L1–L4 Overview
Market heatmap
Every major pair's 24-hour move on one screen, with a computed alignment score that answers step one of our method: is this systemic, or is one asset doing its own thing?
L1–L4 Overview
Layer explorer
Open any of the four layers that move crypto prices — how it works, when it stops working, which public indicators to watch and where to find them. Explanation and navigation only; live data lives in the three companion tools.
L3 Leverage
Funding rates and leverage
Live funding rates and open interest for major perpetual contracts, annualised. These measure how crowded positioning is, not whether it is correct — and that boundary is stated where you can't miss it.
L1 Supply
Order book depth and impact estimator
Enter an amount and see, against the live order book, how many levels it consumes, how far the average fill sits from mid, and what it would cost to move the price 1%. Puts "someone sold X" back into the context of real depth.
M Method
News impact classifier
Pick a type of news and see which layer it usually works through, what to verify first, and — more usefully — what it commonly does not mean. No price predictions, just classification and common misreadings.
L4 Events
Volatility timeline
Documented large moves in crypto: what was verifiable at the time, and where the attributions still disagree. Filterable by mechanism layer. Facts and disagreements only, no extrapolation.
L4 Events
Halving facts table
Block heights, reward changes and daily issuance for all four halvings, plus a small calculator that estimates the next one from a block height. Verifiable facts only, no extrapolation.
M Method
Glossary of price-mechanics terms
Open interest, funding rate, liquidation, depth, spread, net flows — only the terms you actually hit while reading explanations, each with the way it is most commonly misread. Filterable.
Which step each one belongs to
They aren't eight separate gadgets. Each sits at a specific point in the same diagnostic routine:
- Step one — is the whole market moving together? Use the market heatmap. It computes an alignment score and tells you which layer to check next.
- Step two — which layer? Use the layer explorer for that layer's tells and the public data behind them.
- Step three — how much leverage is in the system? Use funding rates and leverage to see how crowded positioning is and how much fuel is sitting there.
- Extra — how much impact can a given size have? Use the depth and impact estimator to put “someone sold X” back into the context of real book depth.
- Holding a specific piece of news? Run it through the news impact classifier and check what it commonly does not mean.
- Wondering what this shape looked like before? Browse the volatility timeline; every entry includes where the attributions disagree.
- Any claim involving the halving? Check it against the halving facts table.
- Hit a term you don't know? The glossary gives a usable definition plus the way it's most often misread.
The three live tools show things that have already happened: the last 24 hours of moves, the current funding rate, the book as it stands. They do not predict direction, publish targets or suggest timing, and nowhere do they say “now would be a good moment to…”
The correct response to “the whole market is down” is to go find out why, not to place a trade. If that line ever gets crossed, this site becomes the thing it criticises.
No candlestick charts, no price alerts, no watchlists, no countdown timers. The three live tools exist for one specific reason: steps one and three of our own method require current readings, and without them you'd have to go looking elsewhere. Serving the diagnostic routine is the boundary; turning this into a place where you watch the market is not.