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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 September 23-29, 2021
The market-wide risk-off sentiment continued this week as we continued to trade the chop. Last Friday, the asset class pulled
Digging into Uniswap DEX Data
Decentralized exchanges (DEXes) have quickly emerged as essential systems to trade crypto assets in the rapidly innovating sector of decentralized
SOTM September 16-22, 2021
Volatility picked up this week as we moved in on the futures and options expiration for September. Selling picked up
The Rise of NFTs: A Data-Driven Overview of Non-Fungible Tokens
The following is adapted from an in-depth, data-driven research report covering the rise of NFTs (https://coinmetrics.io/the-rise-of-nfts/). NFTs have become one
The Rise of NFTs
Since the dawn of the Internet people have been creating content and sharing it online. From videos, to music, to
SOTM September 9-15, 2021
Markets remained flat this week following a slight recovery from last week’s pullback. Bitcoin currently trades around $48k and Ethereum
Measuring Crypto Usage and Adoption
Crypto usage can be tricky to measure. Although all transaction data is public, it can be difficult to tell how
SOTM September 2-8, 2021
Last week we noted that open interest was once again increasing, and this week a good portion of that was
Analyzing Tuesday’s Flash Crash
As summer came to a close the crypto markets came roaring back to life. BTC surged from $39.3K on August
SOTM August 26-September 1, 2021
This time is different; well maybe not. Regulation is looming, Defi summer of 2020 is now NFT summer of 2021,
Introducing New EIP-1559, Miner Flow, and Payment Metrics
Last week Coin Metrics released a major update to our metric coverage including new EIP-1559 metrics, Ethereum miner flows, valuation
SOTM August 19-25, 2021
The chart from the past week resembles the “Bart” pattern which is all too familiar to traders in the space.
