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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

Trusted Exchange Framework
Coin Metrics’ Trusted Exchange Framework (TEF) is a quantitative evaluation of crypto exchanges. We leverage the CM Market Data Feed

Analyst Spotlight USDC Overview
The Coin Metrics Analyst Spotlight explores USDC’s expanding role in digital finance, unpacking its adoption across blockchains, integration with DeFi

SOTM April 14-20, 2022
With spot volumes slipping and volatility continuing to crater, crypto markets have remained relatively muted, extending Bitcoin’s trend of consolidation

Halfway to the Next Halving: The State of Bitcoin in 8 Charts
Bitcoin is approaching the halfway point to yet another milestone for the protocol, the 4th halving event – the 4th

SOTM April 7-13, 2022
Historic resistance levels have begrudgingly flipped into support as BTC and ETH walk the tightrope near $40K and $3K. On

Launching Uniswap Swap Data
As part of an ongoing effort at Coin Metrics to collect and contextualize on-chain data from DeFi protocols, we’re excited

SOTM March 31-April 6, 2022
Even as markets inch lower, spirits remain high as the crypto community converges on Miami for the 2022 Bitcoin Conference.

The State of the Network Q1 2022 Wrap-Up
In this special edition of State of the Network we take a data-driven look at crypto’s biggest storylines of Q1, 2022. Crypto on

SOTM March 24-30, 2022
Bears are in full retreat as cryptoassets rapidly reclaim price levels last seen late 2021. Investors have scrambled to explain

The State of the Network Q1 Mining Data Special
As the crypto asset class matures, understanding the quickly developing landscape of crypto mining is critical. In proof-of-work (PoW) blockchains

SOTM March 17-23, 2022
Traders are treading carefully as markets wobble in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s recent rate hike. While many major

A Deep Dive Into Coin Metrics’ Transfer Value Heuristics
In 2021, more value was transferred across Bitcoin and Ethereum in dollar terms than ever before, with both networks settling

On-Chain Volume
Public blockchains are settling more value than ever before. But calculating on-chain transfer volume is a non-trivial exercise. Raw data

SOTM March 10-16, 2022
After 3 years of being bottled up, interest rates are finally moving higher. On Wednesday, the Fed announced the first