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Crypto CTO: 3 steps to find one, 713 on file at 699 teams

By NAUT Research · · 6 min read

713 Crypto CTO people with a current CTO title at 699 project teams on NAUT, read 13 November 2026. Logos: LayerZero, Ryan Zarick, Injective, Albert Chon, World Liberty Financial, Corey Caplan.

To find a crypto CTO, open the project's page on NAUT, open the person filed under it with a CTO title, then confirm that title on 1 source outside NAUT before you write. NAUT tracks 713 people whose current title is CTO or chief technology officer at 699 project teams, read on 13 November 2026, and 404 of them carry an X handle.

Data note. Every count was read from NAUT's own database on 13 November 2026, read-only. A person counts when their record is live, their link to the company has no end date, and the title holds CTO, chief technology officer or chief technical officer; any title with "former" or "ex-" is left out. The set covers every non-archived company NAUT files as a project, so a few rows describe AI products with no crypto product named. 10 of the 713 CTO records were checked against sources outside NAUT, and 1 X handle was checked against its own profile; the other 703 records were not put through that check. NAUT Research wrote it.

How do you find the CTO of a crypto project?

You find the CTO of a crypto project in 3 steps: the team page, the person page, then 1 outside source. Each step answers a different question.

  • The team page says who. Every project page on NAUT lists the people filed under it with their titles. A CTO title sits on 713 people at 699 teams.
  • The person page says how. 635 of the 713 have their own NAUT page, which shows the X handle and which channels NAUT has on file.
  • An outside source says whether it is still true. Titles go stale. Of the 10 records checked for this article, 3 were confirmed and 1 had only a 2022 source that names a different CTO.
Find a CTO in 3 steps
  1. Open the team pageSearch the project on NAUT and read the titles on its team list, as on LayerZero.
  2. Open the person page635 of the 713 CTOs have their own page with an X handle and the channels on file.
  3. Confirm the titleCheck 1 source outside NAUT: 3 of 10 checked records were confirmed and 1 had only a 2022 source that names a different CTO.

Crypto CTO lookup worked on LayerZero

Here is the same lookup on 1 team, LayerZero, the cross-chain messaging protocol.

  1. Team page. The LayerZero page on NAUT lists Ryan Zarick with the title CTO.
  2. Person page. Ryan Zarick's NAUT record holds the X handle @ryanzarick, and NAUT has his LinkedIn and Telegram on file.
  3. Outside check. His own X bio, checked for this article, describes him as its co-founder and CTO, and a public org chart at The Org lists the same title.

That third step is the one people skip, and it is what separates a blockchain CTO who still runs the stack from one who left last quarter.

Which crypto CTO records passed an outside check?

3 of the 10 CTO records checked for this article were confirmed by a source outside NAUT. The table lists those 3, by team name A to Z. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

Team CTO Source
The Org, Blockworks
Own X bio, The Org
Fortune, April 2026

NAUT holds an X handle, LinkedIn and Telegram for all 3: @albertchon, @ryanzarick and @coreycaplan3.

Fortune's April 2026 report names Corey Caplan as CTO of World Liberty Financial. Of the other 7 records checked, NAUT's Binance CTO record could not be confirmed: the only source found is a 2022 report that names a different CTO, and no newer source was found. The other 6 could not be confirmed on an official or fetched page: 3 found no source naming the person, and 3 rest only on third-party profiles or older posts. Those 7 stay out of the table.

How many crypto CTOs can you reach, and on which channel?

LinkedIn is the channel NAUT holds most often for these 713 CTOs, at 540, ahead of X at 404 and Telegram at 300.

Crypto CTOs by channel NAUT has on file, of 713
  1. LinkedIn540
  2. X handle404
  3. Telegram300
  4. X and LinkedIn both296

296 of the 713 carry both an X handle and LinkedIn, so for those you can check the title on X and send the note on LinkedIn.

What a BD lead, founder or investor does with a CTO record

  • BD lead selling infrastructure. The chief technology officer runs the stack your product would plug into. Start with the 404 who carry an X handle, read their recent posts, and reply to something technical before you send a pitch.
  • Founder raising. A CTO at a team that already uses your kind of tool is a reference call. The person page tells you whether NAUT holds Telegram for them, and 300 of the 713 have it.
  • Investor sourcing. Before a call, find a CTO record for the team and run step 3. If no outside source names the title, ask the founder who runs engineering today.

Related reading on NAUT: How to find decision makers in a company: 5 steps for crypto and Find crypto founder LinkedIn pages: 3 steps, 3,815 on file.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: a people search with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=CTO and the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns people whose name, handle or title matches, 5 credits a call, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/layerzero returns 1 team with its people for another 5. The calls and plans are on the API docs and the pricing page. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach them.

Crypto CTO FAQ

How do you find the CTO of a crypto project?

Open the project's page on NAUT, open the person listed with a CTO title, then confirm that title on 1 outside source such as their own X bio. NAUT holds 713 CTO records at 699 project teams, read on 13 November 2026.

Where can I find crypto CTOs and their contact channels?

NAUT lists 713 people with a current CTO or chief technology officer title at 699 project teams, with 404 X handles, 540 LinkedIn profiles and 300 Telegram handles on file, read on 13 November 2026. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach them.

Is the CTO title on NAUT always current?

Titles change, so check before you write. Of 10 NAUT CTO records checked against outside sources for this article on 13 November 2026, 3 were confirmed, 1 had only a 2022 source that names a different CTO and 6 could not be confirmed on an official or fetched page (3 found no source naming the person, 3 rest only on third-party profiles or older posts).

Who is the CTO of LayerZero?

NAUT lists Ryan Zarick as CTO of LayerZero, and his own X bio, @ryanzarick, describes him as its co-founder and CTO, as checked on 13 November 2026.

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