FTX Ventures stavi na decentralizirane družbene medije z naložbo Lens

Over 88,000 Wallets Own a Lens Profile

Lens Protocol, which bills itself as a decentralized social graph, has received an investment from FTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of crypto exchange FTX.

Novico je prvi sporočil Fortune and is the only public funding Lens has received, according to Crunchbase, which is calling the raise a seed round. The amount Lens raised has not been disclosed. 

Lens’ basic function is to operate as a base layer for social applications — users’ data, like followers, posted content, and messages would exist at the protocol level, instead of a specific platform like Twitter or Instagram maintaining fundamental control of that information. 

The protocol uses NFTs that allow for ownership over a profile, piece of content, or followers, to be established. 

Lens launched maja, after plans to launch the project became public februarja. The project adopted XMPT, an encrypted messaging service, earlier ta teden. 

Stani Kulečev, the founder of DeFi lending protocol Aave, is one of the key figures behind Lens — so far, 88,101 wallets own a Lens profile, according to a Dune Analytics poizvedba.

October marked an all-time high for the protocol in terms of active users, with just več odstotkov 28 of Lens profile owners posting, commenting, or doing what’s called “mirroring,” which is similar to retweeting on Twitter. 

FTX Ventures was founded in January of this year and has made 49 investments so far, according to Crunchbase. Outside of the investment in Lens, the venture arm has invested in the crypto information platform Messari, and the modular blockchain network, Celestia.