Tired of manually tracking the crypto market? Build a streamlined, automated research dashboard to stay informed—without the overwhelm.
Why Automate Your Crypto Workflow?
With over 100 new crypto ETFs launching in 2026, sudden protocol shifts (like Cardano’s roadmap pivot), and ongoing security concerns (like private key design flaws), keeping up with crypto trends is both crucial and time-consuming.
This guide shows you how to create a fully automated research system using Notion, Zapier, and AI tools—so you spend less time gathering news and more time acting on insights.
Step 1: Set Up Your Research Dashboard in Notion
Create a new database in Notion titled Crypto Intel with the following fields:
- Title (Text)
- Source (Select)
- Category (Multi-select: e.g., ETFs, Security, Protocols)
- Published Date (Date)
- Summary (Text)
- Link (URL)
This will act as your central hub for digesting crypto news and developments.
Step 2: Create an Automated News Feed with Zapier
Zapier allows you to pull in new articles from sources like CryptoSlate using RSS or APIs.
Here’s a Zap to set up:
- Trigger: RSS by Zapier → New Item in Feed
- Action: Notion → Create Database Item
Use CryptoSlate’s RSS feed (or any other crypto site) as the trigger. Map the article’s title, link, and summary to the appropriate Notion fields.
🔥 Pro tip: Add a filter step in Zapier to ignore duplicate or low-quality sources.
Step 3: Use AI to Summarize and Tag the News
Connect Zapier to OpenAI’s GPT or Writer to generate intelligent summaries and assign categories.
Modify your Zap:
- Insert a “Formatter by Zapier” step to clean up text.
- Then add an “OpenAI” step:
Prompt: "Summarize this article in 3 sentences and tag it with relevant crypto categories." Input: Article content or excerpts
The output is used to populate the Summary and Category fields in your Notion database.
Step 4: Visualize and Prioritize
Inside Notion, configure different views:
- By Category: Group your dashboard by ETFs, Security, Protocols, etc.
- Kanban View: Track research from “New” → “Reading” → “Actioned”
- Calendar View: Highlight trends on a timeline, especially post major events like ETF approvals.
Color-code entries based on urgency or market impact.
Bonus: Add Weekly AI Briefings
Create a scheduled Zap every Friday that compiles key summaries into a Notion page, using an AI tool to create a digest email for yourself or your team.
Tools like Mailbrew or Beehiiv can format and send these digests automatically.
Why This Workflow Works
- Scalability: Track dozens of sources without manual effort
- Clarity: AI summaries filter signal from noise
- Actionability: Everything organized and visualized in one dashboard
Level Up Your System
Want to go further?
- Integrate with Readwise to highlight and recall insights
- Use Make.com for more advanced API automations
- Link price alerts or on-chain data into the same dashboard
🚀 Ready to Build It?
Use this Zapier + Notion guide to set up your automated research system in under an hour.
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Final Thoughts
Crypto moves fast. Don’t get left behind manually scrolling headlines. Build an intelligence dashboard that works for you 24/7—powered by AI, organized in Notion, and automated through Zapier.
Let tech do the heavy lifting, so you can focus on strategy, not sorting through noise.
