Conducting the ETH Census
The Unexpected Challenge of Calculating Ethereum's Total Supply
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The State of the Network Q1 Mining Data Special
As the crypto asset class matures, understanding the quickly developing landscape of crypto mining is critical. In proof-of-work (PoW) blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum, miners play a key role in securing the global, shared ledgers that settle tens of billions [...]
A Deep Dive Into Coin Metrics’ Transfer Value Heuristics
In 2021, more value was transferred across Bitcoin and Ethereum in dollar terms than ever before, with both networks settling amounts measured in the trillions. As crypto adoption accelerates, more and more eyes are now turning to blockchain data to [...]
Stablecoins Shine as Safe Haven Crypto Assets
With the crisis in Ukraine entering its third week, crypto markets and the broader financial markets across the globe remain unsettled. Although crypto prices have faced some selling pressure in recent weeks, crypto infrastructure has continued to empower the flow of [...]
Ukraine Receives over $45M in Crypto Donations
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 [...]
Crypto for Ukraine
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 [...]
Analyzing Wrapped Bitcoin Usage on Ethereum
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 [...]
Searching Millions of SEC Filings for Crypto-Related Terms
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 [...]
Exploring OpenSea Analytics Using On-chain Data
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 [...]
Analyzing Recent On-Chain Trends in Stablecoin Activity
Stablecoins have become one of the most discussed categories within the crypto ecosystem, and for good reason: last year stablecoins settled over $6T and their total supply increased from about 28B to 143B across the major stablecoins that Coin Metrics tracks. They [...]