Gearbox Protocol (@GearboxProtocol) — Twitter Score 162 out of 1000

Gearbox Protocol is a DeFi lending protocol that describes itself as a Tokenisation Lending Stack providing institutional credit infrastructure, including margin, prime brokerage, and portfolio loans for tokenised assets and real-world assets. Gearbox Protocol's Twitter Score is 162 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #3,843 (top 1%) among 464,440 tracked accounts.

Gearbox Protocol has operated as a pure DAO rooted in on-chain governance and community ownership, with no central foundation or corporate equity holder, since its launch. The DAO engaged DAObox to establish Gearbox Foundation as a legal wrapper, first approved in late 2022 and renewed after two years. According to the protocol, it has been battle-tested since 2021, has processed more than $12 billion in transaction volume, and has spent more than $3 million on security audits and infrastructure.

Gearbox Protocol has raised a total of $8.04 million across several rounds, per DefiLlama, including a $2.3 million private round in May 2021, a $4.15 million DAO round in August 2022, and a $1.59 million DAO round in September 2022. The protocol is backed by Variant Fund, 1kx, Lido Finance, Placeholder, Zee Prime, Encode Club, P2P Capital, Focus Labs, LAUNCHub Ventures, LedgerPrime, Polymorphic Capital, and GCR.

Gearbox Protocol's native GEAR token has been fully unlocked since July 2024, with no remaining vesting cliffs or surprise unlocks, according to a January 2026 blog post. The protocol also noted that GEAR was delisted from OKX, attributing the delisting to market-structure, liquidity, depth, and trading-activity thresholds rather than any issue with protocol health, security, solvency, or operational performance. Gearbox Protocol has published 4,679 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 407 accounts, with 1,545 total mentions.

Who follows Gearbox Protocol on X?

Gearbox Protocol has 54,424 followers as of July 2026 on the platform. The accounts that follow Gearbox Protocol include 599 founders, 203 angel investors, 374 influencers and 28 VCs, among them Cobie, Laura Shin, Stani, Chris Burniske, Andrew Kang and smolting wassie, verse.