Velvet is a non-custodial DeFAI trading and portfolio management ecosystem that supports onchain trading across multiple chains via intents, a native user app, an agentic Telegram bot, and APIs. Velvet's Twitter Score is 105 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #8,194 (top 5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Velvet describes itself as a DeFAI Trading and Portfolio Management Ecosystem built around its AI copilot, Velvet Unicorn, a multi-agent system covering token research, onchain data analysis, AI-generated signals, and trade preparation via natural language. The platform also offers a DeFAI OS for agents and a dedicated API layer. It operates across seven chains: Base, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana, Hyperliquid, Monad, and Sonic.
Velvet states it has surpassed 100,000 users and more than $200 million in spot volume. The ecosystem runs two tokens: $VELVET as the main ecosystem token and the Velvet Unicorn token ($VU) used for AI copilot payments. The protocol has undergone seven security audits with firms including PeckShield, Softstack, Resonance Security, Shellboxes, and Hats Finance. Velvet is also affiliated with Velvet DAO.
Velvet is backed by YZi Labs, DWF Labs, Selini Capital, Mucker Capital, NxGen, Gate Labs, CoinTelegraph Ventures, Mindfulness Capital, LucidBlue Ventures, PAKA Fund, FunFair Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, and Gains Associates. Per Cointelegraph, it was also backed by Binance Labs and previously participated in the Cointelegraph Accelerator. Velvet's account has 137,812 followers as of July 2026 and has published 15,504 posts. It has been mentioned by 291 accounts a total of 3,062 times.
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The accounts that follow Velvet include 245 founders, 41 angel investors, 454 influencers and 19 VCs. Among them are Cointelegraph, Mario Nawfal, Andy, Soby, Sreeram Kannan and Josh Ong.