The on-chain data infrastructure behind Coinbase, FOMO, Rainbow, Uniswap, and hundreds of others, Codex processes billions of API requests per month across 75M+ tokens and 80+ networks.

And this week Codex has announced that they now deliver verified, organization and token metadata directly through a partnership with The Grid.

What is Codex's saying about our new partnership . . .

Why we didn't build it ourselves

The obvious move would be to start curating asset metadata in-house. We considered it.

But off-chain business data is a fundamentally different problem from on-chain market data. On-chain data is objective and machine-readable. A token's liquidity and transaction history can't be argued with.

Off-chain data, however, requires relationships with projects, verification processes, editorial standards, and ongoing maintenance. It's a full-time job for a dedicated team.

Luckily, The Grid built exactly that.

The Grid

The Grid is an ecosystem intelligence platform that collects, verifies, and maintains off-chain business information about Web3 organizations. We reviewed their dataset and their processes. It was a no-brainer to include their data in Codex.

What makes their data different

Human verification - The Grid follows a "four eyes" principle: every record is reviewed by a human, then reviewed by a second person before publication. Initial data collection may be AI-assisted, but nothing ships without two sets of human eyes on it.

Project-controlled updates - Organizations claim their own profiles and control their metadata at the organization and asset level. Updates go through The Grid's review process before going live, so the information stays accurate and doesn't go stale. And it ensures that no phishing scams get stuffed into verified profiles.

Structured descriptions - Instead of letting teams write whatever they want, The Grid enforces a three-sentence format:
1. Identity: What is this token?
2. Usage: What can you do with it?
3. Differentiator: What makes it different?

This means every description actually tells you something useful instead of marketing nonsense. For example, here's Tether's:
1. Identity: Tether lets users send and store digital versions of traditional currencies using blockchain technology.
2. Usage: Users can transfer funds globally, trade on exchanges, and participate in digital markets while maintaining stable value.
3. Differentiator: The platform converts traditional currencies into digital tokens that maintain a one-to-one relationship with their underlying assets.

Cross-chain level identity - Most data providers treat the same token on Ethereum, Base, BNB, and Solana as four separate things with four separate metadata records. The Grid tracks the asset and the organization umbrella behind the token.

This means Codex can now associate all four versions of the same token to the same asset/organization, allowing you to collapse all of those assets into one.

So what does this mean for your Web3 project?
Your Grid profile now directly controls how your asset appears inside every product built on Codex. The three-sentence asset description, your logo, your socials, your URLs — all of it flows through.

And what changes for your Grid profile at the API level?
Codex added "hasGridData" and "bluechipRatings" as filters, plus new "asset", "assetDeployment", and "organization" objects on their core token endpoints. Developers can now query verified off-chain context alongside real-time on-chain data in a single request.

What to do if you have a profile?
Head to our network portal and make sure your description, logo, and links are current. Updates go through our review process and propagate downstream.

What to do if you don't have a profile?
Claim your profile. If your project is active in Web3, you should be visible in the products where your users already are.

Read Codex's full announcement here.

What's next

We built Codex to be the most reliable source of on-chain data in the industry. Partnering with The Grid means our customers now get that same standard for off-chain context.

We don't make data decisions lightly. This one was easy.

"The projects building on Codex are some of the most active in Web3. Accurate asset descriptions matter at that scale. The Grid exists so Web3 companies have one place to manage how they appear across the ecosystem, and this integration is exactly the kind of outcome that makes that worthwhile."‍

— Jonathan Knegtel, Co-Founder and CEO, The Grid