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Analyst Spotlight Ethereum Overview
Ethereum is a decentralized computing platform and was the first network to enable users to create, deploy, and interact with
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Analyst Spotlight Bitcoin Overview
Bitcoin (BTC) has captured many eyes with its highly volatile price action and large returns in an industry shrouded in
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Real World Assets
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization represents a significant step forward in the evolution of financial markets, bridging the gap between traditional
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Investigating the Failed Stellar Inflation Experiment
Each blockchain has a unique process for issuing new supply. For some, like Bitcoin, the full issuance schedule and final
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State of the Network 2019 Year in Review
In this special edition of State of the Network (SOTN) we take a look back at how the major cryptoassets
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Revisiting the Block Reward Halving Theory
The upcoming block reward halving for Bitcoin, anticipated in May 2020, has already given rise to intense discussion about its
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Ranking Crypto Assets by Auditability
In Medieval times, landed estates’ accounts were read out loud to a person charged by the local ruler to ensure
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Analyzing the Supply Distributions of Projects with On-Chain Governance
It takes a whole network of people to make a public blockchain work. You need miners to validate and secure
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The Psychology of Bitcoin Bubbles as Measured by Investor Cost Basis
Bubbles and subsequent crashes in financial assets occur with regular frequency in economic history, largely due to deeply-rooted cognitive biases
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Weekly Network Data Insights
Crypto markets took a significant downturn towards the tail end of last week, with BTC price dropping to six-month
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How Many Bitcoins Are Permanently Lost?
Bitcoin’s whitepaper, which recently turned 11 years old, is so concise that it makes only a passing mention of supply:
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The Evolution of Ethereum Tokens
In 2015, Ethereum ushered in a new era for blockchains: the age of the token. Broadly defined, a “token” represents
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Macroeconomic Indicators for the Crypto-Economy
Just like a nation state’s economy has economic concepts (such as gross domestic product, inflation, and unemployment), a crypto asset
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The Signal and the Nonce: Hunting for ASICs in Nonce Distributions
The Great ASIC Debate. Since the early days of Bitcoin, the community has argued about whether to fight against increasingly powerful mining
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Bitfinex Market Share is Declining
Bitfinex, the controversial Hong Kong based exchange at the heart of ongoing investigations against Tether, has been one of the biggest