State of the Market is a weekly newsletter contextualizing the week’s crypto market movements with concise commentary from the Coin Metrics team, rich visuals, and timely data.
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SOTM September 16-22, 2021
Volatility picked up this week as we moved in on the futures and options expiration for September. Selling picked up
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SOTM September 9-15, 2021
Markets remained flat this week following a slight recovery from last week’s pullback. Bitcoin currently trades around $48k and Ethereum
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SOTM September 2-8, 2021
Last week we noted that open interest was once again increasing, and this week a good portion of that was
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SOTM August 26-September 1, 2021
This time is different; well maybe not. Regulation is looming, Defi summer of 2020 is now NFT summer of 2021,
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SOTM August 19-25, 2021
The chart from the past week resembles the “Bart” pattern which is all too familiar to traders in the space.
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SOTM August 12-18, 2021
Both Bitcoin and Ethereum pushed higher this past week with Bitcoin briefly breaching $48,000 and Ethereum reaching around $3,300. Prices
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SOTM August 5-11, 2021
It feels like the bulls are back again. Over the past week the crypto community rallied together to help lobby
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STOM July 30-August 4, 2021
Bitcoin and Ethereum price action diverged over the past week. Bitcoin continued to pull back from last week’s highs and
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SOTM JULY 22-29, 2021
We have upward momentum once again. The asset class has seen broad week over week gains for the first week
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SOTM July 15-21, 2021
This week was a tough one as markets tested the lows again. Volume continued to decline across exchanges while Bitcoin
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SOTM July 8-14, 2021
Volume continued to decline across the markets this week as the summer trading session moves on. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum
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SOTM JULY 1-7, 2021
6The past week was quiet as a large swath of market participants were out enjoying the summer holiday. Both Bitcoin