Zedrun is a blockchain-based digital horse-racing and NFT game, developed by Virtually Human Studio, that allowed players to own, breed, race, and sell virtual racehorses as NFTs before its shutdown in February 2025. Zedrun's Twitter Score is 0.1 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #459,576 among 478,684 tracked accounts.
Zedrun was founded by Chris Laurent, Rob Salha, Geoff Wellman, and Chris Ebeling. The game originally ran on Polygon and built a community around NFT racehorse ownership, breeding mechanics, and competitive racing. Virtually Human Studio raised a $20 million Series A in July 2021, with backing from The Chernin Group, Andreessen Horowitz, and Red Beard Ventures.
Zedrun was succeeded by ZED Champions, a reimagined racing game launched on Base that introduced new digital horses and centered its economy on the $ZED token. ZED Champions ran eight seasons, from Season 0 through Season 7, with its final season closing on May 24, 2026. Existing ZED RUN horse NFTs did not carry over into ZED Champions, remaining in their owners' wallets without integration into the new game's gameplay or rewards systems.
Zedrun is now transitioning again, with Virtually Human Studio working alongside crypto gaming platform Clutch to develop a casino-native racing experience under the ZED IP. Existing ZED Champions horses will not transfer directly into the planned Clutch game, as it operates on a different structure, economy, and racing model. The $ZED token remains part of the broader roadmap, with its future utility to be determined by Virtually Human Studio and Clutch, and a launch date had not been confirmed as of May 2026.
Zedrun's portfolio includes Upside, Real World Gaming and Balthazar Is Now RWG.
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The accounts that follow Zedrun include 1 influencers. Among them are Zinc, Virtually Human Studio and Minted Labs. Zedrun has been mentioned by 459 accounts, with 3,275 total mentions across the platform. Zedrun has published 49 posts and has 69 followers as of July 2026.