The Rise of Stablecoins
Stablecoin supply has exploded in 2020 but it’s unclear exactly why. After it took 5 years for stablecoin supply to reach 6 billion, it only took another 4 months for it to grow from 6 billion to 12 billion following [...]
When Markets Misalign: Mispricings and Reference Rates
Price discrepancies between exchanges can emerge for a variety of reasons, including market manipulation, exchange downtime, and trader error. These dislocations are aggravated by market inefficiencies that may prevent arbitrage. While market dislocations are particularly common for small exchanges and [...]
When Markets Misalign: Mispricings and Reference Rates (Full Length)
Key Takeaways Price discrepancies between exchanges can emerge for a variety of reasons, including market manipulation, exchange downtime, and trader error. These dislocations are aggravated by market inefficiencies that may prevent arbitrage. While market dislocations are particularly common for small [...]
Introducing Free Float Supply
Until now, a standardized approach to determining the free float supply (the supply that is available to the market) of cryptoassets has not been established. This has hindered the market from developing a clear understanding of available supply and market [...]
Introducing Free Float Supply (Full Length)
Key Takeaways Until now, a standardized approach to determining the free float supply (the supply that is available to the market) of cryptoassets has not been established. This has hindered the market from developing a clear understanding of available supply [...]
Digital Alchemy: Do Coinbase Listings Turn Altcoins Into Gold?
A Coinbase listing has historically shown, not surprisingly, to have a positive impact on listed assets’ prices immediately following the announcement. The uplift from a listing is more muted than some may perceive, with the average and median uplift ranging [...]
Digital Alchemy: Do Coinbase Listings Turn Altcoins Into Gold? (Full Length)
A review on the impact of Coinbase’s Listings and “Exploration” announcements on the markets of those assets included in the announcements. Key Takeaways A Coinbase listing has historically shown, not surprisingly, to have a positive impact on listed assets’ prices [...]
Assessing Crypto’s Recovery Three Months After The March 12th Crash
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) have recovered most of their losses after the March 12th crash, while assets like Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC) have lagged behind. Other assets that have outperformed include Cardano (ADA), Crypto.com Coin (CRO), and [...]
Analyzing Stablecoin Supply and Activity Distribution
The supply and activity distribution of a stablecoin can help us understand how it is used. The ERC-20 variant of Tether shines as being particularly well distributed amongst its holders. Meanwhile, 6 accounts or less own 80+% of the supply [...]