Source trace
Every public chart keeps provider, query or dataset, data-through date, and citation path close to the visual.
Method
Source-backed crypto charts should show their limits.
The Hard Data uses one public standard across chart pages and research notes: every reusable chart should show the source, last-updated date, denominator or scope, and a plain note on what the data can and cannot prove. The first shelf applies this to stablecoin supply, treating balances as stock evidence, not demand, liquidity, reserves, or peg safety.
Evidence standards
Three gates before a chart becomes evidence.
A chart page should feel reusable because the proof is still attached: where the data came from, what the metric can claim, and which checks happened before publication.
Metric boundary
The page states unit, denominator, scope, exclusions, and what the metric cannot prove before the conclusion hardens.
Publish gate
A chart becomes public evidence only after source, freshness, rendering, and caveats are reviewed.
Evidence Method
One public standard, different evidence shapes.
These are chart-page patterns, not a required sequence. Each view earns its place by helping the reader check the question, source, date, scope, and caveat.
When the question is current structureSnapshot / Ranking
When the question changes over timeTrend
When the mix mattersComposition
When rows need inspectionTable
Always stated near the chartCaveat
Question -> source -> chart view -> freshness -> caveat
Scope -> unit -> comparison set -> visible limit
Public chart page -> source trail -> research note when context is needed
Snapshot / Ranking
Ranks issuers, assets, chains, or protocols at a stated date with the denominator in view.
Trend
Shows movement through the same source and metric scope before calling it expansion, contraction, or rotation.
Composition
Shows how issuer, asset, chain, or protocol share changes inside the stated universe.
Table
Keeps values, units, source coverage, and freshness inspectable beside the chart.
Caveat
Names what the data can show and what it cannot prove before a useful chart becomes a broader market claim.
Public boundary:A chart becomes reusable only when source, freshness, denominator, caveat, and human review are visible enough for a reader to check.
Reader path
From question to reusable chart page.
01
Question
One crypto market question that a chart can answer without stretching the source.
02
Source
The provider, Dune query, or dataset is visible near the chart instead of buried in footnotes.
03
Freshness
Readers can see the last-updated or data-through date before reusing the chart.
04
Denominator
The scope, unit, comparison set, and time window are stated before the chart becomes a claim.
05
Caveat
A plain note says what the data can and cannot prove.
Publish standard
What keeps chart evidence from becoming noise.
Source, date, and caveat stay together
A chart page should keep source, freshness, denominator, and caveat close enough that a reader can check the claim without hunting through the site.
Chart shape follows the evidence
The view follows the data shape: ranking for current structure, trend for changes over time, composition for mix, and table when rows need inspection.
Stablecoin supply is balance-stock evidence
The first shelf treats tracked stablecoin balances as supply stock. It does not turn supply into demand, liquidity, reserves, peg safety, or fresh fiat inflow.
Research notes connect chart pages
A chart page should stand on its own. A research note connects several chart pages when a market question needs context, caveats, or a shared denominator.
Evidence is not investment advice
The Hard Data explains what a chart can and cannot support. It does not provide price predictions, trading calls, or personalized financial advice.
Dispatch list
Get reviewed releases, not a content drip.
Join the low-noise list for chart evidence, research notes, and method changes worth revisiting.
- Reviewed chart releases when new evidence is public.
- Research and method notes when source limits change.