Investment firms

1. Perform a due diligence on a protocol (“Know Your Protocol”)

Description: Terms like crypto, digital assets, and DeFi applications are often used interchangeably without clear definitions. Yet, they commonly depend on one or more crypto protocols. Standards for risk assessment on DeFi's technical fundamentals haven't been established. Assessing the implications of investing in one protocol over another is challenging for professionals.

Value proposition (how we help to solve a specific problem): Assessing risks associated with technical fundamentals is complex due to the need for a multitude of on- and off-chain data, which is hard to access, process, and standardize. Alterscope integrates this data in real time, simplifying the assessment of technical fundamental risks for investment decisions in protocols.in a protocol.

Alterscope product features:

• Dashboard

• Comparison tool

• Risk scores

2. Diversify technical-fundamental risk in crypto portfolios

Description: Diversification is a core principle in finance. With crypto, and DeFi in specific, new technical-fundamental protocol risks are introduced, which are still often neglected. These represent an unprecedented risk dimension in traditional finance and are crucial for diversification.

Value proposition: Alterscope brings transparency to the technical fundamentals of crypto protocols, enabling diversification at this technical-fundamental level and bolstering internal risk control processes.

Alterscope product features:

• Dashboard

• Comparison tool

3. Monitor post-trade positions and react in real time

Description: Crypto and DeFi operate non-stop. Attacks on crypto networks can happen at any moment. Once investments in a specific asset or protocol are made, professional monitoring tools are essential for immediate response to sudden changes.

Value proposition (how we help to solve a specific problem): Alterscope facilitates monitoring of critical events, providing real-time alerts for detected events. It serves as a comprehensive risk solution for investment firms, either standalone or in conjunction with in-house portfolio management systems.

Alterscope product features:

• Dashboard

• Monitoring/Alerting tool

4. Improve trading algorithms

Description: Enhancing trading algorithms by incorporating data streams about protocol fundamentals.

Value proposition: Standardized off-chain data on protocol fundamentals is rare and often not standardized. Alterscope enhances trading algorithms by offering clean datasets with fundamental data streams.

Alterscope product features:

• Customizable scoring

• Data/API