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|2023-03-24T13:58:14-04:00February 14, 2023|Kyle Waters, Lucas Nuzzi, Matias Andrade, Parker Merritt, State of the Network|
In this State of the Network, we dig into the data behind an emergent use case for Bitcoin blockspace.
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|2023-03-24T13:58:21-04:00February 7, 2023|State of the Network, Tanay Ved|
A crucial step in the evolution of DeFi is its intersection with Real-World-Assets (RWAs). In this issue of State of the Network, we explore the theme of RWA-lending with an introduction to Goldfinch Finance—a decentralized credit protocol on Ethereum bringing real world credit [...]
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|2023-03-24T13:58:27-04:00January 31, 2023|Alex R. Mead, State of the Network|
MEV was never an element of the design of Ethereum—instead, it was an emergent phenomenon, and one that surprised everyone in the crypto community. It went from theoretical to operational (and very profitable) after only a couple of years, raising [...]
By Coin Metrics|2023-08-01T07:43:13-04:00January 31, 2023|Alex R. Mead, Special Insights|
The concept of MEV has sparked a significant amount of interest and concern in the blockchain community, and this paper aims to shed light on what it is and why it matters. We will begin by examining the fundamental principles [...]
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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