Itheum is a decentralized multichain data-ownership and tokenization protocol designed to make data AI-ready, co-founded by Mark Paul and Praveen Paul. Itheum's Twitter Score is 17 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #57,132 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Itheum was co-founded by Mark Paul as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Praveen Paul as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer. The protocol secured $1.5 million from Morningstar Ventures in a seed round announced in January 2022, and was the first project selected for Morningstar Ventures' Elrond Dubai Incubator initiative. Its Token Generation Event and initial DEX offering took place through the MultiversX Maiar launchpad in March 2022, per the project's own announcements.
Itheum launched its Data DEX and claims portal on MultiversX mainnet in September 2022. Following the Aithra V3 protocol upgrade, the native token $ITHEUM transitioned to a governance-focused role, and V3 documentation indicates that newer protocol tools are being built on Sui, Story, and Solana. Itheum is also a founding partner of an alliance for ethical AI development alongside Numbers Protocol.
Itheum is backed by Morningstar Ventures, MultiversX, Mechanism Capital, and Woodstock Fund. Itheum has accumulated 56,862 followers as of August 2026 and has published 3,920 posts. The account has been mentioned by 71 accounts, with 675 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Itheum include 51 founders, 15 angel investors, 50 influencers and 7 VCs. Among them are Andrew Kang, Mario Nawfal, DEGEN NEWS, Vibhu, Awawat and Josh Stark 0xstark.eth.