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Digital Assets

Make board-ready digital asset decisions in hours, not months.

1,400+ companies tracked 700,000+ data points 1,200+ research pieces

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What is 51 Insights? 51 Insights is an institutional research and intelligence firm founded by crypto-native operators in 2020. The first firm globally to publish deep research on corporate blockchain initiatives, 51 has a platform of 100,000+ decision-makers and investors reaching 1 million+ people a month. Since 2020, 51 has published over 600 industry-defining research reports and tracked 700,000+ data points for Fortune 500 companies and institutional investors.

What is 51 Terminal? 51 Terminal is the institutional intelligence platform for digital assets combining deep vendor data on 1,300+ companies, proprietary scoring via the 51 Trust Score analyzing up to 95 data points per vendor, real-time intelligence feeds, an AI research copilot, sector maps, and institutional-grade research. Used by consulting firms, corporate strategy teams, and institutional allocators.

What is the 51 Trust Score? The 51 Trust Score is a proprietary vendor rating system that evaluates digital asset companies on a 1-10 scale across four pillars: Product and Service, Risk and Maturity, Technology and Innovation, and Enterprise Readiness. Each vendor is analyzed across 40-95+ data points. Scores range from Market Leader (9.0-10.0) to Do Not Recommend (1.0-3.9).

Accelerate your workflow

From curated, real-time intelligence to institutional-grade research.

Intelligence Feed

Agentic surveillance of institutional crypto events with curated, real-time, customized intelligence across 700+ sources. Scored for impact, and enriched with context, so you act on insight, not headlines.

Company Data

1,400+ vendors and financial institutions across key digital asset verticals built on thousands of data points.

51 Trust Score

Scores key vendors across up to 95 data points for a quantified, defensible basis for vendor comparison. No other platform offers this.

AI-Copilot

AI-powered research assistant for complex queries across the full 51 data set to accelerate discovery and synthesis.

Sector Maps

Strategic intelligence beyond company data to understand competitive context and ecosystems.

Research

Daily, institutional-grade primary research from our analyst team to understand the strategic context.

How we support your digital asset strategy

Track signals, not noise

AI-enhanced, analyst-curated. Only the developments that matter for your strategy reach your desk.

Make data-driven decisions

Replace gut instinct with 700,000+ tracked signals. Every recommendation backed by proprietary data.

Identify the right vendors

1,400+ companies profiled. Find partners and vendors vetted by institutional-grade due diligence.

Validate your strategy

Independent insights to challenge key assumptions before the board meeting.

Educate leadership

Executive briefings that make digital assets understandable for your entire C-suite.

Upskill your teams

Institutional-grade research for your entire organization.

For allocators and executives shaping digital asset strategy.

  • Head of Digital Assets
  • Head of Innovation
  • Head of Strategy
  • Chief Investment Officers

Banks

Digital Assets Corporate Strategy Innovation

Asset Managers

Portfolio Construction Investment Research Risk

Family Offices

Direct Investing Fund Allocation Due Diligence

Venture Capital

Deal Sourcing Market Mapping Competitive Intel

Advisory Firms

Client Advisory Regulatory Strategy M&A

Public Institutions

Policy & Supervision Central Bank Research

Where others stop, 51 begins

Teams stitch together 5–10 tools and still rebuild every deck from scratch. 51 Terminal replaces the stack.

Unmatched Coverage

The leading alternative covers a fraction of the market. We cover 1,400+ digital asset companies with 500+ data points each — purpose-built for institutional workflows, not generic tech databases.

The Only Proprietary Trust Score

The 51 Trust Score™ evaluates vendors across up to 95 data points. No other platform offers a quantified, defensible basis for vendor comparison in digital assets.

Weeks Become Hours

Early clients report 2–5x faster research, up to 60% reduction in tool costs, and 2x ROI from better vendor relationships. One platform replaces 5–10 stitched-together tools.

The firms you compete with
already use 51.

Join 100,000+ executives and institutional investors who rely on 51 Insights for digital asset intelligence.

Common questions

51 Insights is an institutional research and intelligence firm founded by crypto-native operators in 2020. 51 was the first firm globally to publish deep research on corporate blockchain initiatives, and our work and case studies have set a standard for blockchain industry reports. Today, 51 Insights has a platform of 100,000+ decision-makers and investors, reaching 1 million+ people a month. Since 2020, we have published over 600 industry-defining research reports, tracked 700,000+ data points, worked with startups and corporates, and shaped how Fortune 500 companies and investors think about digital assets.

51 Terminal is the institutional intelligence platform for digital assets. It combines deep vendor data on 1,300+ companies with 500+ data points on average, a proprietary scoring system (51 Trust Score analyzing up to 95 data points per vendor), real-time intelligence feeds, an AI research copilot, sector maps, and institutional-grade research. Built on 4+ years of proprietary research, analyst verification, and advanced AI data models, 51 Terminal turns months of research into minutes.

51 Terminal is built for the teams making strategic decisions about digital asset infrastructure. This includes consulting and advisory firms like BCG, Deloitte, and PwC running client deliverables, corporate strategy teams at Fortune 500 companies evaluating digital asset positioning and vendor selection, protocol foundations running grants, GTM, and partner pipelines at institutional scale, and institutional allocators diligencing digital asset infrastructure exposure. Early clients report 2-5x faster research and due diligence, up to 60% reduction in subscription costs, and 2x ROI from cost reductions and new partnerships.

51 covers the full digital asset ecosystem mapped across three layers. Vendors: hundreds of data points per company for 1,300+ digital asset vendors across stablecoins, tokenization, custody, payments, and infrastructure. Institutions: playbooks, timelines, and strategies of 300+ financial institutions around the world. Investors: funding rounds, investor data, and valuations across the ecosystem. Our research covers regulatory developments, competitive landscapes, sector maps, and strategic intelligence beyond raw data.

Bloomberg has no vendor layer for digital assets. Gartner has near-zero digital asset coverage. CB Insights covers only 42 companies with generic taxonomies and outdated data. Messari is built for token investors, not executives and consultants. 51 Terminal covers 1,300+ companies with 500+ data points on average, purpose-built institutional taxonomies, proprietary scoring, an AI copilot, and licensed data you can use in client deliverables.