General Research
Unique crypto insights across a wide range of topics.

Dissecting a Bitcoin Bull Market (Full Length)
A pandemic, followed by global societal shutdowns, followed by rampant social unrest, followed by increased political polarization, followed by unprecedented

The State of DeFi Tokens (Full Length)
Decentralized finance (DeFi) took over the crypto world during the summer. But it cooled off after September, and has taken

Bitcoin: An Unprecedented Experiment in Fair Distribution (Full Length)
Much has been written about the fundamental differences between Bitcoin and other asset classes. In fact, juxtapositions of Bitcoin and

Following Flows: A Look at Miners’ On-Chain Payments (Full Length)
Key Takeaways Using a new methodology that looks at addresses one hop out from the coinbase transaction, this report quantifies

Fundamentals Show Bitcoin Is Poised for Takeoff (Full Length)
On October 21st Bitcoin (BTC) broke out, rising by about $1,000 on the day. Since then it has topped $13,000

Q3 Refresh of Trusted Spot Volume Framework (Full Length)
This post is designed to be a follow up to our ‘trusted volume’ framework post (link) earlier this summer. We

Analyzing the Fallout from the BitMEX Lawsuits (Full Length)
On October 1st, the CFTC and Department of Justice jointly announced charges filed against BitMEX’s owners and operators. The CFTC

Q3 2020 Supply Transparency Report
The Supply Transparency Report brings visibility to the actions of the key categories of a cryptoasset’s holders that are deemed

Introducing the CMBI Multi Asset Series (Full Length)
In this week’s State of the Network we are excited to announce the release of the CMBI Multi Asset Series,

Ethereum’s DeFi Evolution: How DeFi Is Fueling Ethereum’s Growth (Full Length)
Decentralized finance reached new heights over the last few months as dozens of projects launched and large amounts of capital

Bitcoin As An Investment (ARK Invest + Coin Metrics)
In Part 1 of this research, we described how we believe Bitcoin, a novel economic institution, satisfies the four assurances