1
Kaiko
2014 · Paris
Ambre Soubiran (CEO)
$1B valuation; $79M raised
15,000+ analysts in the network
Institutional market data, indices
Benchmark provider for CBOE, D2X, Gemini
Tokenized equities data partnership (2026)
2
Nansen
2019 · Singapore
Alex Svanevik (CEO)
Evgeny Medvedev (Co-founder)
$88M+ raised; 170 employees
500M+ labeled wallets across 30+ chains
On-chain analytics, wallet labeling
Nansen 2 AI platform launched
$23B institutional liquidity report (2025)
3
Dune Analytics
2018 · Oslo
Fredrik Haga (CEO)
Mats Olsen (Co-founder)
$1B valuation; $79M raised
15,000+ analysts in network
SQL dashboards, on-chain analytics
smlXL acquisition (2024)
Industry-standard query layer
4
Messari
2018 · New York
Ryan Selkis (CEO)
Dan McArdle (Co-founder)
$61M raised; 137 employees
170TB enterprise data coverage
Research, governance analytics
Crypto Theses 2026 published
AI Copilot research tool launched
5
Glassnode
Zug, Switzerland
Leadership team
7,500+ on-chain metrics
1,700+ assets covered
On-chain data, derivatives analytics
Expanded derivatives coverage (2025)
Joint research with Coinbase Institutional
6
CCData (CryptoCompare)
2014 · London
Leadership team
FCA-regulated benchmark provider
ISO 27001 + SOC 2 certified
Market data, indices, benchmarks
Data feeds for Bloomberg and S&P
ETF and ETP benchmark provider
7
Coin Metrics
2017 · Boston
Talos (parent company)
Acquired by Talos (2025)
$100M+ deal value
Network data, indexing, feeds
Talos integration across execution stack
Bletchley Index institutional benchmark
8
CoinGecko
2014 · Singapore / KL
TM Lee (Co-founder)
Bobby Ong (Co-founder)
Independent data aggregator
Millions of monthly users
Market data aggregation, API
GeckoTerminal for DEX pricing
Widely used independent pricing source
9
Arkham Intelligence
2020 · United States
Miguel Morel (CEO)
500M+ labeled wallets
Binance Labs-backed
Entity-labeled blockchain intelligence
Identified $25B US gov holdings
Intel Exchange bounty model
10
DeFiLlama
2020 · Open-source
0xngmi (lead)
Charlie Watkins (Co-founder)
7,000+ protocols tracked
$150B+ DeFi TVL coverage
DeFi analytics, TVL aggregation
Standard TVL reference across industry
Transparent methodology adoption
11
Amberdata
2017 · Miami
Shawn Douglass (CEO)
TongTong Gong (COO)
$47M+ raised
Backed by Franklin Templeton, Nasdaq
Hybrid on-chain + market data API
AI-driven Amberdata Intelligence (2025)
Unified institutional data platform
12
Token Terminal
2019 · Helsinki
Henri Hyvärinen (Co-founder)
Aleksis Tapper (Co-founder)
Institutional subscription model
Protocol financial datasets
Protocol financials, valuation metrics
Standardized crypto financial statements
Widely used in allocator reports
13
Artemis Analytics
2022 · United States
Jon Ma (Co-founder)
Michael Nadeau (Co-founder)
Early-stage institutional platform
Venture-backed
Cross-chain fundamentals, metrics
Comparative blockchain dashboards
Institutional research workflows
14
IntoTheBlock
2018 · New York
Jesus Rodriguez (CEO)
Institutional client base
ML analytics platform
On-chain signals, DeFi risk
DeFi risk analytics for institutions
Perseus enterprise analytics platform
15
Flipside Crypto
2017 · Boston
Dave Balter (CEO)
$50M+ raised
Community-driven model
Analytics, ecosystem data bounties
Community analyst network insights
Ecosystem data across L1s and L2s
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