Universe is a community-driven NFT marketplace protocol that combines minting, auctions, galleries, forums, and social tools in a single platform. Universe's Twitter Score is 133 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,575 (top 1%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Universe operates as a social media NFT marketplace governed by xyzDAO through the $XYZ token, which is used for governance and staking. The protocol was co-founded by Troy, Tyler Ward, Milad Mostavi, and Tim Kang, who are also co-founders of BarnBridge, though that affiliation is now in the past. Universe raised a seed round of $4.3 million, with Stani Kulechov of Aave and Robert Leshner of Compound Finance among its early contributors.
Universe has published its protocol details and whitepaper in a public GitHub repository. The account has accumulated 18,140 followers as of August 2026 and has made 967 posts. Universe has been mentioned by 138 accounts, with 521 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Universe include 455 founders, 154 angel investors, 240 influencers and 10 VCs, among them Toly, Ansem, Laura Shin, Andrew Kang, Udi Wertheimer and Robert Leshner.