Uphold is a multi-asset digital money platform that enables trading across traditional and crypto currencies and commodities with an "Anything-to-Anything" model. Uphold's Twitter Score is 100 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #8,350 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Uphold was founded by Halsey Minor in 2014, originally under the name Bitreserve, before being renamed Uphold and launching the following year, according to Investopedia. The platform states it serves more than 140 countries across more than 300 traditional and crypto currencies and commodities, and says it has powered over US $40 billion in transactions since launch. Affiliated services include Uphold Markets and Ask Uphold, alongside Topper and Optimus Cards. The platform has received backing from Crowdcube and Venovate.
Uphold describes itself as a pioneer of radical transparency in crypto, stating it publishes assets and liabilities every 30 seconds and maintains reserves of 100% or more at all times, never lending out customer assets except when users explicitly opt into staking or DeFi lending. The platform holds certifications for SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS, and says its operating entities are licensed or registered in the US, UK, EU, and the Bahamas, subject to regular US state audits. On the regulatory front, its Canadian entities entered a pre-registration undertaking with the Canadian Securities Administrators on March 27, 2023; the platform subsequently withdrew its Canadian registration application and states it is no longer offering registrable services to Canadian residents until it re-files and obtains registration.
Uphold has accumulated 231,284 followers as of July 2026 and has published 87,302 posts. The account has been mentioned by 539 accounts a total of 3,188 times. Uphold's portfolio includes Blockdaemon, Exactly Protocol and Topper.
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The accounts that follow Uphold include 332 founders, 42 angel investors, 314 influencers and 11 VCs. Among them are CoinDesk, Luca Netz, Udi Wertheimer, Joseph Lubin, Murad and H.E. Justin Sun.