cheqd.io is a public, permissionless blockchain network that provides payment and trust infrastructure for digital credentials, decentralized identity, and verifiable AI. cheqd.io's Twitter Score is 24 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #41,528 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
cheqd.io was co-founded by Fraser Edwards as CEO, Ankur Banerjee as CTO, and Javed Khattak as CFO. Originally launched under the name verim, the project was rebranded as cheqd and launched its mainnet alongside the $CHEQ token in November 2021. Built within the Cosmos ecosystem, cheqd.io operates as a permissionless network designed to support trusted data flows, credential payments, and decentralized identifiers.
cheqd.io is currently developing Agentic Trust infrastructure aimed at AI agents, combining decentralized identifiers, verifiable credentials, and trust registries to support what it describes as a Trusted Data and AI Agentic economy. Backers include Outlier Ventures, Ignite (formerly Tendermint Ventures), and CMCC Global. Evernym was a former backer of the project. cheqd.io has published 5,408 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 105 accounts, with 515 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow cheqd.io include 103 founders, 24 angel investors, 81 influencers and 7 VCs. Among them are Andy, Jake Brukhman, Laurence, path.eth, Notsofast and The Rollup.