Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets, Kaiko

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Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets

Kaiko is the leading cryptocurrency market data provider for institutional investors and enterprises. We empower market participants with accurate, transparent, and actionable financial data to be leveraged for a range of market activities. Kaiko’s mission is to be the foundation of the new digital finance economy by serving as a single source for market information. Our mission is premised on the idea that high-quality data drives market efficiency and greater transparency throughout the industry. For each of our enterprise clients, we build custom data plans designed for a range of use cases.

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<ul><li>Binance.US is bleeding. One week after the SEC lawsuit, market makers and traders have fled the exchange en masse.</li><li>Liquidity, as measured by aggregated market depth for 17 tokens on the exchange, has fallen nearly 80% over the past week.</li><li>On June 4, the day before the SEC lawsuit, market depth was $34mn. Today, market depth is just $7mn.</li></ul>

Binance.US is bleeding. One week after the SEC lawsuit, market makers and traders have fled the exchange en masse.Liquidity, as measured by aggregated market depth for 17 tokens on the exchange, has fallen nearly 80% over the past week.On June 4, the day before the SEC lawsuit, market depth was $34mn. Today, market depth is just $7mn.

<ul><li>This has been perhaps the single most consequential week for crypto in the U.S., as the SEC charged Coinbase with operating an unregistered securities exchange and charged Binance, Binance.US, and CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) with a variety of securities law violations. </li><li>Just two months ago, we chronicled the CFTC’s charges against Binance and CZ, which primarily focused on Binance’s alleged efforts to onboard high-volume U.S. traders onto Binance, rather than Binance.US (for simplicity, “Binance” will refer to the international exchange and “Binance.US” its U.S. affiliate).</li><li>This analysis showed that despite the creation of Binance.US in 2019, Binance’s trading had actually become more skewed towards U.S. hours, in fact resembling U.S.-based exchanges like Coinbase.</li></ul>

This has been perhaps the single most consequential week for crypto in the U.S., as the SEC charged Coinbase with operating an unregistered securities exchange and charged Binance, Binance.US, and CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) with a variety of securities law violations. Just two months ago, we chronicled the CFTC’s charges against Binance and CZ, which primarily focused on Binance’s alleged efforts to onboard high-volume U.S. traders onto Binance, rather than Binance.US (for simplicity, “Binance” will refer to the international exchange and “Binance.US” its U.S. affiliate).This analysis showed that despite the creation of Binance.US in 2019, Binance’s trading had actually become more skewed towards U.S. hours, in fact resembling U.S.-based exchanges like Coinbase.

<ul><li>Asset Metrics is perhaps the most powerful product that Kaiko has ever released.</li><li>With a single endpoint, users are able to fetch historical liquidity and volume data for any asset we cover, including all instruments and all exchanges – centralized or decentralized.</li><li>Additionally, it includes historical holder data for a wide variety of ERC-20 tokens.</li></ul>

Asset Metrics is perhaps the most powerful product that Kaiko has ever released.With a single endpoint, users are able to fetch historical liquidity and volume data for any asset we cover, including all instruments and all exchanges – centralized or decentralized.Additionally, it includes historical holder data for a wide variety of ERC-20 tokens.

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<ul><li>Ever since the March banking crisis, crypto trade volume and prices have been in the doldrums, with no strong movements in either direction.</li><li>Over the weekend, daily volume dropped to multi-year lows.</li><li>Yet, amid the lull, Tether’s market cap is quickly approaching a new all time high, with the total supply currently at $82.9 billion.</li></ul>

Ever since the March banking crisis, crypto trade volume and prices have been in the doldrums, with no strong movements in either direction.Over the weekend, daily volume dropped to multi-year lows.Yet, amid the lull, Tether’s market cap is quickly approaching a new all time high, with the total supply currently at $82.9 billion.

Why Is Tether's Market Cap Approaching ATH?

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<li>The best design often goes unnoticed. DeFi lending and borrowing stalwarts Aave and Compound have proven themselves to be great design: critical for day-to-day functioning but largely taken for granted.</li>
<li>This becomes apparent when a competitor experiences an exploit, highlighting the reliability of Aave and Compound</li>
<li>When last we checked in on these protocols in December they were in a period of change.</li>
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The best design often goes unnoticed. DeFi lending and borrowing stalwarts Aave and Compound have proven themselves to be great design: critical for day-to-day functioning but largely taken for granted.
This becomes apparent when a competitor experiences an exploit, highlighting the reliability of Aave and Compound
When last we checked in on these protocols in December they were in a period of change.


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