KETJU Research
On-chain research for financial advisors

One in four Americans owns crypto.
Almost none of it is advised.

Ketju explains the economic claim, control path, loss path, and exit evidence, then separates that research from firm-shelf policy and the advisor’s client decision.

$49 per advisor per month · first 14 days free · cancel any time

629 on-chain protocols. Research, shelf, and selection kept separate.
ProtocolResearch / shelfWhy
Maple Finance → Adverse research finding Uncollateralised credit. One pool’s lenders lost 80% in 2022.
USD.AI (sUSDai) → Adverse research finding A private credit fund with a 30-day exit gate, named like a dollar.
Aave v3 → Shelf eligible Favorable with conditions; shortened review after a nine-figure governance failure.
Select a protocol to read the evidence and each decision layer.

Ownership: National Cryptocurrency Association, 2026. Held-away share: Bitwise/VettaFi 2026 Benchmark Survey.

The Atlas · live

One position, resolved


A client says “I have USDC.” That names one layer of four. Pick the protocol, the chain, and the custody. The Atlas shows who can change the rules or block access, tests the position against each mandate, and writes the paragraph for the client file. The demo composes one protocol live; the terminal composes across the whole Register.

The evidence is ours to defend. The client decision is the advisor’s.

Clients

From wallet to decision file


Record a client and add their wallet address. Ketju reads the holdings and names all four layers of every position: the asset, the protocol, the chain, and the custody. Each holding carries its research and shelf status, and the client’s digital-asset budget becomes a decision file for the client folder. The client’s keys never move.

The updates feed reads the same holdings. When an incident, a governance action, or a rule change touches a position one of your clients holds, that client leads the list.

The Board · live excerpt

Research does not stop at shelf eligibility


The Board watches every shelf-eligible venue for changes in yield, reported TVL, and events that can change the research. Executable exit capacity comes from position-specific protocol reads.

VenueChain Observed yieldReported TVLGrade
Lido (stETH) · STETH Ethereum 2.30% $23.06B sovereign
Sky (formerly Maker) savings · SUSDS Ethereum 3.60% $4.62B hybrid
Rocket Pool (rETH) · RETH Ethereum 2.17% $1.25B sovereign
Aave v3 · SGHO Ethereum 4.50% $173M crypto-backed
Sky (formerly Maker) savings · USDS Ethereum 5.87% $168M hybrid

The memo behind every research assessment is public in the Register. Subscribers get the full Board and the daily alerts wired to their clients’ positions.

Research updates

What changed outside the price chart

Open the public ledger →

Incidents, governance, upgrades, launches, and closures that can change an advisor’s diligence file. Primary evidence first.

Why now

The practice you grow with it


Win new households

67 million Americans own crypto. Most have never met an advisor fluent in it. Fluency wins the first meeting.

Delight your clients

When a client asks about the thing paying 12%, open the memo. Explain the economic claim, who pays, what can fail, and how the client could exit.

Turn held-away crypto into advised crypto

The client keeps their keys. You add the research, client-specific policy, advisor decision, and daily watch, and an unbilled holding becomes a position you advise. On-chain finance now includes BlackRock: tokenized Treasuries passed $15 billion this year.

The Register · public

The Register: 629 research records, published in full


Every tracked protocol has a memo: its research assessment, firm-shelf status, selection status, constraints, review conditions, and sources. Ketju researched 175 one by one; 454 apply published category or evidence rules without pretending those rules are protocol-quality ratings. Read the memos and judge the work.

ProtocolExposureResearch / shelfReviewed
DeFi Saver other Shelf eligible 2026-08-19 · v1
Arbitrum Bridge other Shelf eligible 2026-08-17 · v1
Axelar other Shelf eligible 2026-08-17 · v1
Chainlink CCIP other Shelf eligible 2026-08-17 · v1
Coinbase Bridge (Base canonical bridge) other Shelf eligible 2026-08-17 · v1
Ammalgam DLEX lp Outside firm policy 2026-09-15 · v1
Axis (USDx) synthetic-yield Adverse research finding 2026-09-15 · v1
Coffer lp Outside firm policy 2026-09-15 · v1
Finance Without Borders other Outside firm policy 2026-09-15 · v1

Showing 9 of 629. The full Register is public.

Also included

Regulation, proposals, and client education


Regulation

Acts, rules, and enforcement logged as they move. Research and shelf decisions are re-examined against the changes.

Ketju Digest

The week, examined: what moved, what fired, which assessments or shelf decisions changed. Written to be forwarded.

Client purposes and decision support

4 model purposes make the control trade-off explicit. Ketju filters evidence and constraints; the advisor chooses whether to act, what to select, and how much. Private beta.

Client education

Plain-English explainers you can forward to clients: what DeFi is, why the highest yield is a warning, who can freeze what.

Analytics gives you numbers. Research explains the claim, control, loss, and exit. $49 per advisor per month, first 14 days free.