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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

Trusted Exchange Framework
Coin Metrics’ Trusted Exchange Framework (TEF) is a quantitative evaluation of crypto exchanges. We leverage the CM Market Data Feed

Analyst Spotlight USDC Overview
The Coin Metrics Analyst Spotlight explores USDC’s expanding role in digital finance, unpacking its adoption across blockchains, integration with DeFi

When Markets Misalign: Mispricings and Reference Rates
Price discrepancies between exchanges can emerge for a variety of reasons, including market manipulation, exchange downtime, and trader error. These

When Markets Misalign: Mispricings and Reference Rates (Full Length)
Key Takeaways Price discrepancies between exchanges can emerge for a variety of reasons, including market manipulation, exchange downtime, and trader

Introducing Free Float Supply
Until now, a standardized approach to determining the free float supply (the supply that is available to the market) of

Introducing Free Float Supply (Full Length)
Key Takeaways Until now, a standardized approach to determining the free float supply (the supply that is available to the

Digital Alchemy: Do Coinbase Listings Turn Altcoins Into Gold?
A Coinbase listing has historically shown, not surprisingly, to have a positive impact on listed assets’ prices immediately following the

Digital Alchemy: Do Coinbase Listings Turn Altcoins Into Gold? (Full Length)
A review on the impact of Coinbase’s Listings and “Exploration” announcements on the markets of those assets included in the

Assessing Crypto’s Recovery Three Months After The March 12th Crash
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) have recovered most of their losses after the March 12th crash, while assets like Bitcoin

Analyzing Stablecoin Supply and Activity Distribution
The supply and activity distribution of a stablecoin can help us understand how it is used. The ERC-20 variant of

Analyzing Stablecoin Supply and Activity Distribution (Full Length)
Key Takeaways The supply and activity distribution of a stablecoin can help us understand how it is used. The ERC-20

Measuring Bitcoin’s Trading Volume
Current market conditions have led to a resurgence of institutional interest in Bitcoin. In the face of an unparalleled monetary

Best of the First Year of State of the Network
In this special edition, we look back at the best issues of the past year to celebrate State of the

Spotting and Exploiting Market Volatility
Cryptoasset data has been increasingly amassing the interest of researchers and investors looking to build an edge in the market