Paragon is a DeFi exchange protocol that offers tokenized portfolio trading, simple options, and off-exchange onchain execution for large lots. Paragon's Twitter Score is 24 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #41,051 (top 10%) among 484,166 tracked accounts.
Paragon was co-founded by Patrick Hourihane, Ron Klipstein, and Franco Galletti, who serve as founding members and lead investors alongside their respective operational roles. The project introduced Paragon Exchange, which allows portfolios to be traded as single tokens, provides straightforward options instruments, and supports onchain trading of large lots away from public order books. Before pivoting to its current DeFi focus, Paragon originally operated as an NFT experience platform, with initiatives spanning NFT rental, buy-now-pay-later mechanics, and swaps, as well as a genesis NFT collection called Riftwalkers with additional collections planned. Paragon entered a closed Alpha Phase 1 on May 31, 2023, with a limited group of testers on testnet.
Paragon has received backing from Framework Ventures, Decasonic, and Nascent. The project's disclosed advisory roster has included Alex Seropian, Carson Cook, Lawrence Richardson, and Paul known as "Internet" Paul. Paragon has accumulated 42,523 followers as of August 2026 and published 6,047 posts on the platform. Paragon has been mentioned by 23 accounts, with 29 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Paragon include 56 founders, 6 angel investors, 72 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Frank, Mario Nawfal, 0xMaki, Vinny Lingham, 0xDesigner and Clemente.