Bitcoin Analysis & Research Featured CME + Glassnode: Digital Asset Insights and Market Trends Report A joint publication of CME Group and Glassnode, this report equips institutional traders and investors with knowledge and data about the 2024 trends in the digital asset market, aiming to enhance investment decision making.
The Week On-chain Grounding Through Confluence The Bitcoin market is in an interesting spot, with the average coin still up 2x, whilst most Short-Term Holders are underwater. A multitude of volatility measures are also heavily compressed, suggesting a larger move is on the horizon.
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The Week On-chain Sizing Up Diamond Hands As Bitcoin struggles to reclaim the recent ATH, we investigate the Long and Short-Term cohorts contribution to the supply and demand side. We also leverage the new breakdown metrics to evaluate the spending behavior and market influence of differing subsets of Long-Term investors.
The Week On-chain Establishing Equilibrium Despite choppy price action, the unrealized profit of Bitcoin investors remains constructive. However, volumes across all market facets are declining markedly as an equilibrium between demand and sell-side forces is established.
Product Breakdown Metrics Applied: Identifying Local Bottoms in a Bull Market Learn about how to apply our new suite of metrics to better identify local bottoms in a bull market and start applying these insights in your trading strategies.
The Week On-chain Dissecting Divergences Despite impressive US ETF inflows, a market-neutral Cash-and-Carry trade appears to be subduing buy-side pressure, requiring non-arbitrage demand to further stimulate price action. Alongside this, we explore the divergence between declining active addresses and surging transaction counts.
The Week On-chain Room to Grow After months of apathy and sideways price action, the first glimmers of speculative activity is beginning to re-appear. The market responded to a false alarm regarding the distribution of Mt.Gox supply, however this offers a lens into how we can consider these events using onchain data.
Ethereum and DeFi Primer on Automated Market Making and Uniswap Decentralized exchanges (DEXs), such as Uniswap, are a fundamental building block of the crypto-financial system. These platforms enable users to trade cryptocurrencies directly with each other, or via pools of liquidity, eliminating the need for a counterparty or a centralized entity to execute the trade. In this article, we will
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part III Classifying Uniswap's Liquidity Providers and Their Strategies Introduction The introduction of concentrated liquidity in Uniswap V3 has granted market makers greater flexibility and opportunity to manage their positions. However, it has also increased competition among Liquidity Providers, who can now compete by using different market-making strategies. Additionally, it
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part II Understanding Liquidity Supply and Demand Dynamics on Uniswap Introduction The introduction of concentrated liquidity in Uniswap V3 has given market makers more freedom and opportunity to manage their positions. It has also made the competitive landscape more challenging, and thus the decision-making process has become substantially more complex for selecting
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part I A Breakdown of Uniswap's Protocol Activities Introduction One of the fundamental building blocks within the cryptocurrency ecosystem is decentralized exchanges (DEXs). These platforms enable users to trade cryptocurrencies directly with each other, or via liquidity pools, eliminating the need for a counterparty or a centralized entity to execute
The Week On-chain The Calm Bull Residing just shy of the ATH, Bitcoin continues to consolidate, with long-term investors beginning to re-accumulate coins for the first time since Dec 2023. Alongside this, a historic first tranche of Ethereum spot ETFs have been approved in the US, seeing a +20% surge in the ETH price.
The Week On-chain A Macro Reset Bitcoin markets have experienced a cool down after several months of intense distribution pressure. Whilst capital inflows remain modest, the lightening of sell-side, and compression of volatility suggest a bigger move could be on the horizon.
The Week On-chain Identifying Seller Exhaustion Across Multiple Timeframes Using our new Breakdown Metrics, we are now able to discretely isolate points of severe unrealized loss, and investor capitulation. In this article, we introduce a new framework to assess seller exhaustion across multiple timeframes and investor cohorts.
Finance Bridge Finance Bridge: Post-Halving Blues In our May 2024 Finance Bridge, we look at Bitcoin's halving and recent market self-off, Ethereum's staking debates, and key trends, providing insights about the market direction for institutional traders.
Glassnode Spotlights: Ethereum's Evolving Ecosystem - Staking, DeFi, and Derivative Markets The third part of our Glassnode Spotlights series, presenting the most interesting and actionable insights from the Coinbase x Glassnode Q2 Guide to Crypto Markets, explores Ethereum's Evolving Ecosystem - Staking, DeFi, and Derivative Markets.
The Week On-chain Speculatory Divergence There has been a growing divergence in performance between Bitcoin and Ethereum during the 2023-23 cycle thus far. This has manifested as weaker price performance for ETH, and can be explained by an overall weaker capital rotation trend, especially relative to past cycles and ATH breaks.
Key Glassnode Metrics for Post-Halving Market Dynamics This article analyzes market shifts post-Bitcoin halving, focusing on the impact of increased transaction fees and stable mining operations. It discusses how traders must adapt to new revenue models shaped by lower block rewards and transaction-based income.
The Week On-chain Surviving Bull Drawdowns As Bitcoin continues consolidating, we investigate which cohort of investors are contributing the most to sell-side activity. We also use our new Breakdown metric suite to build a set of rules for tracking local market lows during corrections.
Product Next Step in the Evolution of On-Chain Analysis: New, Granular Cohorts for Key On-Chain Metrics Learn about our new suite of metrics and its benefits for your analysis of the digital asset market and applicability to your trading strategies.
The Week On-chain The Fourth Halving The fourth Bitcoin Halving has occurred, leading to a 50% reduction in supply inflation and an inherent increase in issuance scarcity. In this edition, we explore the evolution of the Bitcoin network across Epochs with respect to price performance, and fundamental network metrics.
Bitcoin Analysis & Research Glassnode Spotlights: Spot Bitcoin ETFs and Their Impacts The second part of our Glassnode Spotlights series, presenting the most interesting and actionable insights from the Coinbase x Glassnode Q2 Guide to Crypto Markets, explores how spot Bitcoin ETFs are reshaping the well-established market dynamics.
Bitcoin Analysis & Research Glassnode Spotlights: Bitcoin Halving and Its Implications In the Glassnode Spotlight series, we explore the most interesting and actionable insights from the Coinbase x Glassnode Q2 Guide to Crypto Markets. The first part is focused on the 4th Bitcoin halving and its impacts.
Bitcoin Analysis & Research Coinbase + Glassnode: The Q2 Guide to Crypto Markets The Guide to Crypto Markets is a joint publication of Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode, and aims to provide a comprehensive view of the metrics and trends that matter the most to institutional investors.
