Reporting on the latest network activity
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T13:51:23+00:00December 22, 2020|Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
In this special year end edition of State of The Network we review crypto’s tumultuous 2020 run. To explore the data in this piece, check out our free charting tool.
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T13:51:36+00:00December 15, 2020|Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
For most of its existence institutions have stayed away from investing in bitcoin, typically citing it as a risky, speculative asset. Over the course of 2020, however, many institutions have started to endorse bitcoin.
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T13:52:28+00:00December 8, 2020|Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
We’re excited to introduce our latest in-depth research report: The Bitcoin On-Chain Indicators Primer.
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T13:52:43+00:00December 1, 2020|Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
Over the past few weeks, Ari Paul, Luke Martin, and other commentators have noted that bitcoin’s upward price movements since late October have mostly happened during US market hours, when the traditional equity markets were open.
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T13:53:51+00:00November 24, 2020|Lucas Nuzzi, State of the Network|
A pandemic, followed by global societal shutdowns, followed by rampant social unrest, followed by increased political polarization, followed by unprecedented levels of monetary interventionism. This has been 2020. And in the midst of all of this uncertainty and chaos, a [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-03-03T01:53:56+00:00November 17, 2020|Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
Decentralized finance (DeFi) took over the crypto world during the summer. But it cooled off after September, and has taken a back seat to BTC and ETH since. In this week’s Feature, we explore the rapid rise of DeFi tokens [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T13:54:50+00:00November 10, 2020|Lucas Nuzzi, State of the Network|
Much has been written about the fundamental differences between Bitcoin and other asset classes. In fact, juxtapositions of Bitcoin and established commodities such as gold continue to lure swarms of newcomers into this industry, institutional and retail-alike. But are there [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T13:55:54+00:00November 3, 2020|Karim Helmy, State of the Network|
Using a new methodology that looks at addresses one hop out from the coinbase transaction, this report quantifies miner holdings and activity. This approach improves on previous attempts at tracking miner spending, which inadvertently measured pool operator activity rather than [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T14:12:50+00:00October 27, 2020|Nate Maddrey, State of the Network|
On October 21st Bitcoin (BTC) broke out, rising by about $1,000 on the day. Since then it has topped $13,000 and set new 2020 highs. For crypto veterans this is a somewhat familiar story. BTC is notoriously volatile and has [...]
By Coin Metrics|2021-02-05T13:57:29+00:00October 20, 2020|Jon Geenty, State of the Network|
This post is designed to be a follow up to our ‘trusted volume’ framework post (link) earlier this summer. We have made a few adjustments to take into account changes in the industry as well as reader feedback. In the [...]
