Nate is a Research Analyst at Coin Metrics. He leads the weekly State of the Network newsletter and authors long-form research reports covering both network and market data. Prior to joining Coin Metrics he worked at Digital Asset Research.
Stablecoins Come Into Focus in EU’s MiCa Legislation
A data-driven update on stablecoins as the European Council votes in favor of Markets in Crypto Assets legislation (MiCa), set to come into force in 2024.
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Analyzing Recent On-Chain Trends in Stablecoin Activity
Stablecoins have become one of the most discussed categories within the crypto ecosystem, and for good reason: last year stablecoins settled [...]
Crypto Follows Global Markets Lower to Start 2022
At the beginning of 2021, bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and the broader crypto market were riding high buoyed by institutional [...]
Trading Volume Reflects Geographic Shifts in Global Crypto Activity and Adoption
Crypto exchanges play a critical role in facilitating crypto adoption. Exchanges serve as the primary point of access to the [...]
Helicopter Tokens: A New Look at the Data Behind Some of the Largest Airdrops on Ethereum
Airdrops have become a highly popular mechanism in the crypto ecosystem for allocating crypto assets to users. In general, an [...]
Crypto’s Biggest Storylines Going Into 2022
After a transformative 2021 marked by new all-time highs for most of the major cryptoassets and key on-chain metrics, expectations are high [...]
The State Of The Network 2021 Year In Review
In this special edition of State of the Network we look back at crypto’s biggest storylines of 2021. To explore the data [...]
Comparing Returns Across the Major ERC-20 Tokens
One of the primary use cases of Ethereum and other smart contract platforms is the creation of digital tokens. Tokens [...]
Explaining Some of Crypto’s Biggest Data Anomalies
The history of economics and finance is filled with examples of data oddities and irregularities. Numerous economic time series are [...]
Do Ethereum Gas Fees Vary by Time and Day of Week?
With network activity rising and ETH’s price above $4K, twenty-two days into November there has yet to be a day with [...]