Portal is a custodyless Bitcoin cross-chain infrastructure and decentralized exchange protocol that uses atomic swaps to secure cross-chain transactions. Portal's Twitter Score is 128 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,987 (top 5%) among 483,914 tracked accounts.
Portal was formerly known as Portal DeFi and was co-founded by Dr. Chandra Duggirala, George Burke, and Manoj Duggirala. The protocol raised $34 million to build a decentralized exchange for trading Bitcoin with assets on other blockchains, enabling swaps across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and various L1 and L2 networks. Portal announced a phased launch toward a Bitcoin Native Future in October 2025, alongside the launch of its utility token $PTB.
Portal is backed by Coinbase Ventures, OKX Ventures, Arrington Capital, and Gate.io. Portal is also affiliated with Mezo and Stacking DAO. Portal's portfolio includes Flash Protocol.
Portal has accumulated 402,560 followers as of August 2026 and has published 16,188 posts. Portal has been mentioned by 336 accounts, with 3,446 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Portal include 370 founders, 85 angel investors, 423 influencers and 32 VCs. Among them are SBF, Udi Wertheimer, Kain, Tay, Mario Nawfal and Andy.