Opium is a DeFi protocol designed for creating, settling, and trading decentralized derivatives across multiple blockchain networks. Opium's Twitter Score is 55 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #16,115 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Opium operates on Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, and Arbitrum, enabling users to build and interact with derivative instruments within broader DeFi ecosystems. Each version of the protocol has passed two independent audits, and an ongoing bug bounty program is maintained. Access to the protocol is restricted for persons in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
Opium is governed through Opium DAO, which holds the power to propose actions, vote on them, and allocate resources toward selected initiatives. The native $OPIUM token is an ERC-20 asset used for protocol autonomy and decentralization, with a minted supply of 100 million tokens. Token holders can propose, delegate, and vote on project-related initiatives. The founding team has stepped back from governance, transferring decision-making power to the community as part of a path toward full decentralization. The $OPIUM token reached an all-time high of $23.01 in February 2021, per CoinGecko.
Opium has received backing from HashKey, Galaxy Digital, CMS Holdings, Rockaway Capital, FBG Capital, Zee Prime Capital, QCP Capital, and others. Alameda Research was previously a backer; Alameda and related FTX entities filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2022. Opium is affiliated with a range of DeFi protocols and infrastructure providers, including 1inch, Aave, Chainlink, Zerion, The Graph, UMA, RealT, Gelato, and Wintermute. Opium has published 812 posts and has been mentioned by 115 accounts a total of 240 times.
Who follows Opium on X?
The accounts that follow Opium include 177 founders, 69 angel investors, 76 influencers and 7 VCs, among them Stani, Kyle Samani, Andrew Kang, CL, Robert Leshner and John Wang.