Franklin is a crypto-native payroll and financial-management platform that handles hybrid fiat and stablecoin payments for W-2 employees, 1099 workers, and global contractors. Franklin's Twitter Score is 23 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #47,635 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Franklin was founded by Megan Knab, who serves as CEO, and was incubated by Serotonin, a Web3 marketing and product studio, before spinning out as an independent startup. The platform covers U.S.-compliant payroll, global contractor management, bill pay, and invoicing, with payments settled in stablecoins or fiat USD. Its onchain financial-management system offers non-custodial control, gas-subsidized transactions, multichain support, and on/off-ramping capabilities.
Franklin raised a $2.9 million seed round, announced in April 2023, co-led by gumi Cryptos Capital and CMT Digital, with participation from Arca, Sfermion, Portage Ventures, and Synergis Capital. The platform supports USDC and operates across Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum, OP Mainnet, and Polygon PoS, and is listed in the Circle Alliance directory under DeFi apps, fintech, payments, and remittances. Franklin's official site reports more than $50 million in processed volume, more than $20 million processed without a traditional bank, and more than 40 customers.
Franklin has published 681 posts on the platform. The account has been mentioned by 27 accounts, with 64 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Franklin include 86 founders, 22 angel investors, 39 influencers and 4 VCs. Among them are Gmoney, Mario Nawfal, gabrielShapir0, 0xMaki, Matthew Graham and Austin Griffith.