USC is the official X account of the University of Southern California, a research university with active programs in blockchain, digital assets, DeFi, and Web3 education and research. USC's Twitter Score is 11 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #86,417 among 482,922 tracked accounts.
USC has built a range of crypto-adjacent academic initiatives across its schools and research centers. The VanEck Digital Assets Initiative, launched through USC Marshall with a $5 million gift from Van Eck Associates announced in February 2022, supports research and education in digital assets and finance. USC Marshall also hosts the VanEck Southern California Blockchain Conference, which brings together practitioners and academics to discuss blockchain, digital assets, AI, and finance.
USC offers a 16-unit Blockchain minor covering blockchain fundamentals, decentralized applications, smart contracts, Ethereum, Solidity, advanced use cases, and a capstone project. The USC Builders Grant funds student-led ventures, protocols, tools, and research platforms in Web3, DeFi, and digital-asset infrastructure, giving students a direct path from coursework to building.
USC conducts research through two dedicated centers. The Autonomous Networks Research Group investigates blockchain protocols, automated market makers, DeFi, stablecoins, smart contracts, and on-chain fraud detection. The Starling Lab for Data Integrity applies cryptography, decentralized-web protocols, and decentralized storage to questions of digital-content provenance and preservation. USC is also affiliated with Blockchain@USC, the university's student-led blockchain organization. USC's account has 168,645 followers as of August 2026 and has published 35,385 posts. It has been mentioned by 403 accounts a total of 1,413 times.
USC's portfolio includes ChainOpera AI.
Who follows USC on X?
The accounts that follow USC include 47 founders, 13 angel investors, 16 influencers and 7 VCs. Among them are Vance Spencer, Alexis Ohanian, DEGEN NEWS, David Marcus, SpiderCrypto and Marc Benioff.