Stride is a liquid staking protocol built for the Cosmos ecosystem that enables users to earn staking rewards while keeping their assets liquid. Stride's Twitter Score is 90 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #8,391 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Stride launched in September 2022, initially enabling liquid staking for ATOM, and has since expanded to support a range of Cosmos-native tokens including stTIA and stOSMO. The protocol issues liquid staking derivatives that allow holders to deploy their staked assets across decentralized finance applications without unbonding. Security has been a consistent focus, with Stride completing ten audits conducted by firms including Informal Systems and Oak Security.
Stride is governed and secured through its native STRD token, which also accrues value from protocol fees. In January 2024, Stride completed a $4 million strategic fundraise led by DBA. The protocol has drawn backing from a broad set of investors and validators, including Polychain, Pantera Capital, Multicoin Capital, 1Confirmation, Modular Capital, Chorus One, Everstake, Imperator, Distributed Global, North Island Ventures, Staking Facilities, Keplr, and Cosmostation. Stride has accumulated 78,845 followers as of August 2026 and published 2,526 posts on the platform.
Stride has been mentioned by 286 accounts a total of 1,179 times, reflecting consistent attention from within the Cosmos and broader modular blockchain community.
Who follows Stride on X?
The accounts that follow Stride include 315 founders, 94 angel investors, 210 influencers and 12 VCs, among them Ansem, Eric Wall, John Wang, DeeZe, Mario Nawfal and DeFi Dad defidad.eth.