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Everyone should be a data analyst. Turn questions into insights instantly with AI and billions of rows of data on crypto, sports, and everything in between📊

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Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 3h

You what is annoying when using LLMs? Hallucinations.

You know what isn't annoying when using LLMs? Baselight's MCP server.

Structured data analysis limits hallucinations and gives you real facts. Take at our MCP docs below 👇
https://baselight.ai/docs/connecting-to-the-baselight-mcp-server/

Getting Started

Welcome to Baselight Think of Baselight as GitHub for structured data. It's a platform where you can explore massive public datasets, query them with SQL, upload and analyze your own data, and publ...

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 1d

bAI 👀

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 3d

Another week, another mountain of new data on Baselight!

• 232,012,235,812 Rows (▲ +22 B)
• 297,470 Tables (▲ +42)
• 52,791 Datasets (▲ +16)
• 25.8 TB Storage (▲ +3 TB)

Dig in. The data’s fresh.

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 4d

Dive into the full announcement and start exploring the data today:
🔗 baselight.ai/the-gold-sta...

💡 Want early access to Baselight AI, custom dashboards or premium bundles? Reach out at [email protected]

Baselight Partners with CoinDesk for Crypto Data Integration

Discover Baselight's partnership with CoinDesk for seamless access to trusted digital asset benchmarks and real-time market data.

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 4d

All of this lives inside Baselight’s open analytics ecosystem with over 230 billion rows and 52,000+ datasets of structured data, across chains, sectors, and research domains.

No API bottlenecks. No gatekeeping. Just data that works.

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 4d

Use cases include:
✅ Asset management
✅ Quantitative research
✅ Structured product design
✅ DeFi risk modeling
✅ Regulatory reporting
✅ Trading dashboards
This is built for the workflows institutions need today.

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 4d

This isn’t a static feed.

All datasets are now structured, SQL-native, and live on Baselight.

That means you can:
• Benchmark portfolios
• Backtest index performance
• Model yield strategies
• Combine with onchain and offchain data
• Feed into AI agents or dashboards

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 4d

CoinDesk Indices & Data powers some of the world’s largest digital asset products.

With this integration, you can now query and analyze:
• Top 200 assets by market cap
• CoinDesk(CD) 5, CD20, CD80 and CD100
• ETH staking yields (CESR)
• ETH total return index (ETXTR)
• CDOR stablecoin rate

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 4d

We have partnered with CoinDeskMarkets & CoinDesk Data to bring the industry’s most trusted crypto benchmarks, rates, and market data into a fully composable analytics environment!

Institutional-grade data is now programmable.

So what does this mean? 🧵

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 6d

Baselight just got way faster ⚡️

• Faster load times
• New data catalog
• Quota system incoming
• bAI going from prompt to insight in seconds

Catch up on everything in the latest Letters from the CTO 👇
https://baselight.ai/making-baselight-go-fast/

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 10d

The data just keeps growing 📈

This week on Baselight:
• 202,120,878,979 rows (+22B)
• 297,348 tables (+283)
• 52,744 datasets (+220)
• 21 TB storage used (+1.4 TB)

More data, more insights. What will you build?

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 19d

Looking for football data to power your next prediction market?

We've got you 👇
https://baselight.app/u/blt/dataset/ultimate_soccer_dataset

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 22d

We’ve been cookin! Sharper dashboards, smoother MCP and AI is getting ready to analyze your data.

From new limits and metering tools to chart upgrades and public query browsing, the latest Letters from the CTO has it all.

Catch up here 👇
https://baselight.ai/improvements-across-the-board/

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 23d

Tired of dashboards that break your thumbs and your patience on mobile?

On Baselight, dashboards are built mobile first so you can track stablecoins, APRs, and liquidity flows without tilting your phone like you’re cracking a safe.

Insights > finger yoga

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 24d

More rows, more insights, more power for your models 💪

Baselight by the numbers this week:
• 180,500,492,728 rows
• 297,309 tables
• 52,725 datasets
• 19.6 TB storage

+16B rows in a week. We’re just getting started.
Tap in 👇

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · 27d

Let's dive into some of the stats on the dashboard and see what's changed with RLUSD over the past 10 days!

As of Sept 13:
• 85.9M RLUSD issued (no change)
• 35,383 holders (+207 vs last week)
• 182 AMMs (+8 vs last week)

https://baselight.app/u/elreydetent/dashboard/ripple-usd-on-the-xrp-ledger

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Sep 10

Take a look at @pjsousa's recent dashboard analyzing the last 10 years of @premierleague scoring data, all created directly on Baselight!

Want to take a look at your favorite leagues? Give Baselight a try today!

https://baselight.app/u/pjsousa/dashboard/premier-league-insights-2015-present

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey $XRP Army! Take a look at the $RLUSD dashboard we put together analyzing how RLUSD has been adopted on the XRPL.

Shout out to XRPScan for providing the data!

https://baselight.app/u/elreydetent/dashboard/ripple-usd-on-the-xrp-ledger

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Baselight MCP server now in beta.

LLMs + Baselight = structured data superpowers.

No scraping, no setup, just smart answers.

Reply “MCP” and we’ll get you set up!

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Sep 5

You asked for them. So we made them.

Our mobile optimized dashboards are officially live and we figured there was no better way to show them off than creating one that shows the current data statistics on Baselight!

https://baselight.app/u/adlrocha/dashboard/baselight-letters-from-the-cto-volume-7

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Sep 5

LLMs are great at talking. Baselight helps them think.

Our MCP server gives AI real-time access to structured data so they stop guessing and start analyzing.

Structured data = less hallucinations and more facts

https://baselight.ai/docs/connecting-to-the-baselight-mcp-server/

Connecting to the Baselight MCP Server

MCP is available in beta preview only and is not yet generally available. Baselight’s MCP (Model Context Protocol) server lets you seamlessly integrate your favorite applications with the Bas…

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Baselight's data catalog continues to grow at a crazy pace!

This week’s data update:
• Rows: 151,612,621,983 (+12B)
• Tables: 281,501 (+37)
• Datasets: 52,184 (+16)
• Storage used: 16 TB

Billions of fresh rows, ready for AI-powered analysis.

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Aug 28

We just crossed 139 billion rows of data 🧠📈

Take a look at this week's stats:
• Rows: 139,848,468,460 (+20B!)
• Tables: 281,464 (+398)
• Datasets: 52,168 (+337)

💾 Storage: 15 TB and counting

Structured data just keeps stacking!

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Aug 22

We just wrapped our team offsite in Lisbon and made big moves:
• Baselight AI is on the way
• MCP is getting closer to public launch
• New ways to embed our dashboards into your apps

Catch all the details in Volume 6 of Letters from the CTO 👇
https://baselight.ai/team-offsite-ai-data-and-mcp/

Baselight @baselightdb.bsky.social · Aug 21

The numbers don’t lie. From crypto to sports to science, this is what a permissionless data engine looks like.

Baselight is now powering:
• 119,811,826,669 rows of data (+7B)
• 281,066 tables (+1,663)
• 51,831 datasets (+400)

🧠📊 Baselight is Data.