Sarah Okafor
Research Analyst at Coinlib
Sarah Okafor writes research-driven analysis for Coinlib, covering altcoins, emerging tokens and the narratives moving capital between them. Her pieces focus on fundamentals — supply dynamics, ecosystem activity and adoption — rather than short-term price calls.
Articles by Sarah Okafor (13)
How Crypto Market Cycles Are Measured
Crypto markets cycle. That much is widely accepted. What is less clearly understood is how those cycles are identified and measured — and which of the many...
How to Evaluate a DeFi Protocol Before Using It
Most people who have lost money in DeFi did not lose it to bad luck. They lost it to bad evaluation. A protocol that looked legitimate because it had a...
Understanding Gas Fees: What They Are and Why They Move
Gas fees are one of the most misunderstood costs in crypto. Users encounter them as a number that fluctuates unpredictably, sometimes making simple...
What Happens to Crypto Prices During Macro Downturns
One of the persistent claims in crypto is that Bitcoin and other digital assets are uncorrelated with traditional markets — that they represent a hedge against...
How Yield Farming Works
Yield farming is one of those crypto concepts that gets talked about frequently and explained poorly. The term covers a range of distinct strategies, each with...
The Difference Between Layer 1 and Layer 2 Blockchains
The terminology has become standard in crypto coverage, but the underlying distinction is often underexplained. Layer 1 and Layer 2 are not interchangeable...
How Crypto Market Cycles Are Measured and What They Show
Crypto market cycles get talked about constantly and understood precisely almost never. The vocabulary is everywhere — bull market, bear market, accumulation...
The Role of Stablecoins in a Crypto Portfolio
The Role of Stablecoins in a Crypto Portfolio Stablecoins occupy an unusual position in crypto portfolio thinking. They are simultaneously the most boring...
What Crypto Volatility Actually Looks Like in the Data
Crypto is volatile. That much is stated constantly. What is stated less often is exactly how volatile, how that volatility compares to other assets, how it has...
Understanding Crypto Liquidations: How and Why They Happen
Liquidations are one of the mechanisms that make crypto markets more volatile than most other asset classes. They are also one of the least understood by...
What Crypto Adoption Looks Like at Street Level in 2026
The institutional adoption story for crypto in 2026 is relatively well documented. Spot ETF inflows, corporate treasury allocations, and regulatory progress...
What the Data Says About Crypto and Inflation
The claim that Bitcoin is a hedge against inflation became one of the most repeated arguments in crypto between 2020 and 2022. It was also one of the most...
What Crypto Adoption Looks Like in 2026
Crypto adoption in 2026 does not look the way most people imagined it would five years ago. The vision of cryptocurrency replacing everyday cash transactions...