General Research
Unique crypto insights across a wide range of topics.
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
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
Cryptoasset Free Float: An Exploration of Supply Dynamics
In designing market cap weighted indexes, the primary goal of a benchmark administrator is to provide the most accurate representation
CM Real-Time Reference Rates Research Summary
Coin Metrics has conducted substantial research and backtesting to develop the methodology used in the CM Real-Time Reference Rates. Like
An Analysis of Fork Legitimacy
This study is designed to aid in the determination of whether an exchange, index provider, investment manager, or any market
A Comparative Analysis of Bitcoin Forks
Bitcoin (BTC) has had many forks over the years, most of which have faded into obscurity. But one fork in
An Analysis of Kin’s On-Chain Activity
In the following post, we investigate Kin’s on-chain activity compared to other blockchains.
An on-chain analysis of Ripple’s escrow system
Coin Metrics recently released version 3.0 of our CM Network Data Pro product. This release includes many new assets, including
Evaluating Bitcoin forks with network data
Determining the success of a UTXO fork is a fraught exercise. There is no agreed-upon standard for measuring adoption. Establishing
Granular mining pool mapping with Bitcoin’s coinbase outputs
How concentrated is block formation in Bitcoin? Which mining pools are dominant, and how long have they held that position?
Don’t trust, verify: A Bitcoin Private case study
Bitcoin Private (BTCP) is a fork-merge of Bitcoin and ZClassic (ZCL, a fork of ZCash that removed the founders’ reward).
Introducing Realized Capitalization
The motivation for the creation of Realized Cap was the realization that “Market Capitalization” is often an empty metric when
