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Analyst Spotlight Tether (USDT) Overview
Discover why Tether (USDT) is the leading stablecoin in Coin Metrics’ latest analysis, highlighting its deep liquidity, peg stability, and

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

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

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