CoinDesk Research is the data-driven research and market intelligence arm of CoinDesk, covering digital asset protocols, exchanges, stablecoins, and market infrastructure. CoinDesk Research's Twitter Score is 45 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #20,506 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
CoinDesk Research was founded by Shakil Khan and is now owned by Bullish, which acquired CoinDesk from Digital Currency Group in November 2023. The account is backed by 500 Startups and Science Inc. CoinDesk Research has been active since 2019 and has published 2,035 posts to date.
CoinDesk Research tracks more than 300 centralized and decentralized exchanges, over 300,000 trading pairs, and maintains more than a decade of historical market data, publishing its Exchange Benchmark report as a key industry reference. Its research spans DeFi, real-world assets, tokenized equities, and stablecoins. The account gained wider recognition when CoinDesk's reporting on Alameda Research's balance sheet contributed to the chain of events surrounding FTX's liquidity crisis and subsequent bankruptcy filing.
CoinDesk Research has been mentioned by 63 accounts, with 183 total mentions across the platform.
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