FranklinDAO is a student-led blockchain organization affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania community that spans governance, research, education, investments, and development across the Web3 ecosystem. FranklinDAO's Twitter Score is 15 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #64,391 among 482,999 tracked accounts.
FranklinDAO was previously known as Penn Blockchain before operating as an off-campus organization for University of Pennsylvania students contributing to crypto and Web3. Its internal structure is organized into five committees covering Governance, Research, Education, Investments, and Development. The organization's governance work centers on sustainability, transparency, inclusivity, protocol longevity, and independent decision-making. In 2023, FranklinDAO migrated its primary governance delegate profile to the ENS address franklindao.eth.
FranklinDAO serves as a delegate across a broad range of DeFi protocols, including Uniswap, Aave, Compound, dYdX, Optimism, Maker, Arbitrum, Lido DAO, Morpho, Mai Finance, and Interest Protocol. It has published governance voting summaries and proposal analysis in the Uniswap governance forum, with activity continuing into 2025. The Arbitrum Foundation identified FranklinDAO among university blockchain clubs participating in its ambassador community during the first half of 2024. FranklinDAO is also affiliated with EduDAO.
FranklinDAO's research arm has produced crypto research, debates, podcasts, articles, and posts addressing DeFi protocols and blockchain ecosystems. The account has published 319 posts and has been mentioned by 26 accounts a total of 54 times.
Who follows FranklinDAO on X?
The accounts that follow FranklinDAO include 60 founders, 23 angel investors, 14 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Stani, John Wang, monetsupply.eth, SpiderCrypto, Marc Weinstein and Chris Maddern.