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Analyst Spotlight Solana Overview
Solana’s focus on high transaction throughput and cheap fees has allowed developers to deploy products that may not have been

Analyst Spotlight Ethereum Overview
Ethereum is a decentralized computing platform and was the first network to enable users to create, deploy, and interact with

Analyst Spotlight Bitcoin Overview
Bitcoin (BTC) has captured many eyes with its highly volatile price action and large returns in an industry shrouded in

Decoding Crypto Pricing: Insights for Institutional Investors
In this report, we aim to compare and contrast Coin Metrics’ two independent pricing methodologies, elucidate their underlying accounting rationale,

Decoding Crypto Pricing
A price is one of the most basic data points of any functioning, active market. Digital assets are traded around

Decoding Crypto Pricing
A price is one of the most basic data points of any functioning, active market. Digital assets are traded around

Dancing with the Regulator: Stablecoin Data in the Wake of New Regulatory Action
In this State of the Network, we examine stablecoin data following the recent regulatory developments surrounding the Binance USD (BUSD)

SOTM February 16-22, 2023
The latest Fed minutes left investors second-guessing how long the rate hike cycle would last. The majority of Federal Reserve

SOTM February 9-15, 2023
After months of kicking the regulatory clarity can, Gensler’s SEC is putting their foot down on crypto compliance. Following Thursday’s

No Ordinary Number: Exploring Bitcoin Ordinal NFTs
In this State of the Network, we dig into the data behind an emergent use case for Bitcoin blockspace.

SOTM February 2-8, 2023
Crypto’s own “Operation Choke Point” is allegedly under way as the long arm of the law tightens its grip on

DeFi & Real World Assets: An Introduction to Goldfinch Finance
A crucial step in the evolution of DeFi is its intersection with Real-World-Assets (RWAs). In this issue of State of the Network, we

SOTM January 26-February 1, 2023
This week the market told the Fed to take a hike, with CME’s Federal Fund futures pricing in a near-99%

What is MEV anyway?
MEV was never an element of the design of Ethereum—instead, it was an emergent phenomenon, and one that surprised everyone

What is MEV Anyway?
The concept of MEV has sparked a significant amount of interest and concern in the blockchain community, and this paper