Research Services
Thesis-driven, data-backed research from a crypto-native team, built to sharpen decisions and shape narratives.
Focus Areas
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AI & Robotics
Coverage of the agentic economy, AI infrastructure, and the robotics stack, where machine intelligence meets markets.
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Hyperliquid & Ecosystem
Deep, ongoing coverage of Hyperliquid: the protocol, HyperEVM, and the builders emerging around it.
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The Perp DEX Landscape
Comparative, data-driven analysis of onchain derivatives: venues, architectures, and the race for institutional flow.
Beyond the focus areas
The team's experience runs wider than these three areas and carries into every engagement.
- Broader DeFi
- Blockchain infrastructure
- L1 and L2 scaling
- RWAs and tokenization
Our Services
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Public Research & Publications
High-impact, public-facing research that builds, strengthens, and owns narratives, read by the industry's sharpest allocators and builders.
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Bespoke Research Reports
Confidential, tailored analysis that empowers internal decision-making for protocols, VC funds, and institutional teams.
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Dashboards & Data Analytics
Custom dashboards and analytics infrastructure for projects and communities, and for investors who want the data behind the thesis.
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Research-driven Advisory
Bespoke advisory for teams on go-to-market, growth and positioning: narrative shaping backed by our research, data analytics and years alongside the projects that set the pace.
Why A1
Advisory draws on the same team, research and data that produce our published work. What that gives you:
Research depth
Thesis-driven analysis that starts from first principles and ends in a position you can defend, on any topic across the stack.
Data you can point to
Onchain and offchain analytics built in-house, so strategy, narrative and positioning rest on numbers, not impressions.
Years alongside builders
Hands-on work with protocols and teams as researchers, advisors and authors, from pre-launch to mature ecosystems.
A network that answers
Long-standing relationships with founders, investors, partners and friends across the industry, opened up when an engagement needs them.
How we work
One flow for both kinds of work: confidential research that empowers a decision, and public research that shapes a narrative.
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Get in touch
A short note on what you are building, evaluating or trying to say. We reply within a day.
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Discovery and proposal
A 30-minute discovery call, then a proposal. Public research follows our standard pricing and packages; confidential decision research is priced on scope.
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Research
Data pulled, sources verified, thesis built. Confidential reports go to your team; public pieces are drafted with narrative in mind.
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Delivered or published
A finished report in your inbox, or a public piece launched with our distribution behind it.
Delivered within 1 to 4 weeks depending on scope
Contact
Independent, technical, and fast. Tell us what you're building or evaluating.