Lava is a Bitcoin-native lending platform that lets users borrow dollars against their bitcoin without giving up self-custody of their assets. Lava's Twitter Score is 67 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #14,317 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Lava was founded by Shehzan Maredia, who serves as its CEO. The platform offers bitcoin-backed dollar loans at competitive rates with global spending capability, and has stated it does not plan to launch a token, having completed its Series A as an all-equity round. Lava is affiliated with the Visa fintech ecosystem and the Square ecosystem.
Lava raised a $10M Series A in December 2024, led by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures. By October 2025, total financing reached $30M, with additional participants including Qatar Investment Authority, Quiet Capital, 8VC, and DST Global. In November 2025, Lava announced a further $200M in combined venture and debt funding. Other backers include Caffeinated Capital and UTXO Capital. Lava has 10,721 followers as of July 2026 and has published 336 posts. The account has been mentioned by 64 accounts, with 162 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Lava include 282 founders, 75 angel investors, 138 influencers and 8 VCs, among them Solana, Ansem, Udi Wertheimer, Hsaka, Zeneca and Eric Wall.