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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 September 8-14, 2022
If you’re reading this, Ethereum is proof-of-stake. After reaching the Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD) of 58,750,000,000T early Thursday morning, the

The Final(ity) Countdown
Coin Metrics is excited to continue providing data-driven coverage of The Merge, Ethereum’s imminent protocol upgrade. In this piece, we

Ethereum’s Bellatrix Upgrade Goes Live in Final Preparation for The Merge
Ethereum moved one step closer to The Merge Tuesday with the activation of Bellatrix, a network upgrade to Ethereum’s Consensus Layer

SOTM September 1-7, 2022
Stablecoins are back in the spotlight as regulators, issuers, and exchanges spar at the intersection of fiat and crypto. Russia

SOTM August 25-31, 2022
Market sentiment has gone for a dip in the wake of Jay Powell’s salient symposium at Jackson Hole. Though many

Mapping Out The Merge
As part of Coin Metrics’ support for Ethereum’s major network upgrade, we are excited to be releasing a new data-driven

Mapping out The Merge
After years of research and development, The Merge will transition Ethereum to Proof of Stake fundamentally changing the network’s security

SOTM August 18-24, 2022
“Code is law” means more than ever before as crypto companies face a host of new regulatory requirements. In a

TTD set, volatility TBD
With Ethereum’s final steps to PoS now engaged, how is the options market pricing in The Merge? This is a

SOTM August 11-17, 2022
There’s a rebellion brewing in the Ethereum ecosystem, and the stakes have never been higher. As the impacts of U.S.

Mapping Account-based Blockchain Data to Virtual UTXOs
At its core, cryptocurrency utilizes complete transparency to help create trust between anonymous users. In comparison to traditional finance, analyzing

SOTM August 4-10, 2022
In a whirlwind week of regulation, privacy protocol Tornado Cash has been swept into the eye of the storm. On