Cosmos Goodies: Tools of the Trade (Tickers, Trackers & Taxes)

With numerous new projects being launched in the Cosmos ecosystem these past few months, it's getting harder and harder to keep track of everything going on! While avid community members like @Jk6276 actively share new and engaging content within the ecosystem, it can still be challenging to remember dates, times, and details surrounding upcoming airdrops, chain upgrades, and new project launches.

So, being a validator for 10 different chains inside the Cosmos ecosystem, I figured I'd share a few sites and tools I use on a near-daily basis to keep track of everything going on - ensuring that I never skip a beat in the what's what of the Cosmosphere!

Mintscan.io - Token Price History & Chain Data

If you're not already familiar with Mintscan and you're in any way involved with Cosmos ecosystem tokens, then you're seriously missing out.

Mintscan is the ultimate website for all things Cosmos tokens. You can view everything from token validator stats, to active proposals, whether or not the validator you staked with voted on a certain proposal (and HOW they voted), price metrics, block history, and so much more.

The main Mintscan website currently offers metrics for 27 different ecosystem tokens. If you're a bit more daring and willing to use their testnet site, you can find metrics for an additional 7 tokens, including Secret Network- simply visit https://testnet.mintscan.io and select which token you'd like to browse stats on. Note that this site, while being subdomained as "testnet", does actually share LIVE mainnet data for tokens displayed, while not being made available on their main website.

Cosmos Uplink - Airdrop Calendar

A new find for me as of late, the Uplink calendar is definitely my new favorite addition to my arsenal.

Cosmos has been notorious for having a ridiculous number of airdrops (which of course, none of us are complaining about!) The high number of new stakedrops, however, has made it somewhat difficult to keep track of everything - especially as a validator. I already have to worry about new proposals and governance conversations, node upgrades/patches, and various other daily minutiae, that also remembering when an airdrop is, as well as the specifics of it, can sometimes find it's way down towards the bottom of my list.

That's where Uplink has played a key role. This freebie calendar is maintained by a private entity (assuming a non-validator community member). It's currently displaying a few of the more well-known airdrops that are releasing over the next week or two, including Bitsong, Neta Money, and Shade Protocol (which I'm EXTREMELY excited about!)

Head on over and check Cosmos Uplink out for yourself - you may find it ending up in your private toolkit, too.

Apollo Exporter - Token Transaction Spreadsheets (Perfect for Taxes)

The 3rd and final goodie I'll share tonight is Apollo Exporter. This is also a new addition to my kit, but this one has been an absolute gamechanger (especially in combination with Koinly, my crypto tax tracking software).

Apollo Exporter is a 100% FREE transaction exporter for a number of Cosmos ecosystem tokens. Simply plug in your wallet address (such as JUNO, IRIS, or ATOM), and out comes a neat, nifty spreadsheet with all transactions in, out, etc. It looks like more tokens are being added (upcoming is Osmosis, which is HUGE). These spreadsheets include fees spent, what they were spent on (claiming rewards, voting, sending, etc), rewards earned, you name it. This will save me countless hours yearly tracking and managing my token sheets.

I personally was maintaining individual sheets for each token, as there are TONS of yields to track. However, with Apollo, I am now able to completely eliminate my manual tracking system, in favor of a simple spreadsheet export. I love it!

Give Apollo a try now - I bet you will fall in love, too ;)