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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

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

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