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SOTM March 23-29, 2023
The SEC stole the show for weeks, but the CFTC just fired the biggest shot yet in the crusade to cull crypto. In a 74-page complaint issued Monday, the U.S. commodities regulator sued digital asset behemoth Binance over a lack [...]
Coin Metrics Expands Management Team With Three Key Hires
New CTO, Sales Lead and Head of Marketing Join Rapidly Growing FirmCoin Metrics, the leading provider of crypto financial intelligence, is pleased to announce that it has welcomed three experienced business leaders to its management team as it continues to [...]
State of the Network’s Q1 2023 Mining Data Special
In our 200th issue of State of the Network, we share a special report on Bitcoin Mining Data for Q1 2023. Following one of mining’s roughest years in 2022, miners are proving their resiliency and enjoying a comeback this first [...]
Coin Metrics Now Publishing Live on Pyth Network
Coin Metrics is now publishing our CM Reference Rates live on Pyth Network! Pyth Network is an on-chain oracle that publishes financial market data to multiple blockchains. Now decentralized applications or off-chain applications needing a reliable pricing source via an [...]
SOTM March 16-22, 2023
Just as the tides of monetary tightening go out, banks find themselves deep underwater. Credit Suisse is Europe's early warning— following a 38% outflow of deposits in Q4, the bank's perceived insolvency risk soared, with Credit Default Swap (CDS) rates [...]
CM Prices v1.0 Release Notes
Coin Metrics is pleased to announce the version 1.0 release of our CM Prices. Coin Metrics publishes a collection of prices for a set of cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies consisting of the Coin Metrics Reference Rates ("CM Reference Rates") and [...]
An Introduction to Liquid Staking
In this issue of State of the Network, we discuss the need for liquid staking — which allows users to secure the Ethereum network and participate in on-chain activities while earning staking yields.
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 (AMM) in enabling token pair swaps.
SOTM March 9-15, 2023
Banking confidence looks bottomless following a flurry of institutional implosions. Between Friday's FDIC seizure of Silicon Valley Bank and Sunday's sweeping bailout of depositors, bank runs have become a central concern. Though the U.S. front-ran the withdrawal drama, European entities [...]
FDIC Takeover of Silicon Valley Bank: Assessing the Impact on Stablecoins
Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) was taken over by the FDIC on Friday morning following a bank run that drained their reserves and threatened the integrity of their depositors’ accounts. Despite the shutdown itself, the uncertainty leading to the FDIC’s action [...]