"Valuation" TAG

Despite stablecoins and decentralized finance (DeFi) continuing to drive demand for gas consumption on Ethereum, and the smart contract network seeing higher usage than ever before, the price of Ether has remained largely range-bound in recent months both versus USD and BTC, raising important questions concerning the relationship between the network and its native asset...

Many within the Ethereum community have long been concerned about poor user experience (UX) associated with first-price auctions and a parasitic relationship between some tokens, dApps, and services and the Ethereum base layer. Currently, users engage in first-price auctions to broadcast transactions on-chain, making it challenging for users and wallets to determine the optimal gas price, and...

In their weekly newsletter, blockchain analytics provider, CoinMetrics examined two increasingly popular narratives about Bitcoin valuation and its place within investment portfolios in the context of financial markets data. Bitcoin is increasingly regarded by many of its proponents as both an uncorrelated financial asset and a store of value. Therefore, Coin Metrics compared the correlation between Bitcoin...

The Quantity Theory of Money (QTM) has a long and complex history; many influential thinkers have struggled to understand its applicability and limitations. The viability and relevance of the QTM hinges on discerning the ability to use the model as a tool for monetary policy prescription. A Historical Perspective The QTM is a formula that...

In a world saturated with sophisticated financial analysis, it is hard to imagine a time when the essential task of determining a project or company’s monetary value faced what must have seemed insurmountable hurdles. While knowledge of compound interest can be traced back to at least as far as the Old Babylonian period (c. 1800...