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Breaking BFT: Quantifying the Cost to Attack Bitcoin and Ethereum
This paper addresses concerns surrounding 51% attacks on Bitcoin and 34% attacks on Ethereum, highlighting the uncertainty regarding their costs and benefits. It introduces a novel model called Total Cost to Attack (TCA) to quantify the expenses required to breach [...]
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Movers & Shakers March 2024
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Movers & Shakers February 2024
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Movers & Shakers December 2023
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Movers & Shakers October 2023
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Movers & Shakers September 2023
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Movers & Shakers August 2023
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Movers & Shakers May 2023
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Movers & Shakers April 2023
Coin Metrics is committed to building the crypto economy on a foundation of truth, providing authentic and accurate data with [...]
How Uniswap V2 Swaps Work
A walk through the inner workings of the Uniswap V2 decentralized exchange (DEX), including the function of automated market maker [...]
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Trusted Exchange Framework 2.1
Centralized exchanges are pivotal in the crypto realm, but their quality varies across diverse use-cases. The Coin Metrics’ Trusted Exchange Framework aims to quantitatively evaluate these platforms based on criteria like transparency, resilience, data quality, and more, leveraging public information [...]
Exploring Supply Transparency
Coin Metrics and Swiss firm Bitcoin Suisse have collaborated to bring their expertise in crypto analytics and market insight to explore token supply transparency and its impact on liquidity. Utilizing the unique transparency of public blockchains, this collaboration offers unparalleled [...]
DeFi’s Double-Edged Sword
The 2022 collapse of FTX—a centralized crypto exchange, has highlighted the promise of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms due to their inherent transparency, composability, and non-custodial nature. We’ve seen individuals and institutions alike, recognizing the value of DeFi and beginning to [...]