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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
DeFi • January 9, 2021, 12:50PM EST UPDATED: July 14, 2021, 12:13PM EDT Quick TakeData for The Block’s data dashboard is sourced from partners Alchemy, bybt, Coin Metrics, CryptoCompare, Digital Assets Data, Dune Analytics, Flipside Crypto, Genesis Global Trading, Glassnode, IntoTheBlock, Kaiko, skew, The TIE, and Vision Hill Group.The dashboard was launched in October with around 70 charts. Today, the dashboard features 132 charts. Areas of interest covered range from crypto markets (prices, exchange volumes) to on-chain activity (transactions, fees) to decentralized finance (stablecoins, DEXs).This article is an overview of the charts included on the dashboards, why those charts have been chosen, and what can be learned by following them — as well as pointing out interesting recent trends.The Block's data dashboard is available via this link or the navigation bar under "Data".CategoriesThere are four major categories on the data dashboard, each of which has multiple sub-categories: Markets. Everything related to the crypto trading activity. This includes spot, futures, and options markets — with regards to cryptocurrency and token prices and trading volumes. Also included is data about companies that are active in the cryptocurrency industry. On-chain metrics. Primarily focused on activity on the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchain. This category intends to showcase how usage, transactions, fees, and security is developing on the respective blockchains. Decentralized finance (DeFi). Protocols that provide trust-minimized financial services, such as decentralized exchange, lending, and stablecoins. Alternative metrics. Additional information related to social traffic and overall interest in cryptocurrencies and tokens.Charts are organized within a category to reflect their popularity. The charts at the top of the page tend to be simpler and more commonly cited, and scrolling down will give deeper and increasingly advanced insights.Most charts are updated daily, especially those related to exchange (prices, volumes, etc.) and blockchain (DeFi, on-chain metrics, etc.) data — this is the case for most monthly charts as well, where the ongoing month will be shown with incomplete data.Charts that are updated monthly or quarterly often rely on manual reporting, such as quarterly reports for certain companies.Users can select individual data points (e.g. a single cryptocurrency exchange among many) by double-clicking the name via the legend. All the charts show the five largest results, and by clicking on "Expand" at the bottom of the chart all results are separated.Via the "Share" link, there's an option to share on social media, as an image, or even to embed on another website.If it's unclear what the contents of the chart are, see the "More info" button for a description of the chart's contents.1. MarketsSpotThe focus of the Spot sub-category is trading volumes on centralized exchanges. Trade volumes on cryptocurrency exchanges reached an all-time high of $379.3 billion in December 2020. The exchanges selected for this chart have been selected among those with the highest trade volume and trustworthy reporting of metrics.Binance currently facilitates approximately 55% of trade volumes, and the second-largest exchange is Coinbase at 14%. Among the advanced charts, an interesting data point to follow the share of trade
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