Special Insights
Explore the digital assets ecosystem through our catalog of original data-driven research.
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Analyst Spotlight Ethereum Overview
Ethereum is a decentralized computing platform and was the first network to enable users to create, deploy, and interact with
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Analyst Spotlight Bitcoin Overview
Bitcoin (BTC) has captured many eyes with its highly volatile price action and large returns in an industry shrouded in
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Real World Assets
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization represents a significant step forward in the evolution of financial markets, bridging the gap between traditional
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Trusted Exchange Framework
Centralized exchanges are pivotal in the crypto realm, but their quality varies across diverse use-cases. The Coin Metrics’ Trusted Exchange
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Exploring Supply Transparency
Coin Metrics and Swiss firm Bitcoin Suisse have collaborated to bring their expertise in crypto analytics and market insight to
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DeFi’s Double-Edged Sword
Decentralized Finance (DeFi ) has emerged as a transformative force—building on conventional financial principles and harnessing the unique properties of
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Decoding the Digital Dollar
Stablecoins have quickly grown from a nascent segment of the digital assets ecosystem to a $100 billion+ market.
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From Orange Groves to Orange Gold
This paper translates the existing regulatory guidance from the US Securities and Exchange Commission on how to classify crypto assets
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The Signal & the Nonce
This paper introduces a methodology for determining the market share of every major Bitcoin mining machine, or ASIC, by analyzing
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Decoding Crypto Pricing
A price is one of the most basic data points of any functioning, active market. Digital assets are traded around
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What is MEV Anyway?
The concept of MEV has sparked a significant amount of interest and concern in the blockchain community, and this paper
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Monitoring DeFi’s Biggest Risk
This report covers one of the biggest risks in DeFi — the rise of a new development paradigm that introduces