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Ecosystems Dataset Overview

Use Messari’s Ecosystems Dataset to explore entities, assets, and investors across chains. With pre-built views, custom filtering, and useful preview panels, users can deep-dive into a network’s projects and investors to learn more about what’s being built and who’s funding what. This page includes a step-by-step guide on getting the most from Messari’s Ecosystems Dataset, along with hot tips for success and FAQs collected from Messari users. Be sure to check out the full Video Library for detailed walkthrough videos.

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🚧The Ecosystems Dataset is available for Messari Pro and Enterprise subscribers. Lite users have limited access and it is view-only for Free users. Please visit our Pricing page to compare plans or Contact Us if you have any questions.

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Ecosystems Dataset Video

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Access Ecosystems

Access the Ecosystems Dataset by going to the Datasets tab and selecting Ecosystems.

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Datasets & Views

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Choose an Ecosystem

The Ecosystems Dataset is categorized by network and opens, by default, in the Ethereum Ecosystem. Additional networks are located in the left-side navigation menu.

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Choose a Dataset

Each ecosystem features 3 datasets that cover:

• Assets
• Investors
• Funded Entities

Each dataset covers a variety of related metrics. Learn more about Messari’s Fundraising Methodology and Classification System here.

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Assets

Each ecosystem’s Assets dataset includes 5 pre-built views that highlight specific information. These views cannot be customized directly, but you can re-create them using the Asset Screener tool for more flexibility. The Assets dataset opens in the Overview view by default, which contains metrics such as:

• Price performance over multiple time periods
• 30D price trendline
• Marketcap
• 24H real volume
• Sector

Additional views:

• Long-Term ROI: Metrics like current price, ATH, % down from ATH, 90D price change, 180D price change, 1Y price change, 3Y price change, and 5Y price change.
• Calendar Years ROI: Current price, current marketcap, YTD price change, and price change metrics for each of the previous 6 years.
• Volume: Current marketcap, exchanges traded (the exchanges the asset is traded on based on the exchanges Messari tracks data from), 24H real volume, 7D real volume, 30D real volume, YTD real volume, YTD trendline for real volume, and markets (the number of markets the asset is traded in).
• Classifications: Current price, current marketcap, exchanges traded, asset networks, category, sector, and tags.

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Investors

The Investors dataset contains data on investors in a Network and its associated projects. Metrics include:

• Investor Name
• Investment Count
• Co-investors
• Most Common Investment Type
• Most Common Investment Sector
• Median Round Amount
• Last Investment and Last Investment Date
• First Investment and First Investment Date,
• LPs

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Funded Entities

The Funded Entities dataset provides information on network entities that have received funding. Metrics include:

• Funded Entity
• Total Amount Raised
• Latest Round Type and Date
• Investors
• Category
• Sector
• Tags

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Sort & Filter Data

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Sort

You can sort assets, investors, and funded entities by clicking column headers. By default, the datasets are sorted as follows:

• Assets: Current Marketcap
• Investors: Investment Count
• Funded Entities: Total Amount Raised

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Filter

Each dataset can be filtered using dropdown filters at the top of the page. You can narrow your results further by using the search bar to look for specific assets, investors, or entities.

• Assets filters: Category, Sector, Tag, Exchange, Marketcap, 24H Volume.
• Investors filters: Type, Country, Most Common Investment Type.
• Funded Entities filters: Category, Sector, Tag, Round Type.

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Learn More About an Asset, Investor, or Funded Entity

Click on an asset, investor, or funded entity in the dataset to open its preview panel. Use the ^ ⌵ icons to scroll through assets, investors, or entities without having to close the preview panel, or click on View Asset Page or View Fundraising Page to open its associated Project page or Fundraising page in an adjacent tab.

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Assets

An asset’s preview panel includes links to its asset project page, and also includes a TradingView chart integration, a brief project summary, and links to external resources. Enterprise users can overlay Key Developments to see the price reaction on the price chart. Click on the event link to learn more about it. Learn more about Notable Events here.

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Investors

The investor preview panel provides a brief description, as well as data on publicly available information such as Investment Count, Most Common Stage, and Median Round Amount. Scroll down to view recent closed rounds, and use the links at the top for access to the investor’s website and socials.

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Entities

The preview panel for funded entities displays a brief description and information such as Latest Round, Total Amount Raised, Sector, and Industry. Scroll down to see recent closed rounds, and use the links at the top for access to the entity’s website and socials.

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Share & Download Ecosystem Data

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Share

In the preview panel for assets, you can share a link to the asset’s Project Page by clicking the Share icon in the right-hand corner.

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Download

Enterprise users can export datasets for assets, investors, and/or funded entities by clicking the Download icon in the right-hand corner.

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Hot Tips & Best Practices

• Messari’s Screener tool offers the most advanced filtering capabilities. Use it to create custom filters by network, then set up customized columns and views for further exploration. Check out Messari’s Asset Screener and Fundraising Screener to learn more.
• Reference the Messari Classification System to better understand how categories, sectors, and tags are classified.
• Keyboard Shortcuts in preview panel:
  • Previous asset/investor/entity K
  • Next asset/investor/entity J
  • Close preview panel Esc

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Datasets FAQs

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Can I save the filters and groups I’ve applied to an Asset dataset?

You cannot save customizations made to an Asset dataset. Use the Asset Screener tool to create and save custom filters and views.

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How can I compare Network data across chains?

The Networks Dataset allows you to compare key metrics across supported networks in either the table or chart format and over various timespans. With the Network dataset, you can analyze performance differences and identify trends across the blockchain ecosystem.

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Which exchanges does Messari track?

To view the full list of centralized (CEXes) and decentralized exchanges (DEXes) that Messari tracks, navigate to the Datasets tab in the top menu and select Exchanges. Learn more about Messari’s Exchanges Dataset here.

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How up-to-date is the trading activity that Messari tracks?

Messari aims to provide users with accurate and up-to-date trading data. On an exchange’s Exchange page or All Markets page, users can quickly determine whether a unique asset pair’s data is live, stale, or inactive thanks to the Liveness icon adjacent to the pair’s name. Trading data can be either live, stale or inactive:

• Live: Messari has received trades from this market within the last 10 minutes
• Stale: Messari has not received a trade from this market over the last 10 minutes, but it has traded over the last 24 hours
• Inactive: Messari has not received a trade from this market in over 24 hours

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How can I learn more about Messari’s taxonomy and methodology?

Please visit the Messari Classification System page for mapping across Categories, Sectors, and Tags. For Fundraising-specific mapping, such as Type and Stage, please visit the Fundraising Data Methodology page. Market Data methodology and definitions can be found here.