Venus Protocol is a multichain decentralized money market protocol that combines algorithmic lending and borrowing with stablecoin issuance, governed by holders of its native XVS token. Venus Protocol's Twitter Score is 87 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #8,756 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Venus Protocol was founded by Joselito Lizarondo and launched in 2020, merging Maker-style stablecoin minting with Compound-style algorithmic money markets into a single protocol. It issues the VAI stablecoin, designed to maintain a peg to 1 USD, and uses isolated lending pools to contain risk across markets. XVS holders participate in governance by staking to vote on Venus Improvement Proposals. Venus Protocol was formerly affiliated with Swipe and currently works with Chaos Labs.
Venus Protocol has faced several notable security and market incidents. A market and oracle incident in May 2021 produced shortfalls of 2,008 BTC and nearly 6,000 ETH. A donation attack on ZKsync in February 2024 caused $902,000 in bad debt. In March 2026, an attacker exploited a donation-accounting weakness in the protocol, resulting in approximately $2.15 million in additional bad debt. Venus Protocol has 225,711 followers as of August 2026 and has published 4,734 posts. The account has been mentioned by 475 accounts a total of 2,339 times.
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The accounts that follow Venus Protocol include 265 founders, 61 angel investors, 215 influencers and 11 VCs. Among them are CZ BNB, Ansem, Andrew Kang, Binance, Loomdart and H.E. Justin Sun.