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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

SOTM November 3-9, 2022
RIP to FTX after SBF reports funds are MIA. Once praised as crypto’s quintessential success story, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

Introducing datonomy™: A Digital Assets Taxonomy
More than a decade has passed since bitcoin was launched as crypto’s first digital currency. The digital asset ecosystem has

SOTM October 27-November 2, 2022
Twitter officially entered a new era under the helm of Elon Musk last week as the Tesla and SpaceX founder

Through the Blockchain and Beyond: Combining On-Chain and Off-Chain Data with Coin Metrics Charting Tools
At Coin Metrics, we recently announced new market data capabilities in our charting tools, including exchange and exchange-asset pair metrics.

SOTM October 20-26, 2022
Decentralization diehards are dancing with the devil, with yield and regulation pushing protocols towards the temptation of trusted third parties.

Understanding Crypto Asset Scarcity Through the Data of Forked Blockchains
In the age of digital technologies, copy-paste, and open-source code, the great innovation encoded in Bitcoin and in later crypto

SOTM October 13-19, 2022
Though many firms have folded in the crypto liquidity crunch, top trading platforms continue to up the ante. On Wednesday,

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

SOTM October 6-12, 2022
From cross-chain carnage to DeFi horseplay, this week was characterized by a brand of chaos found only in crypto. According

Running an Ethereum Node from your Home
In this write-up, we walk through the details of how to run an Ethereum node from scratch.

SOTM September 29-October 5, 2022
Crypto crept into Q4 with hopes for redemption, though October already offers some ominous possibilities. Last week’s supposed sabotage of

State of the Network’s Q3 2022 Wrap-Up
Reviewing the most important data and stories in the crypto ecosystem from Q3, 2022.