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Important Updates to ETH Metrics
Important Update: More Accurate Tracking of Ethereum Tokens Coin Metrics is committed to building the crypto economy on a foundation of truth, providing data with the highest standards of clarity and precision. Over the years, the world of Ethereum has [...]
Appraising Growth in Digital Asset Markets
In this week’s issue of State of the Network, we take a closer look at the shift in digital asset market sentiment, leveraging market data and datonomy™ sector classification to contextualize the latest market movements
Breaking BFT: Quantifying the Cost to Attack Bitcoin and Ethereum
This paper addresses concerns surrounding 51% attacks on Bitcoin and 34% attacks on Ethereum, highlighting the uncertainty regarding their costs and benefits. It introduces a novel model called Total Cost to Attack (TCA) to quantify the expenses required to breach [...]
SOTM Mar 14-20, 2024
Welcome to our 164th issue of State of the Market, where we provide an overview of crypto market activity from March 14 - 20, 2024. BlackRock partners with tokenization firm Securitize to create an on-chain "Digital Liquidity Fund," with their BUIDL token [...]
Coin Metrics Supports Ethereum Dencun Upgrade
With the latest Ethereum network upgrade, Dencun, Ethereum is taking the next major step in its ongoing evolution. In this hard fork, the Ethereum community is rolling out multiple updates, including improvements that unlock Layer-2 scalability and augment security for [...]
SOTM Mar 7-13, 2024
Welcome to our 163rd issue of State of the Market, where we provide an overview of crypto market activity from March 7 - 13, 2024. Ethereum executes its 2nd major upgrade since the Merge, activating EIP-4844 to introduce dedicated "blobspace" for [...]
Market Dynamics and Risks of Liquid Staking Derivatives
In this issue of State of the Network, we focus on the market dynamics and risks of the Ethereum liquid staking sector, looking at the largest ones in the market today
Movers & Shakers March 2024
Coin Metrics is committed to building the crypto economy on a foundation of truth, providing authentic and accurate data with the highest standards of clarity and precision. With this mission in mind, we are proud to share our March edition [...]
SOTM Feb 29-Mar 6, 2024
Welcome to our 162nd issue of State of the Market, where we provide an overview of crypto market activity from February 29 - March 6, 2024. Bitcoin snags a new all-time-high at $69,210, with a record $788M inflow to BlackRock's IBIT ETF [...]
Following Flows V: Pool Cross-Pollination
In this week’s issue of State of the Network, we take a closer look at “0-hop” and “1-hop” addresses to follow the flow of funds between mining pools and miners, uncovering hidden links between entities in an effort to quantify the [...]