Strangelove is a blockchain development company and validator that was acquired by Ondo Finance in July 2025, expanding Ondo's engineering and product capabilities for tokenized real-world-asset infrastructure. Strangelove's Twitter Score is 47 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #19,667 (top 5%) among 486,037 tracked accounts.
Strangelove was founded by Jack Zampolin, who joined Ondo Finance as Vice President of Product following the acquisition. Before the deal closed, the company had grown to more than 30 engineers. Its core work centered on designing, deploying, and maintaining open-source infrastructure across multiple blockchain ecosystems, with a particular focus on IBC interoperability, SDK frameworks, custom-chain deployments, and secure validator operations.
Strangelove's open-source infrastructure portfolio included tools such as the IBC Go relayer, Interchain Test, Horcrux, Cosmos Operator, Packet Forward Middleware, and a Wasm IBC Light Client. Alongside its development and validator work, Strangelove also operated an investment function, actively building alongside companies and technologies in which it invested.
Strangelove's portfolio includes Penumbra, Saga AI Labs and Onomy Protocol. Strangelove has published 979 posts on the platform. Strangelove has been mentioned by 70 accounts, with 214 total mentions.
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