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SOTM Mar 28-Apr 3, 2024
Welcome to our 166th issue of State of the Market, where we provide an overview of crypto market activity from March 28 - April 3, 2024. Sam Bankman-Fried is sentenced to 25 years in prison, while Craig Wright faces a sweeping [...]
State of the Network’s Q1 2024 Wrap-Up
In this special edition of State of the Network, we take a data-driven look at the most important events that impacted the digital assets industry in Q1 2024.
Important Updates to ETH Metrics
Important Update: More Accurate Tracking of Ethereum Tokens Coin Metrics is committed to building the crypto economy on a foundation of truth, providing data with the highest standards of clarity and precision. Over the years, the world of Ethereum has [...]
SOTM Mar 21-27, 2024
Welcome to our 165th issue of State of the Market, where we provide an overview of crypto market activity from March 21 - 27, 2024. The DOJ & CFTC unveil new charges against KuCoin, claiming the exchange violated anti-money laundering & commodities [...]
State of the Network’s Q1 2024 Mining Data Special
Our quarterly update on Bitcoin mining, zeroing in on recovering revenues, public miner strategies, and increased energy usage.
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 [...]
SOTM Mar 14-20, 2024
Welcome to our 164th issue of State of the Market, where we provide an overview of crypto market activity from March 14 - 20, 2024. BlackRock partners with tokenization firm Securitize to create an on-chain "Digital Liquidity Fund," with their BUIDL token [...]
Appraising Growth in Digital Asset Markets
In this week’s issue of State of the Network, we take a closer look at the shift in digital asset market sentiment, leveraging market data and datonomy™ sector classification to contextualize the latest market movements
Coin Metrics Supports Ethereum Dencun Upgrade
With the latest Ethereum network upgrade, Dencun, Ethereum is taking the next major step in its ongoing evolution. In this hard fork, the Ethereum community is rolling out multiple updates, including improvements that unlock Layer-2 scalability and augment security for [...]
SOTM Mar 7-13, 2024
Welcome to our 163rd issue of State of the Market, where we provide an overview of crypto market activity from March 7 - 13, 2024. Ethereum executes its 2nd major upgrade since the Merge, activating EIP-4844 to introduce dedicated "blobspace" for [...]