Research-DrivenCrypto Investing
Fundamentally transforms how you evaluate, size, and manage cryptocurrency investments through a systematic framework built on your own research—not speculation.
Our Investment Philosophy
Conviction Over Hype
Every investment decision should be backed by research you've personally conducted. We believe that understanding why you own an asset is just as important as owning it. Fundamentally gives you the tools to formalize and quantify your research.
Systematic Discipline
Emotion is the enemy of good investing. Our framework helps you make decisions based on predetermined criteria rather than fear or greed. When you define your rules in advance, you're more likely to follow them during volatility.
Position Sizing Matters
It's not just what you buy—it's how much. The best research in the world means nothing if you size positions randomly. We connect your conviction level directly to your allocation, ensuring your portfolio reflects your actual beliefs.
Core Concepts
Lenses
Your Custom Evaluation Framework
A Lens is a customizable set of questions you create to evaluate cryptocurrencies. Think of it as your personal investment checklist—the criteria that matter most to your investment thesis.
Different asset types deserve different evaluation criteria. A Layer 1 blockchain requires different questions than a DeFi protocol or meme coin. Lenses let you create specialized frameworks for each category.
Example Lens Questions
- Technology: Is the codebase actively maintained with regular commits?
- Team: Does the team have a proven track record in crypto or related fields?
- Tokenomics: Is the token distribution fair with reasonable unlock schedules?
- Adoption: Are real users actively using the protocol beyond speculation?
Focus Score
Quantified Conviction (0-100)
Your Focus Score is a number from 0 to 100 that represents your personal conviction in an asset based on your Lens evaluation. It's calculated from your answers to your Lens questions, weighted by the importance you assign to each criterion.
Higher Focus scores indicate stronger alignment with your investment criteria. Lower scores suggest the asset doesn't meet your standards—even if the market is bullish on it.
Focus Score Interpretation
Bet Size Manager
Focus → Position Sizing
The Bet Size Manager maps your Focus scores to suggested portfolio allocation percentages. You define the rules—how much of your portfolio should be allocated to assets at each conviction level.
This creates systematic discipline: high conviction assets get larger allocations, low conviction assets get smaller ones. When you deviate from these ranges, you'll receive Concentration Risk signals.
Example Configuration
Signals System
Risks & Opportunities
Signals combine your Focus scores, market timing data (CBBI), and current position sizes to surface actionable insights. They alert you to potential risks in your portfolio and highlight opportunities that align with your research.
Risk Signals
- Concentration Risk: Position exceeds bet size range
- Liquidity Risk: Large position vs. trading volume
- Volatility Risk: High volatility + significant position
- FOMO Risk: Good timing but low Focus score
- Focus-Timing Mismatch: High Focus, unfavorable timing
- Cleanup Candidate: Tiny position, low conviction
- Overweight Poor Timing: Above range in bad conditions
Opportunity Signals
- High Focus Below Range: Conviction high, position low
- High Focus On Plan: Everything aligns perfectly
- Balanced Neutral: Position appropriately sized
- Recovery Candidate: High Focus asset at discount
Market Timing (CBBI)
Macro Context for Decisions
The CBBI (Crypto Bull/Bear Index) is a market cycle indicator that provides macro context for your investment decisions. Created by ColinTalksCrypto, it combines 9 on-chain and technical metrics to estimate where we are in the overall Bitcoin market cycle—helping you understand whether we're closer to a market top or bottom.
Low CBBI (0-30)
Bear market conditions. May favor accumulation of high-Focus assets.
Mid CBBI (30-70)
Neutral conditions. Balance conviction with market awareness.
High CBBI (70-100)
Bull market/euphoria. Exercise caution even with high Focus scores.
When combined with your Focus score, CBBI creates the CWF (CBBI Weighted Focus)—a timing-adjusted conviction score. High Focus in favorable market conditions is more actionable than high Focus during market euphoria.
The Research Workflow
Build Your Lens
Create a custom evaluation framework with questions that matter to your investment thesis. Assign point values based on importance. Use Draft Mode if you need time to research thoroughly.
Evaluate Assets
Answer your Lens questions honestly for each cryptocurrency you're considering. Your answers generate a Focus score that quantifies your conviction.
Size Positions
Use the Bet Size Manager to translate Focus scores into position sizes. Higher conviction means larger allocation—systematically, not emotionally.
Monitor Signals
Receive ongoing risk and opportunity signals as market conditions change. Signals help you maintain discipline and spot misalignments between your research and your actual positions.
Iterate & Improve
Refine your Lenses over time as you learn what matters. Update evaluations when fundamentals change. Your research framework evolves with your expertise.
Why Trust Fundamentally?
Your Keys, Your Crypto
Fundamentally never has access to your cryptocurrency. We're a research and portfolio management tool—not a custodian. Your assets stay in your wallets where they belong.
No Price Predictions
We don't tell you what to buy or when to buy it. We give you the tools to make those decisions yourself based on your own research. Your conviction, your rules.
Data Transparency
Market data is sourced from CoinGecko, a trusted cryptocurrency data aggregator. We don't manipulate or editorialize the numbers.
Education First
Our goal is to make you a better investor, not a dependent one. The more you understand fundamental analysis, the better decisions you'll make—with or without our app.
Explore Our Guides
Portfolio Tracking
Learn how to track crypto holdings across wallets and exchanges.
Fundamental Analysis
Master cryptocurrency evaluation with custom Lenses and Focus scoring.
Risk Management
Understand the 7 risk signals that protect your portfolio.
Opportunity Signals
Spot investment opportunities aligned with your research.
Position Sizing
Turn conviction into systematic portfolio allocation.
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