Coin Metrics: State of the Market December 2020

In a new report from Wintermute, the market maker and liquidity provider, said that its over-the-counter (OTC) volume was up 400% throughout the year as volumes moved off-exchanges.Wintermute said that during the first half of 2023, its OTC trading volume decreased, while the number of individual trades remained stable. In the second half of the

Bitcoin's economic design compels miners to minimize costs due to a halving stress-test every four years. Miners seek cheap energy, leading to two strategies: being in front of the meter (I.e., grid-tied) and being behind the meter (i.e., direct co-location with power generators). The grid-tied model allows for economies of scale, as large-scale miners may

Monday marked a slow beginning to the Asia trading week with BTC up 1.2% and ETH up 2.6%. Solana memecoin MOTHER, the brainchild of music star Iggy Azalea, is up 4% after having a strong presence at Breakpoint in Singapore. Ether (ETH) pushed past bitcoin (BTC) in daily gains as Token 2049, and Solana's Breakpoint

The Ethereum blockchain validator queue has emptied for the first time since the Shanghai upgrade in May, a signal investor demand for ether (ETH) staking is leveling off, Coinbase (COIN) said in a research report Friday.Validators verify transactions by locking up ether in exchange for rewards. The blockchain’s Shanghai upgrade allowed for the withdrawal of

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Hedgehog, an SEC-registered robo-advisor for crypto-focused investors, will soon let users invest in automated sectors based on indices offered by CoinDesk Indices (CDI).Users can invest in one of several digital asset sectors tracked by CDI's indices, including computing, culture and entertainment, currency, decentralized finance (DeFi) and smart contract platform. Hedgehog will also offer The CoinDesk…

When we founded Blockchain Association five years ago it was an open question whether or not the digital assets industry could make effective use of a trade association to argue its priorities in front of Congress and other federal regulatory agencies.Kristin Smith is the CEO of the Blockchain Association.Some of the most persistent questions in

Bridges have consistently posed serious security risks, especially in connecting Bitcoin and Ethereum, the two largest blockchains. These ecosystems remain largely isolated from each other, and cross-chain bridges have repeatedly been vulnerable to hacks, resulting in billions of dollars in losses. What’s needed is a new approach — one that leverages Bitcoin's robust security to

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will testify in his criminal trial, directly appealing to jurors in his bid to prove he did not commit fraud or conspire to commit fraud at his once-giant cryptocurrency exchange FTX, his defense attorneys said during a Wednesday teleconference.The move comes as his defense team prepares to begin calling witnesses after