x402 Explained: The Internet-Native Payments Standard for APIs, Data and Agent Commerce
Discover how x402 enables AI agents and APIs to make per-request stablecoin payments instantly, removing human intervention and scaling programmatic workflows.
Allium Team
Data-driven research, guides, and insights for leaders building the infrastructure and intelligence to bring institutions on chain, by the data plumbers at Allium.
Guides
Onchain Data Reconciliation for Accounting: Concepts, Methods, and System Design
A practical guide to onchain data reconciliation for accounting, covering data sources, reconciliation tasks, system architecture, audit readiness and build vs buy decisions.
Guides
Blockchain Data APIs: A Complete Guide
Blockchain networks generate enormous amounts of raw, onchain data — every transaction, smart contract interaction, and balance update is recorded on the public ledger. But accessing this data in an understandable way is not as simple as just scrolling through a spreadsheet until you find what you need. All blockchains run
How Awaken built crypto tax software for protocol-level complexity
Andrew Duca on handling crypto taxes for Solana LPs, Bitcoin Runes, and the long tail of onchain activity Crypto tax software faces a structural coverage challenge. Products built between 2017 and 2021 optimized for a specific market structure: centralized exchange trading, simple token swaps, and established protocols with stable transaction
Onchain Execution: How Institutions Are Trading in DeFi Markets
A joint perspective from Uniswap Labs and Allium on the infrastructure enabling institutional DeFi adoption The institutional conversation around trading onchain has shifted from "if" to "how" over the past 18-24 months. What was once viewed as experimental infrastructure for retail traders now represents a strategic
Research
Tracing the Bybit Hack: Allium analysis featured in Hacken's 2025 Web3 security report
Hacken released their 2025 Yearly Security Report this week, analyzing over $4 billion in Web3 losses across the year. Allium's cross-chain analysis contributed to understanding how DPRK threat actors laundered stolen funds.
Making Sense of Onchain Data at Base and Bundlebear
How Kofi Kufuor built Bundlebear into the go-to ERC-4337 dashboard, then brought the same data infrastructure to Base's analytics team.
News
Mapping the Flow of DEX Swap Execution: Allium’s Orderflow Explorer
The Orderflow Explorer, built by Allium through a Uniswap Foundation grant, maps the complete path of every DEX swap across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and Unichain. This post covers what the Orderflow Explorer does, how we built the underlying schema, and how we validated it.
Understanding Stablecoin Activity: Dashboard for Settlement Asset Ecosystem Transparency
How Allium built infrastructure for real-time visibility into activities of stablecoins, showcased at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025 The Market Intelligence Challenge As stablecoins have grown to over US$300 billion in market cap, public sector entities working to understand digital asset markets face a fundamental challenge: how do you
Guides
7 Reliable Solana Data Providers for Engineering Teams in 2025
Why Solana Data Is Uniquely Challenging Before evaluating providers, it's worth understanding why Solana data infrastructure is fundamentally harder than other chains—and why getting it right matters so much. Volume and scale that dwarfs other networks. Solana's network generates approximately 1TB of new data daily,
Guides
Top Blockchain Intelligence Platforms for Risk, Compliance, and Public Sector Teams in 2025
Cross-chain crime hit $20 billion+ in 2024. DPRK hackers stole $1.5 billion from Bybit in a single exploit. Ransomware groups and sanctions evaders exploit gaps between new chain launches and tool coverage. This guide compares Allium, Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, and Inca Digital based on what matters for investigations
Guides
Top Blockchain Data Platforms for Accounting and Finance Teams in 2025
Compare Allium, Cryptio, Bitwave, TRES Finance, and Lukka for crypto accounting and audit. We break down SOC certification, chain coverage, ERP integration, and what matters for closing books and passing audits.