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Contextualizing the week’s crypto market movement
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Contextualizing the week’s crypto market movement
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-30T22:11:19-04:00March 29, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
The SEC stole the show for weeks, but the CFTC just fired the biggest shot yet in the crusade to cull crypto. In a 74-page complaint issued Monday, the U.S. commodities regulator sued digital asset behemoth Binance over a lack [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:51:28-04:00March 22, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
Just as the tides of monetary tightening go out, banks find themselves deep underwater. Credit Suisse is Europe's early warning— following a 38% outflow of deposits in Q4, the bank's perceived insolvency risk soared, with Credit Default Swap (CDS) rates [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:53:13-04:00March 15, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
Banking confidence looks bottomless following a flurry of institutional implosions. Between Friday's FDIC seizure of Silicon Valley Bank and Sunday's sweeping bailout of depositors, bank runs have become a central concern. Though the U.S. front-ran the withdrawal drama, European entities [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:53:19-04:00March 8, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
Once hailed as the gateway to mass adoption, institutions have been no silver bullet for crypto's liquidity woes. After losing key partners like Coinbase, Paxos, and Circle, Silvergate Capital has finally shuttered its "crypto-friendly" bank, voluntarily liquidating the entity's assets [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:53:25-04:00March 1, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
With regulators refusing to turn the page, crypto companies are taking extra time to get their papers in order. Though top BTC miner Marathon Digital was originally set to deliver a Q4 earnings report on Tuesday, MARA postponed the call [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:53:31-04:00February 22, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
The latest Fed minutes left investors second-guessing how long the rate hike cycle would last. The majority of Federal Reserve officials appeared to support a 25 bps uptick, though several members cautioned a 'higher-for-longer' approach would follow considering the strength [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:53:38-04:00February 15, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
After months of kicking the regulatory clarity can, Gensler's SEC is putting their foot down on crypto compliance. Following Thursday's forced shutdown of Kraken's U.S. staking operations (paired with a $30M fine), the SEC chair warned that "labels don't matter," [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:53:43-04:00February 8, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
Crypto's own "Operation Choke Point" is allegedly under way as the long arm of the law tightens its grip on bridges between dollars & digital assets. On Wednesday, Coin Metrics co-founder Nic Carter penned a piece outlining a timeline of [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:53:49-04:00February 1, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
This week the market told the Fed to take a hike, with CME's Federal Fund futures pricing in a near-99% probability the U.S. would raise rates by 25 bps. Powell didn't put up much of a fight— during Wednesday's FOMC [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-03-27T10:53:56-04:00January 25, 2023|Parker Merritt, State of the Market|
The Layer-1 era has returned, with base-level blockchains booming amid a mass migration of dApps and NFT projects. Among a basket of big movers is Aptos (APT), a Move-based blockchain spun off from Meta's defunct Libra/Diem project. Since the start [...]
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