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Coin Metrics recomputed Ethereum Standard Flow Metrics from the network’s first block, using its latest information on exchange addresses. The Oct. 1 notice covers daily and hourly ETH flow metrics, with corrected history available for backfilling.
Standard metrics can restate past flows when new exchange wallets are identified. Point-in-Time data instead uses addresses known during each historical interval, so later discoveries do not rewrite earlier readings. The two series answer different questions: what current address coverage says about past flows, and what the data showed at the time.
For researchers, the revision makes data vintage central to testing outflow signals. Measuring its effect requires comparing retained pre-rebuild Standard values with the rebuilt series, then replaying a fixed strategy using inputs available at each decision time. Coin Metrics supplied no revision amounts or ETH strategy comparison, so any effect on signals or returns remains unmeasured.
Frequently asked questions
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Which Ethereum flow data did Coin Metrics recompute?
Coin Metrics recomputed all Ethereum Standard Flow Metrics at daily and hourly frequencies, using its latest information on exchange addresses.
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Why can Ethereum’s historical exchange outflows change?
Standard metrics use addresses currently known to belong to an exchange. When additional wallets are identified, their earlier activity can be attributed retrospectively.
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How does Point-in-Time flow data differ from Standard metrics?
Point-in-Time data uses addresses known during each historical interval. Later discoveries do not rewrite earlier intervals.
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What data is needed to measure the effect of the rebuild?
Researchers need retained pre-rebuild Standard values and the rebuilt history for the same metrics and periods, then must compare them with strategy rules held fixed.
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Does the rebuild show that ETH outflows predict returns?
No. Coin Metrics supplied no revision amounts or ETH strategy comparison. Any effect on signals or returns remains to be measured.
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