Coin Metrics

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Coin Metrics is a leading crypto financial intelligence platform that provides institutional-grade blockchain analytics, market data, and digital asset insights. Founded in 2017 and now acquired by Talos, Coin Metrics allows investors, traders, and enterprises with high-quality crypto data APIs, on-chain analytics, and real-time market intelligence to make informed decisions across the entire digital asset lifecycle. Integrated within Talos’ infrastructure, Coin Metrics delivers a comprehensive data-driven ecosystem covering research, trading, risk management, and portfolio analytics, making it a preferred solution for hedge funds, asset managers, and financial institutions in the crypto space. Key Features of CoinMetrics: • Tracks wallet behaviour, transaction flows, and network activity to support data-driven crypto investment strategies. • Scalable APIs that make it easy to integrate crypto data into trading platforms, fintech apps, and analytics dashboards. • Accurate and transparent pricing data with 24/7 coverage for valuation, trading, and risk management. • Real-time and historical data covering trades, order books, pricing, and liquidity for quant trading, research, and portfolio management. CoinMetrics Milestones: Year Key Achievements 2017 Founding & Open Source It started as an open-source project by Nic Carter and Aleksei Nolde, focused on bringing transparency to blockchain economic data. 2019 Seed Funding & Incorporation The company was officially formed with Tim Rice as CEO. It raised $1.9M in seed funding led by Castle Island Ventures and Fidelity. 2020 Series A Funding Raised $6M to grow institutional data feeds and build network risk solutions. 2021 Series B Funding Secured $15M led by Goldman Sachs, marking strong institutional trust in its data quality. 2022 Datonomy Launch Teamed up with Goldman Sachs and MSCI to launch Datonomy™, a classification system for digital assets. Series C Funding Raised $35M at a $315M valuation to support global expansion and product R&D. 2023 Institutional Integration Strengthened partnerships with FactSet and Two Sigma. Also introduced advanced DeFi and funding rate metrics. 2024 ETF & Stablecoin Focus Expanded data coverage around spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, along with real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation. 2025 Acquisition by Talos Acquired by Talos for over $100M in July 2025 to build a more integrated data and trading platform.

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