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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

SOTM April 21-27, 2022
Despite the humdrum price action, this week brought about a barrage of major crypto industry developments. On Tuesday, Fidelity Investments

NEU Blockchain Club + Coin Metrics: The Cambrian Explosion of Stablecoins
Coin Metrics was originally founded in 2017 as an open-source project created in response to the dearth of high-quality crypto data needed

The Cambrian Explosion of Stablecoins
In just two years, the total supply of stablecoins has grown twenty fold to more than $180B today. Stablecoins have

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