What Flipside Crypto does

Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based, privately held technology company founded in 2017 that has historically operated as a blockchain data infrastructure provider and is now executing a strategic pivot toward AI-driven onchain intelligence. The company's legacy product surface included standardized, SQL-ready crosschain data covering Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, BSC, Avalanche, Aptos, Near, and Sui, delivered via subscription-based enterprise service orders. In 2025 the company sold this core blockchain data business to SonarX and consolidated its remaining product portfolio around Edisyl, an AI platform offering natural-language onchain queries (without SQL), purpose-built autonomous agents for multi-chain research and monitoring, and automated recurring-analysis workflows. A legacy platform product, Flipspace, is scheduled to cease operations on June 17, 2026.

Flipside has raised approximately $65 million in disclosed funding across six rounds between 2018 and 2025, with the largest being a $50 million round in April 2022 led by Republic Capital and supported by Galaxy Digital, HashKey Capital, Tribe Capital, True Ventures, and other crypto-native investors. The company operates an enterprise subscription model with quote-based annual pricing, direct field sales, and a target customer base spanning institutional crypto players and enterprise blockchain builders. Marketing and distribution rely on the company website, email communications, and community platform features.

The leadership team is founder-led, with Dave Balter as CEO and co-founder, Jim Myers as founder and CTO, and Eric Stone as Chief Data Scientist and co-founder, supplemented by a CFO (Andrew Septimus), Chief Revenue Officer (Natallia Hunik), and product leadership (Joan Kallogjeri). Headcount is reported at 51-100 employees, and the legal entity is Flipside Crypto, Inc., domiciled in Massachusetts. The company's current strategic posture is best characterized as a turnaround-in-progress: divesting its legacy data revenue base while attempting to establish a new AI-native product line whose commercial traction has not yet been disclosed.

Name

Flipside Crypto

Legal name

Flipside Crypto, Inc.

Website

https://flipsidecrypto.xyz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Flipside Crypto is a Boston-based blockchain and AI company that, after selling its crosschain data business to SonarX, now operates Edisyl — an AI platform providing natural-language onchain intelligence, autonomous agents, and automated workflows for institutional crypto and enterprise blockchain customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Analytics Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

DEX Aggregation & On-Chain Execution (routing, RFQ, intent-based trading) (FSAPAEAD)

Keywords

• Blockchain data analytics
• Onchain intelligence
• Crypto market intelligence
• AI crypto agents
• Institutional blockchain data

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based Data Access: Customers pay subscription fees for access to blockchain data services. Access is determined by subscription plan referenced in Service Order, providing different features and limitations. Customers can select multiple blockchains as part of their Blockchain Package.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Flipside Crypto operates Edisyl, an AI platform that delivers onchain intelligence for blockchain networks. It converts blockchain complexity into natural-language answers, purpose-built research and monitoring agents, and automated workflows that run recurring onchain analysis without requiring SQL. The company previously sold its raw blockchain data business to SonarX and is now focused on AI-driven crypto analytics.

Product overview

Flipside Crypto has pivoted from a blockchain data company to an AI-focused firm. The company operates Edisyl as its core AI platform (offering natural-language onchain intelligence, autonomous agents, and automated workflows), while its former blockchain data business has been sold to SonarX and the Flipspace product is being shut down. The product portfolio now centers on AI agents and automation for onchain analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Edisyl AI platform that turns blockchain complexity into plain-language answers, purpose-built research and monitoring agents across multiple chains, and automated workflows that run recurring onchain analysis autonomously. Targeted at institutional crypto users and enterprise builders.
• SonarX (former blockchain data business, now divested) Enterprise-grade blockchain data platform formerly part of Flipside, offering standardized, decoded data across Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, BSC, Avalanche, Aptos, Near, and Sui delivered in query-ready schemas. Now operated under SonarX following divestiture.
• Flipspace (legacy platform, shutting down) Legacy Flipside platform available through June 17, 2026 before shutdown; users advised to export data before the platform ceases operations.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SonarXcoreTechnology or IntegrationFlipside sold its blockchain data business to SonarX. The same enterprise-grade, standardized crosschain data now operates under SonarX. SonarX provides multi-chain blockchain data including Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, BSC, Avalanche, Aptos, Near, and Sui with standardized schemas and enterprise-grade capabilities.
• EdisylcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlipside is going all-in on AI with Edisyl. Edisyl is where Flipside's AI work now lives, providing agents, automation, and onchain intelligence in plain language. Edisyl offers natural-language answers grounded in blockchain data, specialized agents for research and monitoring, and automated workflows.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Token Terminal: Token Terminal provides standardized financial and onchain metrics for crypto protocols. Comparable in targeting institutional and analyst users with structured, auditable blockchain data.
• Messari: Messari combines onchain data, research, and AI tools (e.g., Messari AI) for institutional crypto users. Directly comparable as a one-stop crypto intelligence platform with AI features.
• Arkham Intelligence: Arkham combines onchain data with entity attribution and an AI analytics assistant (Ultron). Closely comparable to Flipside's Edisyl on the AI-for-blockchain-intelligence axis.
• Artemis: Artemis offers crosschain onchain analytics and fundamental data for crypto assets. Comparable to Flipside's historical standardized crosschain data offering that was sold to SonarX.
• Dune Analytics: Dune is a community-driven onchain analytics platform with SQL-based queries and dashboards. Overlaps with Flipside's historical blockchain-data value prop and increasingly competes on AI-driven query interfaces.
• Nansen: Nansen provides AI-augmented onchain analytics, wallet labeling, and real-time dashboards for institutional and DeFi-native crypto users. Directly comparable to Edisyl's natural-language onchain intelligence and monitoring agent positioning.
• Glassnode: Glassnode provides institutional-grade onchain and market intelligence for digital assets, with standardized metrics and dashboards. Comparable institutional customer base and analytics-first value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• The Graph: The Graph provides indexed blockchain data infrastructure via subgraphs. Comparable as an underlying data-infrastructure layer for crypto analytics, though positioned as a protocol rather than an analytics product.
• Chainalysis: Chainalysis is a broad incumbent in blockchain analytics, focused on compliance, investigation, and risk. Adjacent rather than direct — different end market, but competes for institutional crypto data budgets.
• Coin Metrics: Coin Metrics is a broad crypto data provider offering market and network data feeds to institutions. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the institutional crypto data layer that Flipside historically competed in.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/flipsidecrypto

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors33 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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