I was happily surprised when Erik Voorhees recently replied on Twitter that "NXT is probably my favorite alt. Love the decentralized asset exchange."
To my knowledge Erik is the first bitcoin whale that speaks positively about Nxt, a milestone.
Next week he will be interviewed by DeBitcoin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWC_hyKRV0o
(If you missed it, DeBitcoin also did a great interview at the time with me about NXT.)
Another important Bitcoin personality that has spoken favorably about Nxt is James D'Angelo from the world bitcoin network who made the 51% attack series that helped me a lot in valuing Proof of Stake and Nxt more. He replied that he follows Nxt closely and later complemented in comments my 51% attack warning video.
I've contacted other whales such as Olivier Janssens, who often talks about the centralization problems in bitcoin, as well as Roger Ver but have not received a reply.
