VDEX is a zero-knowledge perpetual decentralized exchange that combines private trading, self-custody, and sub-millisecond finality in a single platform. VDEX's Twitter Score is 31 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #31,559 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
VDEX was founded by José Betancourt, who serves as CEO, and is developed by Virtual Labs as core contributor. The protocol is built on Virtual Rollups, a framework using zero-knowledge state channels to deliver ZeroGas transactions and near-instant settlement. VDEX describes itself as a global capital marketplace where traders can access crypto, stocks, commodities, FX, and prediction markets from one interface.
VDEX supports collateral and yield products involving WBTC, WETH, USDC, and USDT through its community-owned Virtual Market Maker liquidity vault. The protocol also issues VSHARK, a non-transferable Soulbound Token granted as a status marker to its top-performing traders. VDEX has been incubated and backed by Binance Labs, Gate.io Labs, NEAR Foundation, Ava Labs, Blockchain Founders Fund, WAGMI, Manta, Byzantine Marine, and Inception.
VDEX has published 13,748 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 71 accounts a total of 495 times, reflecting active engagement within the decentralized trading community.
Who follows VDEX on X?
The accounts that follow VDEX include 71 founders, 11 angel investors, 108 influencers and 1 VCs, among them MoonPay, Josh Ong, Voh, Easy, Jonah and Fxnction.