The Kingfisher

What The Kingfisher does

The Kingfisher is a SaaS cryptocurrency trading analytics platform built on proprietary liquidation-mapping technology developed since 2015. Its core product, KF-LiqMap, visualizes real-time and historical liquidation levels across multiple crypto exchanges (Binance, Bybit, OKX, Bitget), supported by Liquidation Heatmaps with Z-Score filtering, Toxic Order Flow detection that distinguishes whale-driven manipulation from genuine price action, Gamma/Vanna Exposure (GEX+) for options dealer positioning, an Aggregated Orderbook, and KF-OEMS for semi-automated execution. The underlying pipeline is proprietary and ingests leverage mix, position timing, and market microstructure data rather than relying on naive open-interest calculations, with the company claiming 100% coverage of hidden liquidity clusters versus approximately 60% from competitors.

The platform is delivered through multiple go-to-market motions. A self-serve PLG funnel uses free calculators and free liquidation maps (cumulatively hundreds of thousands of monthly uses) to acquire retail users, who upgrade to Pro ($1,080/year) or Premium ($780/year) annual subscriptions or Pay-As-You-Go credits ($1/credit). An API-first enterprise channel offers tiered plans from $499 to $2,499 per month for hedge funds and quantitative trading firms, with a Python SDK and webhook access. A Genesis Pass provides one-time lifetime access priced dynamically in BTC. The platform is localized into 12 languages and serves 4,000+ users, with hedge funds, leverage traders, options traders, spot buyers, and high-leverage retail ("degens") as primary segments.

The company is privately held, bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, operates with 1-10 employees, and reports roughly a decade of operating history originating from founders who built the underlying analytics for personal algorithmic trading before commercializing them.

Name

The Kingfisher

Legal name

The Kingfisher

Website

https://thekingfisher.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cryptocurrency Trading Analytics

NAICS

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Portfolio Management Systems (PMS), Rebalancing & Analytics (Crypto) (FSADAHAE)

Keywords

• Crypto liquidation analytics
• Derivatives market data
• Gamma exposure tools
• Trading API services
• Order flow analytics

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans (Pro, Premium): Annual subscription model with tiered access. Pro at $1080/year includes unlimited LiqMaps, GEX+, TOF, Aggregated Orderbook, 69 API credits, Multi Coin LiqMap, priority support. Premium at $780/year includes same core features with 42 API credits and normal support.
2. Pay-As-You-Go Credits: Usage-based credit system at $1 per credit. 10 credits = 1h session. 1 credit per LiqMap query. Flexible access without subscription commitment.
3. API Access Subscriptions: Enterprise API access with monthly credit allocations. Individual tier at $499/month (2,000 credits), Professional at $1,499/month (5,000 credits), Enterprise at $2,499/month (15,000 credits). Custom overage rates.
4. Genesis Pass (Lifetime): One-time payment for lifetime access to Pro features. Dynamic pricing starting at 0.025 BTC with 10% increase per subsequent deal. Early adopter rewards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Kingfisher is a SaaS crypto financial data platform that sells subscription access to liquidation-mapping analytics, gamma/vanna exposure tools, real-time aggregated orderbooks, and order-flow indicators across 12+ centralized exchanges. It bundles retail-tier dashboard products (Pro, Premium), an institutional KF-API, an Order Execution Management System (KF-OEMS), a community marketplace (KF Bazar), and a suite of free trading calculators. The offering is aimed at active retail derivatives traders, proprietary trading firms, and crypto hedge funds seeking market-structure intelligence beyond standard charting tools.

Product overview

The Kingfisher is a cryptocurrency trading analytics platform built around proprietary liquidation mapping technology developed since 2015. The core product is the KF-LiqMap, a real-time visualization tool showing where leveraged positions will be forced to close across multiple exchanges. This core tool is supported by complementary visualization (Liquidation Heatmap), options analytics (GEX+), order flow analysis (Toxic Order Flow), and execution tools (KF-OEMS). The platform offers tiered subscription plans (Premium, Pro, Pay-As-You-Go, API Access) plus a one-time lifetime Genesis Pass. Free tools include Liquidation Calculator and other calculators covering position sizing, profit/loss, leverage, and risk. Multi Coin LiqMap extends coverage beyond Bitcoin to Ethereum and altcoins. The KF-API provides programmatic access for institutional traders and hedge funds to integrate liquidation data into their own trading systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KF Liquidation Maps (KF-LiqMap)

Quantifiable outcome

• 85.8% of users report improved trading outcomes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Amberdata: Amberdata provides institutional-grade crypto market data, derivatives analytics, and APIs for quant firms — directly comparable to Kingfisher's KF-API enterprise offering targeting hedge funds.
• Coinalyze: Coinalyze provides aggregated liquidation and open-interest data across crypto perpetual futures exchanges — overlapping with Kingfisher's multi-exchange LiqMap and aggregated orderbook features.
• CoinGlass: CoinGlass is the most direct competitor, offering liquidation heatmaps, options analytics, and aggregated derivatives data across major crypto exchanges — directly overlapping Kingfisher's LiqMap and Heatmap offerings.
• Laevitas: Laevitas offers crypto derivatives analytics including volatility surfaces, options data, and liquidation estimates — comparable to Kingfisher's GEX+ and options positioning tools.
• Hyblock: Hyblock provides liquidation maps, order flow analytics, and whale tracking for crypto derivatives traders — competing head-to-head with Kingfisher on visualization of leverage and liquidation clusters.
• TradingLite: TradingLite offers order flow visualization and footprint charts for futures traders, addressing a similar audience of active crypto derivatives traders with comparable visualization technology.

Broad incumbents

• Kaiko: Kaiko is an institutional crypto market data provider offering aggregated exchange feeds and historical data — a broader incumbent that competes with Kingfisher for hedge fund and quant API customers.
• Bookmap: Bookmap is an established order flow and market microstructure visualization platform with both crypto and traditional market coverage — broader than Kingfisher but competing for the same active-trader visualization use case.
• TradingView: TradingView is the dominant charting and social-trading platform that already integrates Kingfisher's data — a broad incumbent with adjacent analytics and a key distribution partner rather than a head-to-head rival.

Emerging players

• Glassnode: Glassnode provides on-chain and derivatives analytics for crypto markets; while primarily on-chain, its institutional data feeds and dashboards overlap with Kingfisher's analytical tooling for serious traders.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kingfisher_btc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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