Lens Protocol

Stani Kulechov (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)
Stani Kulechov Defied Crypto Winter
With upgrades to the Aave lending/borrowing protocol and Lens, an open-source social media protocol, the Estonian native kept BUIDLing in a down-market.
Stani Kulechov (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

EFDOT's image of Racer, the co-founder of Friend.tech, for Most Influential 2023.
The Year of Decentralized Social Media
Farcaster, Friend.tech and Lens showed how much can change in a year — but is Web3 networking ready for primetime?
EFDOT's image of Racer, the co-founder of Friend.tech, for Most Influential 2023.

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, in 2019. (CoinDesk)
Lens, Aave's Decentralized Social Media Platform, Launches Major Upgrade on Polygon
The open source protocol spearheaded by DeFi giant Stani Kulechov has released a bevy of new monetization features.
Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, in 2019. (CoinDesk)

Lens protocol releases new governance model (Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)
Aave's Decentralized Social Media Platform Lens Protocol Releases New Governance Model
Lens Improvement Proposals (LIPs) is an attempt to create a framework for developers, creators and users to participate in the decision-making process of Len’s future developm...
Lens protocol releases new governance model (Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Aave's Lens Protocol Raises $15M to Expand Social Media on Web3
Aave's Lens Protocol Raises $15M to Expand Social Media on Web3
Lending protocol Aave's decentralized social-media platform, Lens Protocol, has raised $15 million in funding from a group of high-profile investors. Lens plans to use the fun...
Aave's Lens Protocol Raises $15M to Expand Social Media on Web3

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Aave-Developed Lens Protocol Raises $15M to Expand 'Social Layer' of Web3
Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams, OpenSea co-founder Alex Atallah, entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal joined the round as angel investors.
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Aave's Lens Protocol Buys NFT Mobile Game Sonar
Aave's Lens Protocol Buys NFT Mobile Game Sonar
Lens Protocol, the blockchain-based social media project from decentralized finance (DeFi) lender Aave, has acquired Sonar, a mobile app whose users pilot NFT-linked avatars t...
Aave's Lens Protocol Buys NFT Mobile Game Sonar

Aave’s Decentralized Social Media Platform Arrives on Polygon
Aave’s Decentralized Social Media Platform Arrives on Polygon
DeFi lender Aave’s long-teased decentralized social media platform, Lens Protocol, is going live on the Polygon blockchain mainnet. Weeks ago, Aave founder Stani Kulechov was...
Aave’s Decentralized Social Media Platform Arrives on Polygon