Chainlink is a decentralized oracle and onchain finance infrastructure platform that has enabled more than $31 trillion in transaction value. Chainlink's Twitter Score is 459 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #436 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 tracked accounts.
Chainlink was co-founded by Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis, who together authored the original whitepaper alongside cryptographer Ari Juels, who serves as a technical advisor to the project. Chainlink is affiliated with Chainlink Labs and the Chainlink Foundation, the organizations that drive development and governance of the protocol. Sergey Nazarov, as CEO of Chainlink Labs, is listed as a member of the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee. Additional advisors include Dan Boneh as a technical advisor and Eric Schmidt as an advisor.
Chainlink has established institutional partnerships across traditional finance. Swift, UBS Asset Management, and Chainlink completed a pilot for settling tokenized fund subscriptions and redemptions using the Swift network, as part of MAS Project Guardian. Chainlink is also affiliated with Mastercard, DTCC, Intercontinental Exchange, and SIX, reflecting broad engagement with established financial market infrastructure providers.
Chainlink has published 12,559 posts on the platform and has 1,393,867 followers as of July 2026. Chainlink has been mentioned by 3,867 accounts, with 22,094 total mentions.
Chainlink's portfolio includes Maiga.ai, Galaxis, Truflation, Rhombus, BitSafe, Hemera and Pop Social.
Who follows Chainlink on X?
The accounts that follow Chainlink include 1,509 founders, 254 angel investors, 1,150 influencers and 146 VCs. Among them are Balaji, Laura Shin, Toly, Stani, CoinDesk and Threadguy.