Circles is a decentralized protocol that issues individualized cryptocurrencies as a form of universal basic income, built on a social trust graph between currency holders. Circles's Twitter Score is 89 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #8,541 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Circles was founded by Martin Köppelmann and operates in affiliation with About Circles and Safe. The Circles Coop that originally launched the project was shut down in December 2023, and the protocol's earlier affiliation with Circles UBI is also no longer active. The core mechanism allows each account to mint one CRC per hour through smart contracts, with a 7% annual decay applied to every token to discourage hoarding. Exchange between individualized currencies is made possible through a social graph of trust, and CRC can be swapped on Gnosis against stablecoins including USDC.
Circles has published 2,315 posts and has 21,287 followers as of October 2026. The account has been mentioned by 247 accounts, with 615 total mentions.
Who follows Circles on X?
The accounts that follow Circles include 398 founders, 120 angel investors, 108 influencers and 6 VCs. Among them are Toly, Laura Shin, Fred Ehrsam, Smolting Wassie, Joseph Lubin and CL.