Shade Protocol is a privacy-focused DeFi suite built on Secret Network that has shifted its core focus toward Feather, an isolated lending vault platform. Shade Protocol's Twitter Score is 46 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #20,117 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Shade Protocol was originally developed as a collection of private DeFi applications offering stablecoins, trading, lending, governance, bonds, staking derivatives, and insurance, all with privacy-preserving properties. A central product within the suite is Silk, a collateralized reflexive currency pegged to a basket of global currencies and commodities rather than a single fiat reference. The protocol's governance, utility, and treasury token is SHD, which launched with an initial supply of 10,000,000 tokens distributed over a ten-year schedule.
Shade Protocol raised $5,000,000 in a private round representing 7.75% of the total SHD supply, backed by 25 organizations and individuals. An airdrop was distributed to incentivized testnet contributors and community members who had staked SCRT, ATOM, or LUNA. A security audit of ShadeX conducted by Halborn Security found no critical or high-risk vulnerabilities. The team's current priorities are centered on the launch of Feather, building partnerships, and growing total value locked.
Shade Protocol has published 6,282 posts and has 34,741 followers as of August 2026. The account has been mentioned by 123 accounts, with 412 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Shade Protocol include 165 founders, 46 angel investors, 137 influencers and 11 VCs. Among them are Ansem, Laura Shin, John Wang, Andy, Sreeram Kannan and Ignas.