BIS Study Identifies Major Gap in Bitcoin Onchain Transfer Estimates
Source Summary
A Bank for International Settlements study found that widely used cryptocurrency metrics can obscure actual economic activity, revealing significant measurement challenges across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins. The research highlights gaps in how onchain transfer volumes are estimated and reported.
Why it matters
Accurate measurement of onchain activity is essential for understanding true cryptocurrency adoption and economic use, and flawed metrics can lead to overestimation of actual transaction volumes.
