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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

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

SOTM August 12-18, 2021
Both Bitcoin and Ethereum pushed higher this past week with Bitcoin briefly breaching $48,000 and Ethereum reaching around $3,300. Prices

JPEG Summer: Exploring The Data Behind the NFT Boom
Over the last two weeks NFT sales have exploded to levels well beyond the NFT boom seen in March. The

SOTM August 5-11, 2021
It feels like the bulls are back again. Over the past week the crypto community rallied together to help lobby

Analyzing EIP-1559’s ETH Burn
On Thursday, August 5th EIP-1559 went live as part of Ethereum’s London hard fork. Less than a week after the

STOM July 30-August 4, 2021
Bitcoin and Ethereum price action diverged over the past week. Bitcoin continued to pull back from last week’s highs and

Analyzing Tether and USDC Usage Patterns
The total supply of stablecoins is near 110B today, almost a 4x increase over the supply at the beginning of

SOTM JULY 22-29, 2021
We have upward momentum once again. The asset class has seen broad week over week gains for the first week

COIN METRICS SUPPLY TRANSPARENCY REPORT – Q2 2021
The Supply Transparency Report brings visibility to the actions of the key categories of a cryptoasset’s holders that are deemed

Understanding Total Value Locked (TVL)
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has become one of the industry’s most vibrant topics, with dozens of new projects launching on a

SOTM July 15-21, 2021
This week was a tough one as markets tested the lows again. Volume continued to decline across exchanges while Bitcoin

Crypto Google Search Trends Analysis
Google search data is often used to analyze a wide-variety of trends. Although a Google search doesn’t necessarily translate into