Narrative intelligence
Each metric in the narrative intelligence rubric ships with a bilingual education sheet. Click any identifier to open the detailed page (definition, how to read, key zones, historical context).
Attention
| Identifier | Name | Short description | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
narrative-retail-euphoria-index | Retail Euphoria Index (Google Trends) | Worldwide search interest for a 6-term retail euphoria basket ('bitcoin', 'should i buy bitcoin', 'how to buy bitcoin', 'bitcoin moon', 'bitcoin millionaire', 'ethereum') aggregated into a single 0-100 index. The classic Google-Trends-based retail FOMO gauge packaged with Trinity premium UI. | free |
narrative-onboarding-wave | Onboarding Wave (Google Trends) | Search interest for newcomer terms ('how to buy bitcoin', 'comment acheter bitcoin', 'what is bitcoin'). These 0-100 indices show the relative interest in these queries over time and can point to rising public attention; they measure neither absolute search volume nor purchase intent. | free |
narrative-2017-euphoria-basket | 2017 Euphoria Basket (Google Trends) | Stacked area of the four 2017-cycle terms the producer ranks highest by their sum over the entire history it processes, taken from the seven terms the basket tracks ('ICO', 'mining rig', 'hardware wallet', 'altcoin', 'bitcoin millionaire', 'coinbase app', 'bitcoin atm'); the names of the four bands come from the producer's own labels, and the three terms that are not plotted never enter the total. Identifies cycle-similarity zones - when these terms re-accelerate, the market may be entering a 2017-style speculative phase. | pro |
narrative-modern-retail-basket | Modern Retail Basket (Google Trends) | Stacked-area of four retail search terms ('memecoin', 'crypto airdrop', 'phantom wallet', 'metamask'). Tracks how retail interest concentrates on these terms; earlier cycles used a different vocabulary and fall outside the plotted window - different terms, different cohorts. | pro |
narrative-bear-bottom-finder | Bear Bottom Finder (Google Trends) | Capitulation search basket ('bitcoin is dead', 'bitcoin crash', 'is crypto dead', 'mt gox'). Generational bottoms historically coincide with peaks in this basket - when everyone searches 'bitcoin is dead', it usually isn't. | pro |
narrative-institutional-interest-proxy | Institutional Interest Proxy (Google Trends) | Search interest for institutional terms ('bitcoin ETF', 'microstrategy', 'blackrock bitcoin', 'halving'). Tracks the mainstreamification of crypto via institutional vocabulary entering retail search. | pro |
narrative-tech-adoption-wave | Tech Adoption Wave (Google Trends) | Stacked area of tech-concept search indices: four concepts out of five tracked, selected by sum of indices over the processed history. Each band is that term's 0-100 index, normalized on its own maximum. Its thickness is the index at that date; the total is a sum of indices. Neither the ranking nor the bands measure absolute search volumes or shares of a common market. | pro |
narrative-cycle-peak-predictor | Cycle Peak Predictor (Google Trends) | Z-score of aggregated retail search interest vs BTC price - measures divergence between attention and price. Retail attention accelerating faster than price has historically accompanied late-cycle phases. | pro |
narrative-wiki-mainstream-curiosity | Mainstream Curiosity Index (Wikipedia) | Bitcoin + Ethereum Wikipedia pageviews daily over 10 years - the cleanest mainstream curiosity indication available (CC-BY-SA, no bots, no marketing). | free |
narrative-wiki-concept-maturation | Concept Maturation Index (Wikipedia) | Stacked daily Wikipedia pageviews for four crypto-concept articles (DeFi, NFT, Web3, Smart contract): each band is its article's view volume, and the total is the sum of those volumes, not a percentage share. Compare article traffic over the displayed period. | pro |
narrative-wiki-smart-contract-war | Smart Contract Attention War (Wikipedia) | Multi-line of Ethereum / Solana / Polkadot / Cardano Wikipedia pageviews - measures the L1 attention dominance battle between the four platforms. | pro |
narrative-wiki-scam-hack-attention | Scam & Hack Attention (Wikipedia) | Multi-line of pageview spikes on FTX, Mt Gox, Terra Luna, Celsius article titles - psychological capitulation markers. Each spike = an industry crisis. | pro |
narrative-wiki-institutional-buzzwords | Institutional Buzzwords Index (Wikipedia) | Stacked pageviews of crypto infrastructure articles (Tether, Stablecoin, Binance, CBDC) - institutional-adjacent vocabulary entering mainstream Wikipedia awareness. Articles backfilled from mid-2017 (CBDC article emerged post-2017 as monetary innovation gained mainstream coverage). | pro |
narrative-wiki-multi-language | Multi-Language Attention (Wikipedia) | Bitcoin article pageviews across the top 4 languages by attention magnitude (English, Russian, German, Spanish), surfacing geographic narrative shifts beyond anglophone-only coverage. Full 9-language basket (EN, FR, DE, ES, JA, ZH, KO, PT, RU) is computed backend ; the 4 strongest are surfaced as the visible lines. | pro |
narrative-wiki-halving-multiplier | Bitcoin Pageviews - Halving Context (Wikipedia) | Daily Bitcoin Wikipedia pageviews timeline - overlay cycle markers around the last three halvings (2016, 2020, 2024) to visually identify the mainstream attention amplitude associated with each halving cycle. | pro |
narrative-wiki-tech-savvy-ratio | Tech-Savvy Curiosity Ratio (Wikipedia) | Ratio of advanced tech article pageviews (Merkle tree, Zero-knowledge proof, Smart contract) vs retail-friendly (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency) - measures who is reading what. | pro |
narrative-yt-fomo-viewership | Top 90 Retail Channels by Lifetime Views (YouTube) | Snapshot ranking of the 90 most-watched crypto YouTube channels by cumulative views. Captures concentration of retail attention across creators. Daily snapshots accumulate to enable a time-series stacked view as history builds. | free |
narrative-yt-creator-velocity | Top 90 Crypto Channels by Subscribers (YouTube) | Snapshot ranking of the 90 largest crypto YouTube channels by subscriber count. Concentration of subscriber base reveals which creators dominate retail mindshare. Daily snapshots accumulate to track velocity over time. | pro |
narrative-yt-geo-heatmap | Crypto Audience Geo-Heatmap (YouTube) | World map of YouTube crypto channels audience by country (250 countries aggregated across 90 channels). Shows retail rotation: US dominant 2017-2021, India + Korea rising 2023-2026. | pro |
narrative-yt-view-to-sub-ratio | Top 90 Channels by View-to-Subscriber Ratio (YouTube) | Snapshot of the 90 crypto channels with highest views-per-subscriber ratio. High ratio = curious lurkers (non-subbing audience). Low ratio = loyal subscribed audience. | pro |
narrative-yt-fr-channels | Top FR Crypto Channels by Subscribers (YouTube) | Snapshot ranking of French-speaking crypto YouTube channels by subscribers (Hasheur, Cryptoast Academy, Owen Simonin, Charlie Rocco, etc.). FR-first edge - distinctive positioning vs English-only competitors. | free |
narrative-yt-content-spikes | Top 90 Channels by Total Video Count (YouTube) | Snapshot ranking of the 90 crypto channels by lifetime video count. Production volume reflects content velocity - high counts = creators racing to capture attention. | free |
narrative-yt-mega-vs-altcoin | Mega vs Altcoin Channel Audience Share (YouTube) | Snapshot of cumulative views split between mega-cap focused channels (top 5 by subscribers) vs altcoin-focused channels. Shift toward altcoin share indicates altseason narrative gaining traction. | pro |
narrative-altseason-search-rotation | Altseason Search Rotation (Google Trends) | Google Trends attention rotation across Ethereum + Solana + Cardano + altcoin. Each phase historically lasts 30-90 days. Ethereum overlay added to surface BTC→ETH dominance flip indicates. | pro |
narrative-yt-stacked-subscribers-en | New YouTube Subscribers - Anglophone Crypto Channels | Monthly new subscribers gained across our curated panel of Anglophone crypto creators. Stacked waves expose audience expansion cycles vs price action. | pro |
narrative-yt-stacked-views-en | New YouTube Views - Anglophone Crypto Channels | Monthly new views gained across our curated panel of Anglophone crypto creators. Wave amplitude maps to retail attention cycles (peaks coincide with bull-market FOMO). | pro |
narrative-yt-stacked-subscribers-fr | New YouTube Subscribers - Francophone Crypto Channels | Monthly change in subscribers across our curated panel of Francophone crypto creators. Measures the evolution of the panel's YouTube channels, without directly measuring cryptocurrency adoption. | pro |
narrative-yt-stacked-views-fr | New YouTube Views - Francophone Crypto Channels | Monthly new views gained across our curated panel of Francophone crypto creators, stacked by channel. Wave amplitude shows how the total monthly views varied across the panel; the chart does not attribute a cause to those variations. | pro |
Developer activity
| Identifier | Name | Short description | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
narrative-gh-bitcoin-core-stars | Bitcoin Core Annual New Stars (GitHub) | Annual new GitHub stars on bitcoin/bitcoin repo since 2009 - yearly OG builder attention wave. | free |
narrative-gh-smart-contract-platforms | Smart Contract L1 Annual Stars (ETH/Solidity/Solana/Polkadot) (GitHub) | New GitHub stars per year for Geth, Solidity, Solana and Polkadot - the yearly wave of L1 builder competition. | pro |
narrative-gh-l2-builder-mindshare | L2 Builder Mindshare (Arbitrum/Optimism/zkSync) (GitHub) | Cumulative GitHub stars on L2 scaling repos (Arbitrum Nitro, Optimism, zkSync Era) - the Layer 2 builder momentum gauge post-2021. | pro |
narrative-gh-defi-protocols-stars | DeFi Protocols Annual Stars (Aave / Uniswap / OpenZeppelin) (GitHub) | Annual new GitHub stars per DeFi protocol, aggregated across all available versions in the open-source repos (Aave, Uniswap, OpenZeppelin contracts). Captures protocol-wide builder attention without version-fragmentation bias. | pro |
narrative-se-solidity-questions | Solidity Developer Activity (Stack Exchange) | Monthly Solidity tag questions on Stack Exchange - Ethereum builder learning curve gauge. | free |
narrative-se-rust-questions | Rust Developer Activity (Stack Exchange) | Monthly Rust tag questions on Stack Exchange - Solana / Polkadot / NEAR builder learning gauge. | pro |
narrative-se-dev-tools-stack | Dev Tools Stack (Hardhat/Truffle/Web3.js/MetaMask) (Stack Exchange) | Stack Exchange questions for four dev-tool tags (Hardhat, Truffle, Web3.js, MetaMask), shown as overlaid series - a count of questions per tag, month by month. | pro |
narrative-builder-momentum-indexEXCLUSIVE | Builder Momentum Index (Trinity) | Trinity-exclusive builder cycle gauge fusing open-source code adoption velocity with developer Q&A engagement velocity into a single oscillator. | performance |
Institutional
| Identifier | Name | Short description | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
narrative-sec-bitcoin-filings | Bitcoin SEC Filings Volume (SEC EDGAR) | Monthly count of SEC 10-K/10-Q/8-K filings mentioning 'bitcoin' - the institutional legal-commitment indication. | free |
narrative-sec-etf-filings | ETF Filings (Bitcoin + Ethereum) (SEC EDGAR) | Two monthly counts of SEC EDGAR filings whose text mentions 'bitcoin ETF' or 'ethereum ETF'. A filing is counted whatever its type; the count does not say whether it approves, rejects or merely mentions a product. Chart starts 2021, when the Ethereum ETF expression begins to appear in the index. | pro |
narrative-sec-stablecoin-filings | Monthly Stablecoin SEC Filings (SEC EDGAR) | Monthly SEC filings mentioning 'stablecoin' - the institutional infrastructure narrative independent of bull/bear cycles. | pro |
narrative-sec-defi-filings | DeFi SEC Filings Awareness (SEC EDGAR) | Monthly SEC filings mentioning 'decentralized finance' - Wall Street's slow but growing awareness of DeFi as an asset class. Coverage starts April 2021 ; SEC EDGAR full-text search for this term wasn't backfilled before that date. | pro |
narrative-sec-mining-filings | Bitcoin Mining SEC Filings (SEC EDGAR) | Monthly SEC filings mentioning 'bitcoin mining' - the capital-markets footprint of the mining sector. Coverage starts April 2021 ; pre-2021 SEC EDGAR backfill for this term is on the roadmap (mining listings existed earlier but the keyword wasn't ingested). | pro |
narrative-sec-custody-filings | Crypto Custody SEC Filings (SEC EDGAR) | Monthly SEC filings mentioning 'crypto custody' - the regulated infrastructure layer enabling institutional flows. The open month is month-to-date and partial; prior points are closed-month totals. Coverage starts April 2021 (term ingestion start date). | pro |
narrative-sec-tokenization-wave | Tokenization Wave (RWA Narrative) (SEC EDGAR) | Monthly SEC filings mentioning 'tokenization' and 'digital asset' - the Real-World-Asset (RWA) institutional narrative. | pro |
narrative-sec-institutional-conviction-indexEXCLUSIVE | Institutional Conviction Index (Trinity) | Trinity-exclusive institutional momentum gauge aggregating multi-vertical regulatory-disclosure activity into a single conviction oscillator. Above-neutral readings flag accelerating Wall-Street commitment to the asset class. | performance |
Media
| Identifier | Name | Short description | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
narrative-gdelt-bitcoin-news-volume | Crypto News Volume (GDELT) | Share of the world's news coverage devoted to crypto, per 100,000 articles monitored by GDELT (7-day window) - the mainstream media attention gauge. | free |
narrative-gdelt-bitcoin-sentiment-tone | Crypto News Tone (GDELT) | Average tone of crypto news coverage, as scored article by article by GDELT (7-day window) - how favourably the press is writing about crypto. | free |
narrative-gdelt-eth-vs-btc-narrative | ETH vs BTC Media Narrative (GDELT) | News coverage naming Bitcoin versus Ethereum, per 100,000 articles (7-day window) - how the media's attention splits between the two largest networks. | pro |
narrative-gdelt-crisis-attention | Crisis Attention Stack (GDELT) | Crypto news coverage of hacks, market stress, enforcement and regulation, stacked in four exclusive layers per 100,000 articles (7-day window) - the crisis attention gauge. | pro |
narrative-gdelt-adoption-narrative | Adoption Narrative (GDELT) | Crypto news coverage of sovereign adoption, payments and adoption in general, stacked in three exclusive layers per 100,000 articles (7-day window). | pro |
narrative-gdelt-altcoin-meme-wave | Altcoin & Meme Media Wave (GDELT) | News coverage of NFTs, memecoins, DeFi and other altcoins, stacked in four exclusive layers per 100,000 articles (7-day window) - the speculative narrative intensity. | free |
narrative-gdelt-institutional-narrative | Institutional Media Narrative (GDELT) | Crypto news coverage of ETFs and of asset managers, banks and corporate treasuries, stacked in two exclusive layers per 100,000 articles (7-day window). | pro |
narrative-gdelt-fud-resilience-indexEXCLUSIVE | FUD Resilience Index (Trinity) | Trinity-exclusive gauge weighing the tone of crypto news coverage against the intensity of crisis coverage, centred on 50. Above 50, the press stays constructive despite the crisis flow; below 50, the narrative is fragile. | performance |
Trinity composites
| Identifier | Name | Short description | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
narrative-tsdar-smart-dumb-ratioEXCLUSIVE | TSDAR - Smart vs Retail Attention Ratio | Trinity-exclusive composite setting institutional and developer attention against retail attention. Above-neutral readings mean the first group weighs more in the score ; below-neutral readings mean retail attention weighs more. The score measures relative attention : it measures neither purchases, nor sales, nor capital flows. | performance |
narrative-tbmi-builder-momentumEXCLUSIVE | TBMI - Builder Momentum Index | Trinity-exclusive builder momentum composite combining the velocity of open-source developer attention (cross-protocol code activity) and the velocity of developer Q&A engagement. Above-neutral readings mark periods where builders ship and ask questions ; below-neutral readings mark builder fatigue or bear capitulation among developers. | performance |
narrative-tnh-narrative-heatmapEXCLUSIVE | TNH - Narrative Heatmap | Trinity-exclusive cross-narrative heatmap tracking crypto themes (DeFi, NFT, Memecoin, Solana ecosystem) across multiple attention sources. Each narrative converges around neutral when it is out of focus, and rises above neutral when retail, search interest, and developer activity converge on the theme simultaneously. | performance |
narrative-alg-attention-liquidity-gapEXCLUSIVE | ALG - Attention-to-Liquidity Gap | Trinity-exclusive attention-vs-liquidity divergence composite. Above-neutral readings mean retail and search attention exceed the underlying stablecoin liquidity flow - a structural risk of retail FOMO without fresh capital. Below-neutral readings mean liquidity is flowing ahead of attention - characteristic of stealth accumulation periods. | performance |
Institutional disclaimer
Trinity Insights is an educational and analytical tool. The metrics listed do not constitute investment advice. Trinity Insights is not a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) registered under MiCA Regulation (EU) 2023/1114. See the full disclaimer.