Gyft is a digital gift-card platform that was among the first services of its kind to accept Bitcoin. Gyft's Twitter Score is 12 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #81,004 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Gyft was co-founded by Vinny Lingham as CEO and CJ MacDonald as COO, and is now part of Fiserv, having previously been acquired by First Data Corporation. The platform partnered with BitPay to begin accepting Bitcoin payments, and later collaborated with Chain on Gyft Block, a blockchain-based gift-card trading platform. Gyft allows users to purchase gift cards from over 200 retailers using Bitcoin, with no fees charged by the platform.
Gyft previously received backing from GV, Founder Collective, 500 Global, Karlin Ventures, A-Grade Investments, Social+Capital Partnership, Canyon Creek Capital, David Sacks, and Hass Portman. Gyft has accumulated 6,865 followers as of August 2026 and has published 4,163 posts. Gyft has been mentioned by 164 accounts, with 690 total mentions.
Who follows Gyft on X?
The accounts that follow Gyft include 39 founders, 9 angel investors, 15 influencers and 4 VCs, among them Bitcoin Magazine, Vinny Lingham, Circle, Jeff Garzik, Brock Pierce and Naveen.