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Analyst Update – Ethereum
Coin Metrics explores how Digital Asset Treasuries, stablecoin legislation, and Layer-2 scaling are driving Ethereum’s surge above $4,000 and shaping

Analyst Update – Bitcoin
Our initial Bitcoin Asset Analysis in September 2024 highlighted the increasing scarcity of BTC, its benefits in modern portfolio theory,

Layer 1s – Vertical Analysis
Layer-1 blockchains have continually reshaped the digital asset landscape. Bitcoin set the foundation in 2009 with decentralized peer-to-peer money, followed

Decentralized Exchanges Four Months After FTX
Using data from Coin Metrics’ DEX data feed, we examine the underlying activity on Uniswap and Sushiswap to understand usage

SOTM February 23-March 1, 2023
With regulators refusing to turn the page, crypto companies are taking extra time to get their papers in order. Though

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%