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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

Analyst Spotlight Bitcoin Overview
Bitcoin (BTC) has captured many eyes with its highly volatile price action and large returns in an industry shrouded in

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.

Crypto’s August Rebound
After falling as low as $29.76K in July, bitcoin (BTC) price broke back above $50K on Monday. Data suggests that