BeInCrypto Institutional Research: 15 Market Intelligence & Data Platform Behind On-Chain Visibility
Best Market Intelligence & Data Platform is an award category within The BeInCrypto Institutional 100, an annual research-driven program recognising institutional digital asset excellence across 26 categories and six pillars. This category sits in Pillar 3: Access to Digital Assets. The 15 companies below are its longlist, drawn from data platforms serving institutional crypto intelligence workflows between April 2025 and March 2026.
A shortlist will be named in May 2026, and the winner will be announced at Proof of Talk in Paris on June 2–3, 2026.
- Longlist: 15 companies covering regulated indices, on-chain dashboards, wallet labelling, protocol financials, DeFi TVL, research platforms, and hybrid market data APIs
- Candidates screened: Starting pool of more than 30 data and intelligence providers across the global institutional crypto stack; 15 advanced to this longlist
- Scoring (Track A): Editorial quantitative 50%, Advisory Council 50%
- Criteria assessed: Data coverage and depth, institutional adoption, product innovation, research quality, funding and maturity, market standing, independence
- Sources: Company disclosures, press releases, regulator filings, and private-market data platforms, including PitchBook, Tracxn, and Crunchbase
| # | Company | Founded · HQ | Key People | Scale & Funding | Core Capability | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaiko | 2014 · Paris | Ambre Soubiran (CEO) | $1B valuation; $79M raised15,000+ analysts in the network | Institutional market data, indices | Benchmark provider for CBOE, D2X, GeminiTokenized equities data partnership (2026) |
| 2 | Nansen | 2019 · Singapore | Alex Svanevik (CEO)Evgeny Medvedev (Co-founder) | $88M+ raised; 170 employees500M+ 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 raised15,000+ 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 employees170TB enterprise data coverage | Research, governance analytics | Crypto Theses 2026 publishedAI Copilot research tool launched |
| 5 | Glassnode | Zug, Switzerland | Leadership team | 7,500+ on-chain metrics1,700+ 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 providerISO 27001 + SOC 2 certified | Market data, indices, benchmarks | Data feeds for Bloomberg and S&PETF 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 stackBletchley Index institutional benchmark |
| 8 | CoinGecko | 2014 · Singapore / KL | TM Lee (Co-founder)Bobby Ong (Co-founder) | Independent data aggregatorMillions of monthly users | Market data aggregation, API | GeckoTerminal for DEX pricingWidely used independent pricing source |
| 9 | Arkham Intelligence | 2020 · United States | Miguel Morel (CEO) | 500M+ labeled walletsBinance Labs-backed | Entity-labeled blockchain intelligence | Identified $25B US gov holdingsIntel 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 industryTransparent methodology adoption |
| 11 | Amberdata | 2017 · Miami | Shawn Douglass (CEO)TongTong Gong (COO) | $47M+ raisedBacked 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 modelProtocol financial datasets | Protocol financials, valuation metrics | Standardized crypto financial statementsWidely used in allocator reports |
| 13 | Artemis Analytics | 2022 · United States | Jon Ma (Co-founder)Michael Nadeau (Co-founder) | Early-stage institutional platformVenture-backed | Cross-chain fundamentals, metrics | Comparative blockchain dashboardsInstitutional research workflows |
| 14 | IntoTheBlock | 2018 · New York | Jesus Rodriguez (CEO) | Institutional client baseML analytics platform | On-chain signals, DeFi risk | DeFi risk analytics for institutionsPerseus enterprise analytics platform |
| 15 | Flipside Crypto | 2017 · Boston | Dave Balter (CEO) | $50M+ raisedCommunity-driven model | Analytics, ecosystem data bounties | Community analyst network insightsEcosystem data across L1s and L2s |
About This List
The BeInCrypto Institutional 100 — Market Intelligence & Data (2026 Long List) identifies the platforms providing data infrastructure for institutional crypto workflows. These firms supply benchmarks, analytics, research, and APIs used across trading desks, asset managers, and protocol teams.
Methodology
This category evaluates market intelligence and data platforms under Track A of the BIC 100 methodology: 50% quantitative metrics and 50% Advisory Council scoring.
Assessment spans seven criteria: data coverage and depth, institutional adoption, product innovation, research quality, funding maturity, market standing, and independence.
Data was verified using company disclosures, press releases, regulatory filings, and private-market sources, including PitchBook, Tracxn, and Crunchbase. Figures reflect the most recent available data at publication.
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