CryptoQuant
4 known investors
South Korea-founded on-chain data and analytics platform serving crypto traders, investors and institutions.
Also known as CryptoQuant
Founders & leadership
Investors · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026CryptoQuant is a blockchain analytics and on-chain data company that turns raw blockchain and market data into standardized metrics, indicators, charts, dashboards and alerts for cryptocurrency traders, investors and institutions. Coverage centers on Bitcoin and Ethereum, along with stablecoins, ERC20 tokens and a widening set of altcoins and derivatives markets, with data available through a web analytics platform and a multi-chain REST API.
Product areas include core on-chain metrics (wallet balances, realized capitalization, spent output metrics, holder behavior), exchange flow data tracking inflows and outflows across centralized venues, miner and network data (miner balances, hash rate behavior, issuance), and derivatives analytics covering open interest, funding rates, leverage ratios and futures positioning. More advanced tiers add custom blockchain queries turned into proprietary indicators, customizable alerts, alternative datasets such as analyst sentiment and an alpha indicator library, and AI-oriented features including a Claude integration, chatbots, AI-generated reporting and agentic data access. A research arm publishes weekly crypto market reports, ecosystem and applied research, and white-label institutional reporting.
Alongside data subscriptions, the company runs services aimed at on-chain businesses: exchange data listing and blockchain data integration, an analyst bounty program that mobilizes its contributor network for data-driven content, thematic research insights, marketing and media distribution, custom and exchange reports, and platform advertising including banner and native ads, report sponsorships and newsletter placements.
Founding story
CryptoQuant was founded in 2018 in South Korea by Ki Young Ju, described as a former data scientist with blockchain analytics experience; one listing dates the launch to March 2018 and names Soojin Lim and Byungkook Jang as co-founders alongside Ki Young Ju.
Business model
CryptoQuant sells access to on-chain data and analytics through tiered subscriptions and API access, including API-only access to the Premium tier. Advanced and Professional plans are offered monthly, while Premium and institutional plans are annual engagements, with bespoke enterprise plans priced around data, usage and user requirements. Additional revenue lines include redistribution licensing, white-label and custom research and reporting, data integration and listing work for exchanges and blockchains, content and marketing services, and platform and newsletter advertising.
Recurring subscription and API licensing revenue across retail and institutional tiers, supplemented by enterprise contracts, redistribution licensing fees, research and reporting services, content/marketing services, and advertising and sponsorship placements.
Traction
Company materials report 250+ institutional clients, roughly 261,000 API requests per day, a network of more than one hundred analysts and key opinion leaders with a combined 10M+ followers, and exchange flow coverage spanning more than 50 exchanges. Third-party listings describe an employee base in the 11-50 range and note that the firm's exchange-flow and miner metrics became widely referenced during volatile market periods.
Latest developments
Recent platform positioning emphasizes institutional services and AI-enabled workflows, including a Claude integration, chatbots, AI-generated reporting and agentic data access, alongside advertising, media distribution and white-label research lines. CryptoQuant data continued to be cited in 2026 industry coverage, including analysis of BitMEX's declining Bitcoin futures volumes ahead of that exchange's planned shutdown.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
CryptoQuant describes itself as the most-cited on-chain data provider, citing 250+ institutional clients and coverage of 50+ exchanges. Its data is referenced in crypto media coverage, for example in reporting on the decline of BitMEX's daily Bitcoin futures volume from around May 2021. Third-party profiles place it among on-chain data providers alongside firms such as Dune Analytics, Chainalysis, Velo Data and CoinGecko, with differentiation attributed to exchange-focused metrics and frequent market commentary.
Positioning rests on exchange-focused on-chain metrics and broad exchange coverage, block-level data resolution and low latency, a large contributor and analyst network producing frequent commentary, and combined delivery through both a self-serve analytics platform and APIs, with institutional add-ons such as redistribution licensing, dedicated account management and white-label reporting.
Technology
The platform processes large volumes of blockchain and market data in near real time, transforming raw transaction data into standardized indicators delivered via interactive charts, dashboards and alerts, and programmatically through a multi-chain REST API. It supports both historical analysis of prior market cycles and real-time monitoring, with block-level data resolution, low latency and broad exchange coverage cited as design goals. Advanced tooling lets users convert blockchain queries into proprietary indicators and signals, and AI features include a Claude integration, chatbots and agentic data access.
Go-to-market
Retail and professional crypto traders and investors, funds and analysts, crypto-native and traditional finance institutions, and on-chain businesses such as exchanges, CeFi platforms and blockchain projects; the institutional offering is positioned for organizations from startups to large enterprises.", "go_to_market">
Geography
Founded and established in South Korea, with a listed contact address in South Korea, and subsequently expanded international presence as demand for on-chain data grew among professional and institutional participants; classified regionally as Asia by third-party directories.
History
After its 2018 founding in South Korea, the company built out on-chain metric, exchange flow, miner and derivatives datasets and gained visibility by publishing regular market insights and alerts, which were widely cited during periods of heightened volatility. It later expanded globally and added institutional offerings including enterprise data plans, redistribution licensing, white-label research and advertising services, plus AI-assisted analytics features.
Risks & controversies
Third-party analysis notes that CryptoQuant's metrics are interpretive rather than predictive, and that signals based on historical patterns may not hold during macroeconomic stress or structural market change. On-chain data also does not capture off-chain activity such as over-the-counter trading or internal exchange movements, so the data is typically used as a complement to technical and fundamental analysis.
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In the news
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Frequently asked questions
- What does CryptoQuant do?
- South Korea-founded on-chain data and analytics platform serving crypto traders, investors and institutions.
- Who founded CryptoQuant?
- CryptoQuant was founded by Ki Young Ju.
- Who are CryptoQuant's investors?
- CryptoQuant's investors include Atinum Investment Co. Ltd., Hillspring Investment, Youbi Capital, Hashed.