RELICS is a metaverse music NFT platform that delivers copyright-licensed visual songs and virtual music players on the blockchain. RELICS's Twitter Score is 24 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #45,881 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
RELICS was founded by Mike Darlington and Ari Paunonen. The project originated within Monstercat's innovation program and formerly operated under that umbrella before spinning out as an independent company in September 2022. That same month, RELICS announced a $1.1M financing round co-led by Coop Records and Palm Tree Crew Crypto, with additional backing from LongHash Ventures, Noise DAO, DAO Jones, and 2 Punks Capital.
RELICS has collaborated with Steve Aoki on Idol III, an Ethereum NFT music player that came pre-installed with a mix from Aoki's Dim Mak label. A distinctive feature of the platform is its dynamic Gemstone Rarity trait, which shifts in response to how the underlying song performs within the traditional music ecosystem. RELICS's account has accumulated 3,368 followers as of July 2026 across 70 posts, and has been mentioned by 25 accounts a total of 45 times.
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The accounts that follow RELICS include 78 founders, 19 angel investors, 58 influencers and 3 VCs. Among the notable followers are DeeZe, Zeneca, Coop, Justin Blau, Medved and Li Jin.