The Tie builds an institutional market terminal. Perception builds a media narrative workspace focused on the stories and coverage that move policy and capital.
We fill the strategic narrative gaps that traditional terminals leave behind.
Unlocking media narrative intelligence for digital asset professionals
The Tie tracks market data that includes news. Perception tracks narrative intelligence, showing you how different outlets cover the same event and where the coverage gaps lie.
Get real-time updates to our Fear & Greed index and narrative tracking. Catch major media sentiment shifts as they break, rather than waiting for daily/hourly on-chain aggregates.
We deliberately exclude social media noise, duplicate press releases, and memecoin spam to focus on market-moving journalism and institutional analysis.
Connect your workflows directly to our primary narrative database. Query media sentiment, analyst ratings, and intelligence digests natively in your AI client.
Low-noise news and narrative tracking at scale
Answers to common questions about narrative intelligence vs data terminals
The Tie is an institutional data terminal designed for trading desks, providing derivatives, social volume metrics, and on-chain alerts. Perception is narrative intelligence built for news editors, operators, and analysts to track how stories are covered across 1,000+ primary sources.
No, Perception focuses strictly on media sentiment, publications, and narrative analytics. If you require metrics like open interest, funding rates, or exchange wallets, tools like The Tie or Glassnode are the right fit.
Yes. The Tie tells you market metrics (like ETF inflows), while Perception tells you how major outlets (like Bloomberg, CoinDesk, and Reuters) each framed the news differently.
Perception features transparent self-serve pricing starting at $49/seat/month. The Tie is an enterprise-only terminal requiring custom sales contracts and higher budgets.