For DeFi & onchain analysts · AI tooling watchers

Others tell you what happened.

Speculix measures what's starting to move.

If you track DeFi, onchain flows or AI tooling, you know the edge is in the baselines. Every morning at 06:00 UTC we compare TVL curves, DEX volume, gas, GitHub velocity and research against their own history — and brief you on what is actually moving, with the evidence links.

Get Premium — $5, one time→ Read today's free sample briefing

One payment of $5 via Stripe · Nothing recurring

What Speculix caught this week

Lead signals from the last 7 daily briefings — dates shown

Today's Signal
Loading today's signal...
The problem

By the time it trends, you're already late.

When a signal reaches your mainstream newsletter, it's already priced in. The web generates early signal before consensus forms — but finding it requires a structured pipeline, not a news tab.

You're always reactive

Most trend tools surface what's already popular. You learn at the same time as everyone else — weeks after the signal first appeared in onchain data or obscure GitHub repos.

Early signal hides in the noise

Real emerging signals live in commit histories, pre-publication research, and niche communities. Without automated monitoring, you can't find them before the crowd does.

Data without timing context

Raw data without temporal context isn't actionable. Knowing something is moving now — before it reaches the front page — is the difference between catching the precursor and reading about it afterwards.

How it works

Signal detected early. Briefing in your inbox.

A three-layer pipeline that finds what's gaining momentum — before it breaks through to mainstream coverage.

01

Scan before the crowd

We monitor onchain flows (DeFiLlama, Ethereum gas), GitHub commit velocity before project launches, arXiv papers before citation spikes, and niche communities — not mainstream feeds.

02

Score & detect early

Momentum algorithms cross-reference signals across sources and surface patterns while they're still in the early stage — not after everyone is already covering them.

03

Brief you first

You receive a structured briefing: signal name, why it matters now, supporting evidence with source links, and a suggested action — before the signal reaches mainstream coverage.

Report structure

Every briefing is built to act on

Each trend in your report is structured for clarity and immediate use — not raw data.

◈

Trend name

The specific signal or pattern we identified

◉

Why it matters

The strategic or practical relevance for you

◎

Evidence observed

Signals, links, and sources where momentum was detected

◐

Who should care

The audience most likely to benefit from acting on this

◆

Suggested action

One concrete next step you can take today

◍

Confidence score

Our signal strength rating from 0–100, based on cross-source validation

Sample report

This is what you receive

Real briefing format. Sample data shown — readers get this with live signals every day.

Speculix

Intelligence Briefing — Sample

SAMPLE EDITION

Reduce noise. Discover signals early.

📊 Market Overview

Reservoir Protocol TVL +107.5% in 7 days
DeFiLlama✅ Verified🔥 High

$68.07M · +107.5%

CDP · 24h -2.7%

Source: DeFiLlama

Aerodrome DEX volume hit $421.8M in 24h
DeFiLlama✅ Verified📈 Medium

$421.8M · +14.6%

Top DEX volume acceleration with fresh Base ecosystem flow.

Source: DeFiLlama

⛓️ Onchain Pulse

Ethereum proposed gas is 32.4 gwei
Ethereum gas✅ Verified📈 Medium

32.4 gwei proposed · 31.8 base fee

Public Ethereum node shows proposed gas at 32.4 gwei with base fee near 31.8 gwei.

Source: Ethereum gas

Solana stablecoin supply −2.8% in 24h — $453M net outflow
DefiLlama Stablecoins✅ Verified📈 Medium

$15.9B supply · −$453M in 24h

Dry powder rotating out of Solana — the 7-day net is what confirms real rotation.

Source: DefiLlama Stablecoins

📈 Derivatives Signals

NIL perp funding at +0.45%/day — crowded longs pay to stay in
Hyperliquid✅ Verified📈 Medium

+0.45%/day funding · OI ≥ $10M

When funding runs this hot, any long squeeze unwinds the crowd — watch for the flush, not the trend.

Source: Hyperliquid

🤖 Tech & AI Signals

browser-use/web-ui · 1,240 new stars today (TypeScript)
GitHub✅ Verified🔥 High

1,240 new stars today · TypeScript

High-velocity open-source activity around browser agents and automation.

Source: GitHub Trending

[HN · 426pts] Show HN: Local voice agents in the browser
Hacker News✅ Verified📈 Medium

426 points · 98 comments

Strong developer discussion around local-first AI workflows.

Source: Hacker News

🔬 Research Signals

Tiny recursive agents for long-horizon tool use — Chen et al.
arXiv✅ Verified📈 Medium

cs.AI · preprint

Recent paper introduces a compact planning method for multi-step agent tasks.

Source: arXiv

💬 Farcaster Pulse

Term 'agent' appears 64.5x above its 7-day baseline on /ai
Farcaster⚡ Speculative🔥 High

43 recent casts · 64.5x

Warpcast search sample in /ai: 430 casts over 7 days

Source: Farcaster

🔒 Premium Access — unlock more

🔒 [AI] Early signals — before they go mainstream

🔒 [Crypto] Momentum alerts — strength, velocity, context

🔒 [Startup] Funding signals — GitHub activity and job posts

Unlock Premium — $5, one time

Early signals · Deeper analysis · Signal API included

Sample data — readers get live signals every day
Who it's for

Built for people who read the chain.

One audience, no watering down: people who watch onchain activity and AI tooling for a living — and shows its track record, misses included.

DeFi & onchain analysts

TVL moves, DEX volume spikes and gas baselines, scored against their own history every morning — with the DeFiLlama and onchain explorer links to check each number yourself.

AI tooling watchers

Commit and star velocity on AI infra and agent repos, plus Hacker News breakout threads — the repos gaining users before the launches and the coverage.

VCs & angels

Onchain momentum and GitHub surges, scored against their own history every morning. Not a thesis — a daily, sourced read on which protocols are actually gaining traction.

Technical researchers

arXiv preprints before citation spikes and unusual commit velocity in niche repos — the early state of ideas you would otherwise meet in a podcast three weeks later.

Pricing

Simple pricing. No surprises.

$5, one time — daily signal briefings from onchain data, GitHub commit velocity, research papers, and niche communities. Sources most people aren't watching yet.

PremiumEarly adopter price
$5once

One payment of $5 · No subscription, nothing recurring

  • Daily briefing at 06:00 UTC
  • Early signals with evidence and confidence scoring
  • Each signal: name, evidence, suggested action, confidence score
  • Cross-source analysis: DeFiLlama, Ethereum gas, GitHub, Hacker News, arXiv
  • English or French briefing — your choice
  • No card stored, nothing to cancel
Unlock Premium — $5, one time

Secure checkout via Stripe · No card stored on our end

Building with signals?

The signal API — included in Premium

GET /v1/trends returns the same signals the daily briefing publishes as structured JSON: onchain moves, GitHub velocity, Hacker News, arXiv, gas, Smart Money. Evidence links and a confidence score on every signal.

GET /v1/trends · signal API v1 · live
Live
GET /v1/trends
The latest run as JSON, filtered by section, source, confidence
GET /v1/trends/{date}
Any dated run from the archive — Premium key required
GET /v1/health
Last run timestamp, signal count, sources reached
Confidence score
0–100 per signal from a published formula, filterable
Evidence links
Direct URLs to the source data behind every signal
English or French
lang=en or lang=fr — the same two languages as the briefing

No key: today's free signals, 20 requests/day. Premium key: the full dated archive plus Smart Money (where the biggest on-chain wallets are buying and selling), 1,000 requests/day. Included in Premium ($5, one time) at no extra charge.

Read the API docs →
Free daily briefing · No card required

See what's moving before it trends.

Submit your email and get the free briefing in your inbox — today's, and every day at 06:00 UTC. Onchain flows, GitHub velocity, research — curated before they hit mainstream coverage.

No spam. English or French. Unsubscribe anytime.

Speculix does not provide financial advice. It surfaces emerging trends and signals to help users make better-informed decisions.