his calls
> he even stepped into the boxing ring
against bitboy
from engineer to trader to one of crypto twitter's biggest voices
then on June 17, 2026
something completely unexpected happened
> an anonymous developer launched $ANSEM on Pumpfun
> sent 650M tokens straight to ansem's wallet
> ansem didn't create the coin but eventually embraced the story
then the Black Bull started running
> $ANSEM went nearly +20,000% in 7 days
> suddenly everyone was watching his wallet
then came the plot twist
> instead of simply sitting on the attention
> ansem announced he would redirect his creator fees back to the community through weekly airdrops
> millions of dollars eventually flowed back toward the trenches
the real lesson from ansem's story is that
you don't need to start with influence
you need to start with conviction, keep showing your work
and sometimes the opportunity finds you when nobody is watching
