Glassnode is a digital asset data and analytics firm founded in 2018 that provides blockchain data and cryptocurrency market intelligence. The company specializes in processing and interpreting raw data from major blockchain networks, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, to offer on-chain metrics, market indicators, and analytical tools. Its products and services are primarily used by traders, analysts, researchers, and institutional investors to evaluate network activity, investor behavior, and market trends. [2]
Overview
Glassnode is a blockchain data and analytics platform that provides on-chain and cryptocurrency financial metrics. Its coverage focuses primarily on major networks such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, including Ethereum’s token ecosystem, and offers structured datasets via an API and a web-based interface. In addition to raw data, the platform includes charting tools, dashboards, and analytical resources designed to help users interpret blockchain activity and market trends. Its research output includes market reports and educational materials based on proprietary data analysis, serving institutional and professional participants in digital asset markets. [1][12]
History
Glassnode was founded in 2018 and has headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, with additional operations in Berlin, Germany. The company was established to bring greater clarity to opaque cryptocurrency markets by analyzing the fundamental data of the underlying blockchain networks. The founders identified the high operational costs, time, and technical expertise required for individual entities to gather and interpret meaningful on-chain information as a significant barrier. Glassnode was created to address this challenge by providing an accessible gateway to standardized and structured on-chain data. The company's platform was built on a secure cloud infrastructure with real-time data pipelines to ensure accuracy and reliability for a global client base. Over the years, it has expanded its offerings from core on-chain metrics to include derivatives data, market intelligence publications, and bespoke institutional services. [1][5]
Products and Services
Glassnode Data
Glassnode Data is the firm's core data service, providing standardized, high-resolution datasets for trading, quantitative research, and financial modeling. The service integrates on-chain data with off-chain market information to provide a holistic view of asset fundamentals and market dynamics. [6][7]
Data Integration: The service combines on-chain metrics with off-chain data, including spot markets, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), futures (open interest, funding rates), and options (implied volatility, delta skew).
Coverage: It features over 7,500 on-chain metrics for more than 1,200 digital assets, along with spot, futures, and options data for over 300 assets.
Access Methods: Data is delivered through multiple channels, including a comprehensive API with over 900 endpoints, bulk historical file delivery in Parquet or CSV formats, direct cloud integrations via Snowflake and BigQuery, and a Microsoft Excel add-in. It also offers a chat-based LLM interface called MCP for data discovery.
Glassnode Studio
Glassnode Studio is a web-based analytics platform that serves as a unified workspace for visualizing and interpreting data. It allows users to monitor market trends, conduct comparative analysis, and build custom research. Its features are designed for both individual analysis and collaborative research workflows. [8][9]
Charts: The core visualization tool for exploring Glassnode's library of on-chain and financial metrics. It is designed to help users identify trends related to exchange balances, investor behavior, and market extremes.
Workbench: A no-code environment that enables users to perform advanced analysis. Its functions include building custom charts by combining multiple metrics, applying mathematical formulas, and backtesting simple strategies. The workbench also includes presets created by Glassnode's own analysts.
Dashboards: A customizable workspace for organizing preferred metrics, Workbench charts, and other content into a single view. Users can add annotations for context and share their dashboards via direct links.
Alerts: A notification system that informs users via email or Telegram when a user-defined metric threshold is crossed.
Glassnode Research
Operating under the brand "Glassnode Insights," this division serves as the company's market intelligence and advisory arm. It produces analysis and reports derived from its proprietary data, with some content available for free and premium plans offered for exclusive insights. [5][10]
Published Content: The division is known for its recurring reports, which are translated into over 15 languages. Key publications include:
The Week On-Chain: A flagship weekly report that delivers in-depth analysis of structural on-chain market dynamics.
Market Pulse: A newsletter providing snapshot updates on the markets for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
Market Vectors: A premium report created in collaboration with Swissblock that focuses on structural, momentum, and sector-based signals.
Institutional Services:
Research-as-a-Service: Offers commissioned analysis, white-label research for external redistribution, and co-branded collaborative reports.
Advisory Services: Provides clients with direct access to Glassnode analysts, expert services for outsourced analytics projects, and educational workshops to build institutional knowledge.
Technology
Glassnode applies proprietary technologies and analytical methodologies to structure and interpret raw blockchain data. Its entity labeling and clustering framework groups multiple blockchain addresses controlled by the same participant into unified entities, helping reduce distortions caused by internal wallet movements and improving the accuracy of economic activity signals. The platform also provides point-in-time datasets designed to eliminate look-ahead bias in historical analysis and backtesting, supporting more reliable model validation. In 2026, the company expanded into comprehensive derivatives coverage with an options metrics suite and introduced the Gamma Exposure (GEX) Heatmap, a tool for analyzing how options-related gamma exposure shifts across strike prices and time to assess volatility dynamics. [5]
