Ion Protocol is a decentralized lending protocol built for staked and restaked assets that has since rebranded as Nucleus and joined Paxos Labs, with the original protocol now being deprecated and exit guides provided to users. Ion Protocol's Twitter Score is 48 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #18,846 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Ion Protocol was co-founded by Chunda McCain, who previously served as CEO and Co-Founder. The protocol distinguished itself by offering lending against staked and restaked collateral with zero price-based liquidations, allowing users to earn yield while remaining liquid. Ion Protocol raised a pre-seed round of $2M, followed by an additional $4.8M for a total of $7M in funding from backers including Gumi Cryptos Capital, Robot Ventures, BanklessVC, NGC Ventures, Finality Capital, SevenX Ventures, and Deaconess Capital, among others.
Ion Protocol has accumulated 7,382 followers as of August 2026 and published 1,646 posts on the platform. The account has been mentioned by 78 accounts, with 169 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Ion Protocol include 128 founders, 63 angel investors, 76 influencers and 8 VCs, among them Ansem, David Hoffman, Tarun Chitra, sassal.ethacc, John Wang and Mario Nawfal.