Kairos Research is an independent crypto research firm co-founded by Ian Unsworth and Teddy Oosterbaan, both of whom previously worked at Binance US on its Growth and Listings team. Kairos Research's Twitter Score is 115 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #5,837 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Kairos Research was bootstrapped at launch and focuses its research on protocol mechanics, market structure, tokenomics, governance, technological development, and market dynamics. The firm advises Swell and describes itself as a top ether.fi delegate, with active involvement in Jito governance workstreams. Kairos Research was elected to the Ethena Foundation's Risk Committee in August 2025 and reelected in February 2026.
Kairos Research operates validators in partnership with Firstset across Solana, Monad, Fogo, Celestia, and Babylon, and was announced as a genesis validator for the Babylon mainnet. The account has published 580 posts and has been mentioned by 70 accounts a total of 132 times, reflecting consistent engagement within the crypto research community.
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Kairos Research draws a focused audience of crypto-native followers. The accounts that follow Kairos Research include 354 founders, 136 angel investors, 197 influencers and 13 VCs, among them Solana, Laura Shin, Kyle Samani, Hasu, Hsaka and Arthur.