Antoine Le Calvez is Lead Blockchain Data Engineer at Coin Metrics where he is working on network data products. Antoine has been analyzing blockchains since 2014 when he created p2sh.info (now txstats.com). Prior to joining Coin Metrics, he worked at Blockchain.com.
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-24T17:17:37-04:00December 14, 2021|Antoine Le Calvez, Kyle Waters, State of the Network|
One of Coin Metrics’ goals is to determine the economic significance of public blockchains. We try to achieve this by building metrics that empower people to make informed crypto financial decisions. Among the most interesting features to track for public [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-24T17:28:23-04:00July 27, 2021|Antoine Le Calvez, Kyle Waters, Lucas Nuzzi, State of the Network|
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has become one of the industry’s most vibrant topics, with dozens of new projects launching on a monthly basis. DeFi applications essentially enable the creation of financial contracts that are automatically executed. Broadly speaking, these contracts facilitate [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-04-16T17:24:57-04:00April 16, 2021|Antoine Le Calvez, Original Research|
At block number 12,244,000 the Berlin hard fork was activated on Ethereum. Among many changes, it paves the ground for the upcoming London hard fork which will revamp how fees work on Ethereum with the activation of EIP-1559. Hard forks [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-24T12:15:51-04:00October 13, 2020|Antoine Le Calvez, State of the Network|
On October 1st, the CFTC and Department of Justice jointly announced charges filed against BitMEX’s owners and operators. The CFTC is alleging they were illegally operating a derivatives trading platform and the Department of Justice that they violated various parts of the [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T21:27:46-05:00October 13, 2020|Antoine Le Calvez, Original Research|
On October 1st, the CFTC and Department of Justice jointly announced charges filed against BitMEX’s owners and operators. The CFTC is alleging they were illegally operating a derivatives trading platform and the Department of Justice that they violated various parts [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-24T12:14:42-04:00September 1, 2020|Antoine Le Calvez, State of the Network|
The early 1990’s saw the dissemination of two great forces that would come to shape the next decades: the Internet, and strong cryptography. In a seminal manifesto written in 1993, Eric Hughes condensed the ethos of a young movement born at the [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-24T12:12:31-04:00July 21, 2020|Antoine Le Calvez, State of the Network|
Since its inception in 2009, Bitcoin triggered many discussions around its raison d’être. Conflicts between different points of view of what Bitcoin is and should be spanned years and tore many communities apart. Hasufly and Nic Carter cataloged the many different [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T22:38:46-05:00July 21, 2020|Antoine Le Calvez, Original Research|
This feature is adapted from Antoine Le Calvez’ presentation at the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2020. Since its inception in 2009, Bitcoin triggered many discussions around its raison d’être. Conflicts between different points of view of what Bitcoin is and should [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-24T12:11:22-04:00June 9, 2020|Antoine Le Calvez, State of the Network|
The supply and activity distribution of a stablecoin can help us understand how it is used. The ERC-20 variant of Tether shines as being particularly well distributed amongst its holders. Meanwhile, 6 accounts or less own 80+% of the supply [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T23:54:28-05:00June 9, 2020|Antoine Le Calvez, Original Research|
Key Takeaways The supply and activity distribution of a stablecoin can help us understand how it is used. The ERC-20 variant of Tether shines as being particularly well distributed amongst its holders. Meanwhile, 6 accounts or less own 80+% of [...]
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