Clipper is a decentralized exchange built for retail traders that focuses on blue-chip tokens such as ETH, WBTC, and USD stablecoins. Clipper's Twitter Score is 43 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #21,577 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Clipper was built by Shipyard Software and operates under the governance of AdmiralDAO, incorporated as Admiralty LLC, a non-profit member-managed LLC in the Marshall Islands. In January 2025, Shipyard Software announced it had been acquired by Sushi Labs, with Clipper's technology and expertise set to be integrated into Sushi's ecosystem. Clipper is governed by SAIL token holders, who drive decisions within AdmiralDAO; SAIL was distributed exclusively by airdrop in August 2023, with no ICO, presale, or private sale.
Clipper uses a hybrid on-chain and off-chain architecture, computing prices off-chain via low-latency centralized-exchange price feeds combined with on-chain state, then validating those prices through on-chain proofs. The exchange is available on Ethereum, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Mantle Network, and Base. Since launch, Clipper has helped more than 200,000 unique traders complete 2.8 million transactions and facilitated more than $3.2 billion in trading volume across eight blockchains.
Clipper has received backing from 0x, 1inch, DeFi Alliance, CMT Digital, Polychain, DeFiance Capital, Robot Ventures, FJ Labs, Nascent, Quantstamp, Electric Capital, MetaCartel, IOSG, and LD Capital. Three Arrows Capital is also listed as a backer; the firm was ordered into liquidation by a British Virgin Islands court in 2022 and was subsequently reprimanded by Singapore's financial regulator. Clipper has accumulated 119,225 followers as of August 2026 on X since 2021 and has published 1,702 posts. Clipper has been mentioned by 74 accounts, with 187 total mentions.
Who follows Clipper on X?
The accounts that follow Clipper include 178 founders, 54 angel investors, 124 influencers and 9 VCs. Among them are Arthur, Tarun Chitra, John Wang, DeFi Dad defidad.eth, Avichal Garg - Electric Capital and Avalanche.