On-Chain Analysis
Studying public blockchain records — balances, transfers, active addresses, exchange flows — to describe how a network is being used.
Also called on-chain data · onchain
Studying public blockchain records — balances, transfers, active addresses, exchange flows — to describe how a network is being used.
Why it matters
Addresses are not people. One person can hold thousands, and exchanges pool many users into few.
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Custody
The safekeeping of assets on a client's behalf. Regulated custodians must segregate client assets…
Liquidity Pool
A pot of two or more tokens locked in a contract that traders swap…
Gas Fee
The payment for the computation a blockchain transaction consumes, paid in the network's own…
Yield
The income an asset produces as a percentage of its price. For a bond…
Index
A rules-based measure of a group of assets, such as the S&P 500 or…
Futures
A standardised contract to trade an asset at a set price on a future…