• KPMG partners with Coin Metrics
    Cryptocurrencies,  Technology

    KPMG, Coin Metrics partner to offer institutional investors crypto data and services

    The big four auditing firm and network data firm hope the collaboration will support growth in the institutional adoption of crypto assets and public blockchains

    KPMG and Coin Metrics will jointly deliver crypto data, insights, proprietary analytics, and cryptoasset services. The collaboration aims to support growth in the institutional adoption of crypto assets and public blockchains.

  • BitMEX bitcoin Black Thursday bounce
    Bitcoin,  Technology

    BitMEX behind bitcoin Black Thursday bounce?

    New analysis from Coin Metrics suggests that a poorly timed DDoS attack may have helped bitcoin investors while costing BitMEX dearly in market share

    BitMEX suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the worst day imaginable—Black Thursday. The exchange appears to be paying dearly for the blip, according to Coin Metrics, which said BitMEX's share of the bitcoin futures market has tumbled since then.