Start with a date, not a live snapshot
Open the Daily Tape archive and choose a market and date. A dated page answers “what did Isobath observe on this day?” rather than silently changing as the live market does. Each record keeps its observation window, scan age, and coverage context.
Read the market summary
Begin with the day’s aggregate changes: long and short exposure added or reduced, positions opened or closed, concentration, and the number of observed accounts. These summarize the frame; they do not replace the account events underneath.
Follow the largest events
Open an event to see the wallet, asset, side, before-and-after values, delta, rank or share where available, and the account’s prior history. A Daily Tape entry is useful because the event and its evidence remain linked after the day has passed.
Compare across markets
Use the same date for BTC, ETH, SOL, HYPE, and XRP to compare where observed account activity was concentrated. The Heatmap and Rotation views help turn separate dated records into a cross-market research question.
Use it as a citation
When referencing a Daily Tape observation, cite its market, date, observation time, comparison window, coverage, and stable URL. Pair it with the methodology when explaining how the record was produced.