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Research utility index
Tools for finding what the market missed.
Curated OSINT services for tracing flows, testing claims and building repeatable research workflows across crypto, macro and infrastructure.
Directory / 2026
- Tools
- 34
- Research layers
- 6
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- Public web
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Chain forensics
Start at the transaction layer: addresses, contracts, token movements and execution traces.
01.01Ethereum tracing
Etherscan
Ethereum transactions, internal calls, token transfers and verified contract reads.
Open service ↗01.02Solana tracing
Solscan
Solana transactions, programs, token accounts, validators and ecosystem activity.
Open service ↗01.03Stablecoin flows
TronScan
Accounts, contracts and high-volume TRX and USDT movements across Tron.
Open service ↗01.04Cross-chain context
OKLink
Multi-chain exploration with address labels, entity context and rich-list views.
Open service ↗01.05Advanced queries
Blockchair
Multi-chain search, advanced filters and exportable transaction datasets.
Open service ↗On-chain research
Turn raw chain activity into cohorts, dashboards, entity maps and protocol-level metrics.
02.01Custom dashboards
Dune
Community-built SQL dashboards for multi-chain questions and reproducible analysis.
Open service ↗02.02Market structure
Glassnode
Network, supply, cohort and realized-value metrics for digital assets.
Open service ↗02.03Protocol comparison
DeFiLlama
TVL, fees, revenue, stablecoin and chain activity across DeFi ecosystems.
Open service ↗02.04Entity intelligence
Arkham
Entity-labelled wallets, flow visualisation and address monitoring workflows.
Open service ↗02.05Wallet cohorts
Nansen
Wallet labels and behavioural dashboards for funds, traders and token ecosystems.
Open service ↗02.06Protocol fundamentals
Token Terminal
Standardised protocol financials, revenue, activity and valuation comparisons.
Open service ↗02.07Research context
Messari
Asset profiles, sector maps, research and comparable network metrics.
Open service ↗Capital & stablecoin flows
Follow the vehicles and settlement assets through which liquidity enters or leaves the market.
03.01ETF monitoring
SoSoValue
ETF flow tables, issuer assets and creation or redemption activity.
Open service ↗03.02Daily fund flows
Farside Investors
Compact daily Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF net flows by issuer.
Open service ↗03.03Comparable data
Coin Metrics
Community network datasets covering supply, activity and market structure.
Open service ↗03.04Liquidity supply
DeFiLlama Stablecoins
Stablecoin supply, chain distribution, issuer share and historical changes.
Open service ↗03.05Primary-source checks
Tether Transparency
Issuer-published circulation, reserve and transparency information for USDT.
Open service ↗03.06Primary-source checks
Circle USDC
Issuer information, reserve reporting and resources for USDC circulation.
Open service ↗Derivatives & liquidity
Read positioning, leverage, volatility and liquidity conditions beyond spot price alone.
04.01Regulated futures
CME Group
Institutional futures specifications, volume, open interest and market data.
Open service ↗04.02Leverage conditions
CoinGlass
Funding, open interest, liquidations and long-short positioning dashboards.
Open service ↗04.03Options intelligence
Laevitas
Options volatility, term structure, skew and derivatives analytics.
Open service ↗04.04DEX liquidity
Uniswap Analytics
DEX volume, pool liquidity and trading activity across Uniswap deployments.
Open service ↗04.05Stablecoin pools
Curve
Stable-asset pool composition, swap activity and liquidity conditions.
Open service ↗04.06On-chain perps
GMX
Perpetual DEX activity, open interest and liquidity-pool context.
Open service ↗Open web & infrastructure
Investigate documents, domains, technical infrastructure and fast-moving public narratives.
05.01Archive discovery
Intelligence X
Search historical web material, documents, domains and exposed public records.
Open service ↗05.02Web attribution
PublicWWW
Find websites by source-code fingerprints, trackers, snippets and identifiers.
Open service ↗05.03Narrative mapping
GDELT
Global news-event data for narrative monitoring, geography and timeline analysis.
Open service ↗05.04Infrastructure search
Shodan
Search internet-connected services, exposed ports and observable infrastructure.
Open service ↗05.05Certificate research
Censys
Explore hosts, certificates and internet infrastructure relationships.
Open service ↗05.06Contact research
Hunter
Discover public business email patterns and verify domain-linked contacts.
Open service ↗Data APIs
Move from manual exploration to repeatable collection and monitored workflows.
06.01Market data
CoinGecko API
Market, asset and exchange endpoints for lightweight prototypes and monitoring.
Open service ↗06.02Chain data
Bitquery
Blockchain APIs for transfers, DEX trades, address activity and flow graphs.
Open service ↗06.03Research feeds
Messari API
Structured asset, market and research data for analytical applications.
Open service ↗06.04Entity data
Arkham API
Programmatic access to selected entity and address intelligence workflows.
Open service ↗Research boundary
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