What IQ.wiki does

IQ.wiki, operated by BrainDAO, is the operator of what it describes as the world's largest blockchain and cryptocurrency encyclopedia, hosting 5,000+ expert-curated articles spanning people, projects, protocols, organizations, cryptoassets, exchanges, events, and glossary terms. The platform launched on October 11, 2022 as the flagship decentralized application of the IQ ecosystem (previously known as Everipedia) and integrates AI-driven content curation through SOPHIA, an in-house AI editor that performs real-time fact-checking and updates articles with each edit signed on-chain via Polygon. The platform is available globally in English, Korean, and Chinese, and combines CoinMarketCap price data with in-depth wiki articles through its Wiki MarketCap feature, serving crypto researchers, traders, and Web3 developers.

The company has expanded from a knowledge platform into DeFAI infrastructure through the Agent Tokenization Platform (ATP) — enabling creation of tokenized AI agents that can autonomously manage assets and execute financial strategies — and the open-source Agent Development Kit (ADK) for TypeScript, which provides a developer framework for building and orchestrating AI agents with native Web3 and smart-contract execution capabilities. Additional products include AIDEN, a conversational AI agent serving over 2 million users across 200+ Telegram and Discord communities (reportedly reaching 4 million by May 2025); PredIQt, a live benchmarking platform for AI agents on Polymarket; and KRWQ, a Korean Won-pegged stablecoin launched with Frax Finance on Base using LayerZero's OFT standard. The ecosystem is governed by BrainDAO through the IQ token, and is anchored by strategic relationships including NEAR Protocol (strategic investment, August 2025), OpenLedger, Fraxtal, Frax Finance, LayerZero, and co-founding membership in the Open Agents Alliance alongside NEAR AI, Frax Finance, and Coinbase Onramp & AgentKit.

Monetization operates through two primary channels: enterprise API access and licensing (custom pricing handled via direct business development engagement on multi-year contracts), and tokenomics tied to the IQ token, where transaction fees on agent services are partially burned and the remainder is distributed to stakers. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the parent BrainDAO manages a treasury exceeding $44 million in digital assets as of December 2024, including Ethereum, IQ tokens, stablecoins, and blue-chip NFTs. The company employs 11-50 staff across global operations and is incorporated in the Cayman Islands with primary operating presence in the United States, governed through a DAO structure rather than conventional venture capital ownership.

Name

IQ.wiki

Legal name

IQ.wiki

Website

https://iq.wiki

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IQ.wiki operates the world's largest blockchain and cryptocurrency encyclopedia, featuring AI-powered curation by SOPHIA across 5,000+ expert-verified articles in English, Korean, and Chinese. Its IQ AI ecosystem serves crypto researchers, traders, and Web3 developers through ATP, ADK TS, AIDEN, and KRWQ.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Knowledge Platform

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290), Libraries and Archives (51921), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

Crypto Index Providers & Benchmark Administrators (FSADAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Audit, Explainability & Accountability Tooling (traceability, reporting) (HDAAAKAL), Monitoring, Observability & Incident Response (alerts, traces, runtime monitoring) (FSAPABAJ)

Keywords

• Blockchain encyclopedia
• Cryptocurrency knowledge base
• AI crypto agents
• Agent tokenization platform
• Decentralized wiki

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Cayman

HQ country

Cayman Islands

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. API Access & Licensing: Custom API access for enterprise partners to integrate IQ.wiki's blockchain and crypto knowledge into their applications. The platform offers B2B API services for partners, integrators, and strategic collaborators.
2. IQ Token Ecosystem: The IQ token serves as the governance and utility token for the platform. Transaction fees for AI agent services are paid in IQ, with a portion burned and rest going to stakers. Agent adoption fuels IQ token demand.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IQ.wiki is the world's largest blockchain and cryptocurrency encyclopedia, featuring 5,000+ expert-curated articles across people, projects, protocols, organizations, cryptoassets, and exchanges. The platform is edited in real-time by SOPHIA, an AI editor, with edits verified on-chain via Polygon. Beyond the encyclopedia, IQ.wiki's parent ecosystem offers the Agent Tokenization Platform (ATP) for creating tokenized AI agents, the Agent Development Kit (ADK) for TypeScript for building AI agents, and an enterprise API for integrating crypto knowledge into third-party applications.

Product overview

IQ.wiki operates as a comprehensive blockchain and cryptocurrency knowledge ecosystem featuring multiple interconnected products and services. The core product is IQ.wiki, the world's largest blockchain encyclopedia powered by AI editor SOPHIA. The ecosystem includes BrainDAO for governance, the Agent Tokenization Platform (ATP) for creating tokenized AI agents, the Agent Development Kit (ADK) for TypeScript for building AI agents, AIDEN as a community-facing blockchain knowledge AI, PredIQt for AI agent benchmarking, and the IQ token for governance and utility. Additional features include Wiki MarketCap rankings, Events listings, Glossary, Research content, and HiIQ staking. The platform is available in English, Korean, and Chinese.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SOPHIA: AI editor integrated with IQ.wiki, the first tokenized agent launched on ATP, tasked with enhancing IQ.wiki as a comprehensive crypto knowledge base.
• AIDEN
• Agent Tokenization Platform (ATP)
• IQ AI

Products and services

• IQ.wiki
• Agent Tokenization Platform (ATP)
• Agent Development Kit (ADK) for TypeScript
• SOPHIA
• AIDEN
• PredIQt
• KRWQ Stablecoin
• IQ Token

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,000+ wiki articles across multiple categories
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• NEAR ProtocolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Strategic partnership in August 2025 for User-Owned AI. NEAR Foundation made a strategic investment in IQ and acquired IQ for liquidity on NEAR Intents. Technical integration connecting NEAR Intents with IQ AI's Agent Development Kit for TypeScript (ADK TS), enabling developers to build intent-powered agents.
• OpenLedgercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Partnership to integrate IQ AI's Agent Tokenization Platform (ATP) with OpenLedger's AI-powered platform, enhancing AI agent capabilities and expanding market reach.
• FraxtalcoreTechnology or IntegrationFraxtal is a strategic launch partner for ATP, leveraging its advanced DeFi infrastructure. Frax intends to launch its first tokenized agent FraxAI on ATP. Fraxtal is the initial blockchain deployment for ATP with focus on cross-chain execution.
• Open Agents AlliancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIQ AI is a founding member alongside NEAR AI, Frax Finance, and Coinbase Onramp & AgentKit. Alliance committed to making future of AI agents open, user-owned, and globally available while fairly rewarding builders.
• Frax FinancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for KRWQ stablecoin launch (fiat-backed, pegged 1:1 to South Korean Won). Frax provides scalable stablecoin model extended to Korean won. Frax Finance intends to launch FraxAI tokenized agent on ATP.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CoinMarketCap: The dominant cryptocurrency market data aggregator, offering price tracking, market cap rankings, and exchange data. IQ.wiki's Wiki MarketCap is directly built on top of CoinMarketCap's price feed and competes for the same crypto-researcher audience.
• CoinGecko: Major crypto data aggregator with broader coverage and trusted DeFi/NFT metrics. CoinGecko's Trust Score and richer analytics compete directly with IQ.wiki's value proposition of contextualized crypto information.
• Messari: Crypto-native research, data, and intelligence platform serving institutional investors. Overlaps with IQ.wiki's research and analysis capabilities, and targets the same crypto researcher and trader audience.
• Dune Analytics: Community-driven blockchain analytics platform with customizable dashboards. Competes for the same on-chain researcher audience and offers a deeper, queryable data layer than IQ.wiki's curated encyclopedia approach.
• DefiLlama: Open DeFi analytics platform tracking TVL across protocols and chains. Like IQ.wiki, it is community-built with transparent data, and overlaps with Wiki MarketCap's DeFi protocol coverage.
• Etherscan: Block explorer and on-chain data platform providing transaction, address, and contract information. Comparable to IQ.wiki as a foundational data layer for blockchain researchers, though narrower in scope.
• Glassnode: On-chain market intelligence platform offering institutional-grade blockchain analytics. Targets sophisticated crypto researchers and traders — the same primary persona IQ.wiki serves.

Emerging players

• The Graph: Decentralized indexing protocol for blockchain data, enabling developers to build subgraphs/APIs. Comparable to the ADK and ATP infrastructure layer IQ.wiki is building, though focused on data rather than AI agents.
• Fetch.ai: Decentralized AI agent platform enabling autonomous economic agents to perform tasks on-chain. Most directly comparable competitor in the tokenized AI agent space where IQ.wiki's ATP operates.
• Autonolas (Olas): Decentralized autonomous agent platform offering open-source tooling and coordinated multi-agent systems. Competes with IQ.wiki's ATP and ADK for developer mindshare in the autonomous AI agent category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IQWIKI
• Facebookfacebook.com/iqdotwiki
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iqdotwiki

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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