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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 all Coin Metrics products, we took a systematic approach to our research for the CM Real-Time Reference Rates. First, we [...]
Release of CM Real-Time Reference Rates Beta and CM Reference Rates Version 2.1 Updates
After substantial research and backtesting, today, Coin Metrics is happy to announce the release of the beta version of the CM Real-Time Reference Rates. The methodology document can be found here. We have also updated the CM Reference Rates [...]
LEO and LINK Coming to CM Network Data Pro
Coin Metrics is pleased to announce the version 4.1 release of our end-of-day CM Network Data Pro Daily Macro feed. This comes on the heels of our recent launch of real-time block-by-block data. Asset Additions Version 4.1 adds several new assets: EOS (ERC-20) [...]
BTC Realized Cap Passes $100 Billion
On August 23rd, BTC realized cap passed $100 billion for the first time ever. Realized capitalization is a metric created by Coin Metrics that is calculated by valuing each unit of supply at the price it last moved. This is in contrast [...]
Analyzing Wealth Distribution in Crypto
The distribution of wealth in crypto assets has been a recent topic of debate. The debate has centered around whether a lack of wealth distribution -- i.e., wealth centralization -- could prevent future adoption of crypto. While this is an important question [...]
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 participant should support a new fork or credit holders of the parent chain with units of the forked asset. It [...]
Bitcoin Shows Potential as A Unique Safe Haven Asset
Bitcoin was born as a response to a deep, global recession caused by a financial system driven to the brink of collapse. Afterwards, central banks around the world responded with unprecedented and unconventional monetary policy. Amongst questions about its sustainability, [...]
A Look Back at the Last Year of ETH On-Chain Data
Last week, Ethereum (ETH) celebrated its 4th birthday. In honor of the occasion, we looked back at the last 365 days of on-chain data for ETH and some of the biggest ERC-20 tokens. After a wild third year in which ETH [...]
Real Time Block-by-Block Data Coming to CM Network Data Pro
Coin Metrics is pleased to announce the launch of block-by-block data for its popular institutional network data product, CM Network Data Pro. This Real-Time Block-by-Block feed features 83 metrics aggregated across every block. Metrics include transactions, transfers, active addresses, fees and miner revenue, [...]
Release Notes for Updates to CM Market Data Feed v1.0
We are happy to announce several enhancements to the CM Market Data WebSocket API including creation of the Order Books endpoint, faster Quotes endpoint, and minor changes for Quotes and Trades messages. We’ve detailed the changes below. 1. Order Book [...]