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Unique crypto insights across a wide range of topics.

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 [...]

March 22, 2024|General Research, Insights|

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Trusted Exchange Framework 2.1

November 1, 2023|Christian Brazell, Dorian Kandi, Kevin Lu, Special Insights, Victor Ramirez|

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

October 17, 2023|Collaborative Research, Kyle Waters, Lucas Nuzzi, Matias Andrade, Special Insights, State of the Network|

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

August 7, 2023|Lucas Nuzzi, Special Insights, Tanay Ved|

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 [...]

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