An Ultimate Guide to getting the best resources in Crypto

The #1 Crypto Resources Toolbox

An ever-evolving list of the best sources in Crypto

Crypto Research Toolbox: Ran Charag

This is my Cryptocurrency secret toolbox. I have decided to share it with the world.

When i first discovered cryptocurrencies, i was looking for good resources to learn from. I couldn’t find a comprehensive list that will guide me during my quest.

I decided to create one for myself.

This Toolbox is the list I wish i had back then. Key things to note:

Sections: Website, Blogs, Podcasts, Newsletters, etc. I am curating this list for more than two years now, updating it with the best content available.

Target audience: Can fit both the novice with very easy to digest sources and the advanced user with institutional-grade sources.

Advantages: Perfected over time, data-driven focused, constantly evolving list.

Disadvantages: Tilted to the west, Not very technical.

Importance: The sources are ranked from the most important to the least.

Please share your feedback and comments on my toolbox. Have I missed anything important here? Let me know!

Market Data

1. Coincheckup My Go-to Website. A comprehensive look at each coin. CoinmarketCap style data, more accurately put.
2. DataLight: Beautiful layout, excellent UI/UX, great platform!
3. Cryptocompare: Market data, API, Guides.
4. Cryptorank.io: An upcoming star in the market data land.
5. CoinMarketCap: The homepage for crypto.
6. Coin360: Market Overview and Visualization. Love the Treemap Chart!
7. Coinlib
8. CoinmarketBook.cc: Alternative valuation methods, including a 10% order book analysis.
9. Livecoinwatch: Good One-Stop shop for Crypto. Let’s you opt-in and out Korean Exchanges for Price related issues.
10. CoinmarketWatch: CryptoMarket, Portfolio, USD/BTC/ETH prices
11. Curious Giraffe — blockchain Analytics, data powered by Ethereum(Kyber, Airswap, Augur, ENS)
12. Nomics: Crypto market, API, USD/BTC/ETH prices.
13. Index Blockchain-related investment

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Advanced Market Data/Financial tools

1. Coinmetrics: Network data charts and correlation charts.
2. Blockchain.com: Token statistics, block & network data, mining data, and wallet activity.
3. Skew: Institutional grade data. Futures, Options, Liquidity, and Spreads.
4. Curious Giraffe — Ethereum based project analytics. Deep dive on Airswap, Compound, Etheroll, CryptoKitties, Augur, ENS.
5. BCtrend: Advanced data and analytics for Primary and secondary markets: Top 100 addresses, capital flow, volatility, “real volume,” and more.
6. The TIE: Market Data, Weighted trading price analysis, Data Transparency sentiment, Research reports, and more.
7. Index: Blockchain-related investment: the latest rounds of funding in the crypto space. Investors, Funding Rounds, acquisitions.
8. Bitcoinity: Fundamentals, exchange, and network data on Bitcoin.
9. The TIE:

Market Research and rating sites

1. Bitwise Research: Probably the best research institute in the space. The presentation they shared with the SEC is methodological, provides excellent value, and tells the story the way it should be said.
2. Messari: Great resource, all around! Provides valuable data on valuations, “real volume” and provide real discoveries from time to time. Check out their XRP analysis.
3. Circle Research: Macro and micro research on Blockchain. Very well articulated.
4. BitMEX Research: Comprehensive, institutional level data. Great in-depth analysis and reports on many topics.
5. Blockchain Transparency Institute: An ecosystem around “Real Volume” in crypto exchanges.
6. Woobull: Willie Woo’s website with comprehensive analysis and charts, including the famous NVT.
7. Multicoin Capital: Thesis-driven approach for investing, and continual flow of analysis on valuation and more.
8. Smith and crown: Analysis of key projects and ratings.
9. Fundstart Market Research, Macro Projections.
10. Weiss Rating: Crypto ratings
11. Autonomous Next: Reports, Analysis on Crypto, Fintech, Innovation
12. DPRating: Crypto projects and Github ranking and analysis.
13. Concourseq: DD, Market Research and analysis, Curating news
14. TokenInsights.com Rating, Research, analytics
15. Inwara ICO data, investments, VC data.
16. Litepaper: Research, education, courses.

Investment Thesis

1. Blockchain.com investment thesis (2019)

News aggregators

1. Cryptopanic
2. Cryptocontrol.io: Includes a heatmap for most relevant/interesting articles
3. Algory.io
4. Berminal

Podcasts

1. Unchained By Laura Shin. She is everywhere. Great stuff. Intended to the average joe with a little bit of knowledge in the space.
2. Epicenter Bitcoin: Meher Roy. Technical oriented, historically have been providing the most interesting people with the most exciting questions.
3. The Bitcoin Podcast Network.
4. Flippening — Especially the episodes on Securities. Great job, guys! Clay Collins
5. a16z: They know what to do and how to do it.
6. Off The Chain by Anthony Pompliano: An easy to digest crypto-related stuff for the average joe.

Introduction to Crypto and Blockchain

1. World Economic Forum: Blockchain
2. Coinbase Earn: Learning about Blockchain and Crypto and earning some (small) money
3. Binance Academy: One of the best sources to learn about anything blockchain-related

Newsletters

• Circle Research
• Diar: Great source!
• Token Economy
• Proof of Work by Erik Meltzer
• Coinmonks
• Autonomous Next: Crypto insights along with other topics surrounding
• Data-Driven Investor
• Ark Invest: Everything they share is worth a read.
• Messari’s Weekend Reads
• Fortune: The Ledger

Books

1. Don Tapscott: Blockchain Revolution,
2. Nathaniel Popper: Digital Gold,
3. Chris Burniske, Jack Tatar: Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond
4. Saifedean Ammous: The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

Curated lists

Reading:

1. Dan Romero, GM Coinbase
2. a16z crypto
3. Chriss Dixon, a16z partner, and entrepreneur.
4. Nicholas debontin
5. Robert Miller

Trackers & Project Aggregators

1. Crypto Trackers: A curated list of crypto project trackers and analytics dashboards.
2. Decentralized Exchanges: A curated list of Decentralized Exchanges (DEX) updated on Github.

Stable coins:

1. StablecoinIndex
2. CryptoSlate/Stable coins

Dictionaries/Taxonomy

1. The Crypto vocabulary
2. Crypto Table: A Periodic Table of Cryptocurrencies
3. 100 cryptocurrencies described in four words or less

Dapps

1. State of the DApps: Curated directory of Decentralized Applications not including TRON and others.
2. DappList by Cointelegraph
3. Dapp.com: More comprehensive curated directory of Dapps.