PSTAKE is a Bitcoin yield, liquid staking, and AI-Web3 research project that launched YBTC, a yield-optimized Bitcoin liquid staking token built on Babylon. PSTAKE's Twitter Score is 62 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #13,573 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
PSTAKE is affiliated with Persistence and has received backing from Binance Labs, DeFiance Capital, Spartan Group, Coinbase Ventures, and Kraken Ventures. The project's governance passed a proposal to deprecate its Cosmos liquid staking assets, marking a deliberate pivot toward the Bitcoin ecosystem. As of December 2025, a new team operates the project, with the original founding team having fully stepped away.
PSTAKE has attracted further attention through the PSTAKE Foundation's opening of applications for a $50 million AI-Web3 Innovation Fund in August 2025, signaling an expanded focus at the intersection of artificial intelligence and Web3. PSTAKE has 56,951 followers as of August 2026 and has published 5,513 posts. The account has been mentioned by 268 accounts, with 1,118 total mentions.
PSTAKE's portfolio includes Hana.
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The accounts that follow PSTAKE include 204 founders, 63 angel investors, 168 influencers and 13 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Andrew Kang, Mario Nawfal, Darren Lau, DeFi Dad defidad.eth and Andy.