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Stablecoin Sector Analysis
Stablecoins—digital assets designed to maintain a stable value, typically pegged to the U.S. dollar—have rapidly evolved from niche trading tools

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

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

SOTM January 19-25, 2023
The Layer-1 era has returned, with base-level blockchains booming amid a mass migration of dApps and NFT projects. Among a

Monitoring the Currents of the Crypto Market
The digital asset market is experiencing a surge in activity as we kick off the new year. Bitcoin is up

Bitcoin Supply Trends
In the aftermath of last year’s market downturn and eventful year in the digital assets space, what are some observations

SOTM January 12-18, 2023
Bitcoin spent the week teasing traders with a taste of $20K, as easing inflation & heightened enforcement offered mixed signals

SOTM January 5-11, 2023
Even as Bitcoin eyes $19K and Grayscale’s GBTC discount narrows, many investors are steering clear, anxiously waiting for the last

The State of DeFi Tokens in 2023
In this issue of the State of The Network, we take a look at the latest developments of tokens in

State of the Network’s 2023 Crypto Market Outlook
In this special edition of State of the Network, we share our thoughts on the biggest trends to watch out for in

SOTM December 29-January 4, 2023
Investors were in no mood to celebrate Bitcoin’s 14th birthday, though the ongoing liquidity crunch has been a gift to

SOTM December 22-28, 2022
The weather outside is frightful, with frigid headwinds battering crypto on multiple fronts heading into 2023. As record-setting freezes grip

The Best of State of the Network in 2022
In this special edition of State of the Network, we look back at some of the Coin Metrics Research team’s favorite issues