By Coin Metrics|2022-03-11T12:39:52-05:00March 9, 2022|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
As the Eastern European conflict drags stubbornly on, the market has moved in fits and starts, fluctuating wildly through the latest series of (unsuccessful) peace talks between Russia & Ukraine. While the West has stopped short of direct military involvement, [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-03-09T19:43:27-05:00March 8, 2022|Kyle Waters, Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
Amid the tragedy of war in Ukraine, the crypto ecosystem has served as a critical lifeline for Ukraine and its citizens. In just under two weeks, donors have sent over $45M in crypto assets to Ukrainian-government controlled wallets for relief [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-03-04T16:17:55-05:00March 2, 2022|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
A week into Putin’s campaign to topple Ukraine, the West has begun wielding the blunt power of financial sanctions, forcing fractures in the global economy. The biggest blow was the U.S. decision to cut Russia’s central bank off from SWIFT, [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-03-01T11:26:34-05:00March 1, 2022|Kyle Waters, Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week the crypto community has banded together to help support Ukraine and its citizens, raising over $15M of donations. The civilians affected remain the main concern. But bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets have also [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-02-24T17:35:42-05:00February 23, 2022|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
Financial markets are fighting an uphill battle as international tensions reach a fever pitch amid an unprecedented clash between Russia and Ukraine. After officially recognizing two separatist regions of Eastern Ukraine as independent states, Russia has launched a “special military [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-02-26T15:12:51-05:00February 23, 2022|Kyle Waters, Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
The growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications has accelerated demand for tokenized assets that can be traded, lent out, and borrowed with limited intermediation on crypto financial rails. The rise of U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins – worth in aggregate over $150B [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-02-18T09:41:05-05:00February 17, 2022|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
The music hasn’t stopped, but one thing is certain— politicians have come to crash the crypto party. Ranking members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have advanced a bill to “mitigate any potential risk” of El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-02-15T11:11:26-05:00February 15, 2022|Kyle Waters, Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
The first ever mention of Bitcoin in a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was appropriately entrepreneurial: “STARTING A BITCOIN VENTURE.” Found in a supplementary list of loan requests submitted by a peer-to-peer lending company Prosper Marketplace in [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-02-11T13:20:14-05:00February 10, 2022|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
After a few weeks stuck in reverse, crypto bulls are back in the driver’s seat, as BTC and ETH each blaze past key resistance levels at $40K and $3K. Russia continues to dominate the discourse, with local news outlets proclaiming [...]
By Coin Metrics|2022-02-08T11:35:25-05:00February 8, 2022|Kyle Waters, Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
Up until now, the data produced by websites and apps has typically been controlled by companies or organizations. Although some of it is selectively made public through APIs much is hidden away in private servers. Applications built on blockchains flip [...]
