Gleb Kostarev is a crypto entrepreneur who co-founded Blum, a decentralised trading app built as a Telegram mini app, alongside Vladimir Smerkis. Gleb Kostarev's Twitter Score is 51 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #17,502 (top 5%) among 482,999 tracked accounts.
Gleb Kostarev co-founded Blum in April 2024 after previously working at Binance. Blum gives users access to tokens from both centralised and decentralised exchanges, along with simplified derivatives trading, all within a Telegram mini app environment. The platform officially launched in July 2024, and in March 2025 announced it had secured $5 million across pre-seed and seed rounds, with the seed round led by gumi Cryptos Capital and participation from Spartan and No Limit Holdings.
Gleb Kostarev has noted that co-founder Vladimir Smerkis stepped down from Blum due to an ongoing legal matter in Russia, with the company stating it could not comment further on the investigation. The $BLUM token, described by Blum as the utility token powering its ecosystem, launched in June 2025. Blum was also selected for Binance Labs MVB VII, a ten-week accelerator program supporting builders and developers expanding the BNB Chain ecosystem.
Gleb Kostarev's account has accumulated 2,951,138 followers as of August 2026 and 1,093 posts. The account has been mentioned by 47 accounts a total of 109 times.
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