Stablecoins Come Into Focus in EU’s MiCa Legislation
A data-driven update on stablecoins as the European Council votes in favor of Markets in Crypto Assets legislation (MiCa), set to come into force in 2024.
SOTM October 6-12, 2022
From cross-chain carnage to DeFi horseplay, this week was characterized by a brand of chaos found only in crypto. According to a recent report from blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis, October is already the biggest month for hacker activity in 2022, [...]
Running an Ethereum Node from your Home
In this write-up, we walk through the details of how to run an Ethereum node from scratch.
SOTM September 29-October 5, 2022
Crypto crept into Q4 with hopes for redemption, though October already offers some ominous possibilities. Last week's supposed sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline was yet another painful blow for European energy infrastructure, pushing the EU to the point of [...]
State of the Network’s Q3 2022 Wrap-Up
Reviewing the most important data and stories in the crypto ecosystem from Q3, 2022.
Monitoring DeFi Biggest Risk
This report covers one of the biggest risks in DeFi — the rise of a new development paradigm that introduces single points of failure to many DeFi applications. We begin by examining DeFi’s potential to change how financial products are [...]
SOTM September 22-28, 2022
Markets remain resigned as executives exit the crypto industry, extending a sector-wide stretch of corporate restructuring. Following Kraken CEO Jesse Powell's sudden departure from his leadership role last week, FTX US president Brett Harrison announced he'd also be stepping down, [...]
State of the Network’s Q3–2022 Mining Data Special
Analyzing some of the most important data points and stories in the mining industry from Q3 2022.
SOTM September 15-21, 2022
Macro forces once again dominate market sentiment after a relatively anticlimactic week of post-Merge activity. Ethereum's shift to proof-of-stake has seen surprisingly few complications, with validator attestation remaining at a healthy 98-99% participation rate and competing proof-of-work forks quickly fading [...]