diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index f015e48..9f746a0 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const logger = require('utils/logger.js');
 const bitcoind = require('routes/v1/bitcoind/info.js');
 const charts = require('routes/v1/bitcoind/charts.js');
 const system = require('routes/v1/bitcoind/system.js');
+const widgets = require('routes/v1/bitcoind/widgets.js');
 const ping = require('routes/ping.js');
 const app = express();
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ app.use('/', express.static('./ui/dist'));
 app.use('/v1/bitcoind/info', bitcoind);
 app.use('/v1/bitcoind/info', charts);
 app.use('/v1/bitcoind/system', system);
+app.use('/v1/bitcoind/widgets', widgets);
 app.use('/ping', ping);
 
 app.use(errorHandleMiddleware);
diff --git a/logic/widgets.js b/logic/widgets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0ab0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logic/widgets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+const bitcoind = require('logic/bitcoind.js');
+
+async function getBitcoinStatsWidgetData() {
+  const stats = await bitcoind.nodeStatusSummary();
+  // bitcoind.nodeStatusSummary() returns the following format:
+  // {
+  //   "difficulty": 70343519904866.8,
+  //   "size": 619737765556,
+  //   "mempool": 264944224,
+  //   "connections": 11,
+  //   "networkhashps": 516082722091118500000
+  // }
+
+  const [hashRateValue, hashRateUnits] = abbreviateHashRate(stats.networkhashps);
+  const [blockchainSizeValue, blockchainSizeUnits] = abbreviateSize(stats.size);
+  const [mempoolValue, mempoolUnits] = abbreviateSize(stats.mempool);
+
+  const widgetData = {
+    type: 'four-stats',
+    refresh: '5s',
+    link: '',
+    items: [
+      {title: 'Connections', text: stats.connections, subtext: 'peers'},
+      {title: 'Mempool', text: mempoolValue, subtext: mempoolUnits},
+      {title: 'Hashrate', text: hashRateValue, subtext: hashRateUnits},
+      {title: 'Blockchain size', text: blockchainSizeValue, subtext: blockchainSizeUnits}
+    ]
+  };
+
+  return widgetData;
+}
+
+async function getBitcoinSyncWidgetData() {
+  const sync = await bitcoind.getSyncStatus();
+  // bitcoind.getSyncStatus() returns the following format:
+  // {
+  //   "chain": "main",
+  //   "percent": 0.9999993962382976,
+  //   "currentBlock": 828436,
+  //   "headerCount": 828436,
+  //   "pruned": false
+  // }
+
+
+  // sync.percent is `verificationprogress` from the getblockchaininfo RPC, which can't reach 1 when the most recent block is in the past.
+  // To ensure accurate percentage display during sync:
+  //  - When no headers have been downloaded, we set the progress to 0% (this is because sync.percent = 1 when no headers have been downloaded).
+  //  - When current block matches header count (indicating sync completion), we set the progress to 100%.
+  //  - For other cases, we use the value of `verificationprogress` with 2 decimal places and floor it such that the value is in the range 0% to 99.99%.
+  // This allows us to show accurate percentage during initial sync by using the `verificationprogress` value, while also
+  // not relying on prematurely rounding to 100% before the sync is actually complete
+  let syncPercent = Math.floor(sync.percent * 10000) / 100;
+  // If we're synced to the tip, always show 100
+  if (sync.currentBlock === sync.headerCount) syncPercent = 100;
+  // If no headers have been downloaded, show 0. sync.percent = 1 when no headers have been downloaded.
+  if (sync.headerCount === 0) syncPercent = 0;
+
+
+  const widgetData = {
+    type: 'text-with-progress',
+    refresh: '2s',
+    link: '',
+    title: 'Blockchain sync',
+    text: `${syncPercent}%`,
+    progressLabel: syncPercent === 100 ? 'Synced' : 'In progress',
+    progress: syncPercent / 100
+  };
+
+  return widgetData;
+}
+
+// consider breaking out into a utility and using in both frontend and backend
+function abbreviateHashRate(n) {
+  if (n < 1e3) return [Number(n.toFixed(1)), 'H/s'];
+  if (n >= 1e3 && n < 1e6) return [Number((n / 1e3).toFixed(1)), 'kH/s'];
+  if (n >= 1e6 && n < 1e9) return [Number((n / 1e6).toFixed(1)), 'MH/s'];
+  if (n >= 1e9 && n < 1e12) return [Number((n / 1e9).toFixed(1)), 'GH/s'];
+  if (n >= 1e12 && n < 1e15) return [Number((n / 1e12).toFixed(1)), 'TH/s'];
+  if (n >= 1e15 && n < 1e18) return [Number((n / 1e15).toFixed(1)), 'PH/s'];
+  if (n >= 1e18 && n < 1e21) return [Number((n / 1e18).toFixed(1)), 'EH/s'];
+  if (n >= 1e21) return [Number(+(n / 1e21).toFixed(1)), 'ZH/s'];
+}
+
+function abbreviateSize(n) {
+  if (n < 1e3) return [Number(n.toFixed(1)), 'Bytes'];
+  if (n >= 1e3 && n < 1e6) return [Number((n / 1e3).toFixed(1)), 'KB'];
+  if (n >= 1e6 && n < 1e9) return [Number((n / 1e6).toFixed(1)), 'MB'];
+  if (n >= 1e9 && n < 1e12) return [Number((n / 1e9).toFixed(1)), 'GB'];
+  if (n >= 1e12 && n < 1e15) return [Number((n / 1e12).toFixed(1)), 'TB'];
+  if (n >= 1e15) return [Number(+(n / 1e15).toFixed(1)), 'PB'];
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  getBitcoinStatsWidgetData,
+  getBitcoinSyncWidgetData
+};
diff --git a/routes/v1/bitcoind/widgets.js b/routes/v1/bitcoind/widgets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e653a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/v1/bitcoind/widgets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const router = express.Router();
+
+const widgetLogic = require('logic/widgets.js');
+const safeHandler = require('utils/safeHandler');
+
+router.get('/stats', safeHandler(async(req, res) => {
+  const widgetData = await widgetLogic.getBitcoinStatsWidgetData();
+  res.json(widgetData);
+}));
+
+router.get('/sync', safeHandler(async(req, res) => {
+  const widgetData = await widgetLogic.getBitcoinSyncWidgetData();
+  res.json(widgetData);
+}));
+
+module.exports = router;