Nansen

According to Nansen, the Ethereum scaling tool Polygon saw wide swings in daily transactions and active addresses during the fourth quarter as users scrambled to move funds during the epic meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange. The tremendous addition of daily addresses was also partly due to Polygon’s zero-knowledge EVM public testnet launch. "The Hash" panel discusses the report and the outlook for Polygon.

Jan 26, 2023

Genesis Global Holdco LLC, the holding company of troubled cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global Capital, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after being pummeled by two of 2022's biggest industry collapses. Former SEC Enforcement Branch Chief and Bragança Law Managing Partner Lisa Bragança discusses what to expect from its first bankruptcy hearing and whether Genesis' trading business is free of liability as the company's trading arm continues to move money around on blockchains, according to Nansen. Genesis and CoinDesk are both owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG).

Jan 23, 2023

Huobi has experienced outflows of $64 million in the past 24 hours, according to Nansen. It comes after the crypto exchange confirmed a 20% headcount reduction. Tron founder Justin Sun, who sits on Huobi's advisory board, sent $100 million to the exchange, while Tron's price tumbled on the news. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in a string of centralized exchanges hit by the collapse of FTX.

Jan 6, 2023

"When it comes to [Binance's] financials, it is still very much a black box," says Nansen Analyst Andrew Thurman. Thurman shares on-chain insights of the crypto exchange's reserves, following the rapid implosion of rival FTX.

Dec 20, 2022

Binance, the world's largest exchange by trading volume, has faced billions of dollars in net outflows recently, after rival exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy and decreased investor confidence in the crypto markets. Nansen analyst Andrew Thurman discusses the latest developments and what he's seeing on-chain.

Dec 20, 2022

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen has published a new report diving into the collapse of FTX. Nansen Research Analyst Niklas Polk discusses the key takeaways and whether on-chain data suggests FTX's implosion was inevitable.

Nov 22, 2022

On-chain traces of FTT token transactions since 2019 show the "very, very connected" ties of both Sam Bankman-Fried's companies – Alameda Research and FTX. Nansen Analyst Niklas Polk dissects the data.

Nov 22, 2022

A recent report from Nansen indicates there was no one 'attacker' that destabilized the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST). Nansen Principal Research Analyst Aurelie Barthere joins "First Mover" to discuss the on-chain analytics firm's findings.

Jun 1, 2022

Darren Lim, Research Analyst at blockchain analytics platform Nansen, discusses several noticeable blockchain transactions associated with Terraform Labs' plans to increase UST's bitcoin reserve to $3 billion. Plus, insights on how a bitcoin-backed stablecoin would function and why ETH transfers to Ukraine are spiking. 

Mar 25, 2022

NFL star Tom Brady and wife Giselle Bündchen become shareholders in FTX. Blockchain data analytics startup Nansen raises US$12M in Series A funding round. A look at part 3 of 3 from Forkast News and Judith Nielsen Institute’s latest series on blockchain.

Jun 30, 2021