Upside is a Base-built social prediction market that lets users vote and trade on viral tweets, YouTube videos, Spotify songs, and other content. Upside's Twitter Score is 97 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #9,307 (top 5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Upside operates at the intersection of social media and on-chain finance, tokenizing URLs into ERC-20 MetaCoins via its on-chain contracts UpsideProtocol.sol and UpsideMetaCoin.sol, which incorporate USDC liquidity and swap and fee mechanics on Base. The protocol has attracted backing from Jason Choi, Arthur Hayes, Maelstrom Fund, Tangent, Paik Capital, 3rdSt Capital, AlfaDAO, Blocmates, and more than 25 angel investors in total, with new angels able to participate via beta.upside.fun/invest.
Upside underwent a Code4rena competitive security audit from May 19 to 26, 2025, with a $13,000 USDC prize pool. The final report, published June 8, 2025, found zero High and zero Medium vulnerabilities. Upside is affiliated with Zachary Dash, Steve. ETH, DevSalim, and Jeff Gat. Upside has published 93 posts and has been mentioned by 37 accounts a total of 107 times.
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The accounts that follow Upside include 247 founders, 85 angel investors, 272 influencers and 8 VCs, among them Ansem, Luca Netz, Jason Choi, DeFi Dad defidad.eth, Icebergy and gabrielShapir0.