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Bitcoin Halving: How Miners are Preparing for Lower Block Rewards
11.4.2020
As the latest Bitcoin halving approaches, miners are upgrading equipment, optimizing arrangements, conserving power and more in the race to dominate
Hundreds of Darknet Listings Are Selling Masks and PPE Products for Bitcoin
9.4.2020
According to a recent research report written by the blockchain surveillance firm Elliptic, there’s been a massive influx of darknet market (DNM) vendors selling personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks and coronavirus test kits. The spike in medical equipment sales on the invisible...
What’s Next for Bitcoin After March’s Crash – CoinDesk Quarterly Review
9.4.2020
Will bitcoin move beyond "digital gold"? Is ether viable as money? In 24 charts, CoinDesk Research looks at what happened to crypto assets in the first quarter and what may emerge in the future
Researchers Are Tapping Blockchain Tools in Fight Against Coronavirus
9.4.2020
A variety of projects are tapping blockchain tools to securely store and carefully share personal information in the ongoing fight against COVID-19
CoinDesk Quarterly Review, Q1 2020
8.4.2020
March 12 changed how investors look at crypto markets and assets, shook out some participants and left others unmoved. The CoinDesk Quarterly Review is a Q1 analysis of how the narrative has changed for crypto blue-chips like Bitcoin and Ethereum, which assets outperformed, and how the participants...
The WebAIM Million—Updated
8.4.2020
This report made a big splash last year. It’s a large chunk of research that shows just how terribly the web does with accessibility. It’s been updated this year and (drumroll…) we got a little worse. I’ll use their blockquote:
The number of errors increased 2.1% between...
Miner Perspectives on Bitcoin Halving 2020, Part 1 of a New Podcast Series
4.4.2020
Hosted by CoinDesk Research Analyst Christine Kim, the first episode of the Bitcoin Halving 2020 podcast series is about the impact of bitcoin’s third halving on the concentration of miners in China
Staked Token Supply Doesn’t Correlate with Price, Says Messari Analyst
3.4.2020
There is no correlation between the percentage of staked supply of PoS tokens and their price, a Messari analyst argues
Binance Research Finds Bitcoin Correlated to Stocks — But Not For Long
3.4.2020
New data shows Bitcoin and US equity indexes have a moderate correlation — but gold is doing its own thing
Research: Bitcoin Still Correlated with US Markets, But Not for Long
2.4.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) prices have been correlated with American equities of late, but that situation is set to change, per a new report.
This was the key takeaway from a study published by Binance Research, a unit the global crypto exchange, aimed at uncovering the full effect of the current...
Film Reels and Steel: Github Plans to Archive Bitcoin Code for 1,000 Years
1.4.2020
The Microsoft subsidiary, Github recently revealed the “Archive Program,” an initiative that aims to preserve open source technologies for 1,000 years. The newly launched effort plans to store snapshots of open source technology 250 meters underground on the Norwegian island...
Bitfury Latest to Donate Crypto Mining Power to Coronavirus Research
1.4.2020
Bitfury has dedicated its GPU miners to the Folding@home project, which is studying the novel coronavirus in hopes of developing a vaccine
Bitcoin Halving Capitulation: ‘Mining Death Spirals Don’t Happen in Real Life,’ Says Report
31.3.2020
As the bitcoin halving approaches, crypto-mining ‘death spirals’ and miner capitulation have become prominent topics among digital currency enthusiasts. Despite the trending discussions, Coinshares head of research Christopher Bendiksen published a study that says “[bitcoin]...
Bitfury Becomes Latest Crypto Industry Player to Join COVID-19 Research Project
31.3.2020
Blockchain development firm Bitfury is diverting its computational resources to a distributed computing research effort to combat COVID-19
Binance Academy Launches Blockchain Accelerator in China
30.3.2020
The blockchain research institute plans to hasten blockchain adoption by integrating DLT into other emerging technologies that are thriving in China
Blockchain-Related Deals Are Moving From The US to China
30.3.2020
A research firm highlighted the ongoing boost of blockchain-related deals in China
BitMEX Research Unveils Who Funds Bitcoin Network Development
29.3.2020
BitMEX research shows that blockchain firms Blockstream and Lightning Labs are the largest contributors to Bitcoin development
Binance Academy Establishes Physical Presence in Shanghai
27.3.2020
Binance re-establishes itself in China, but only as a research institute
Venezuelans Use Bitcoin as Gateway to Buy Foreign Fiat - Research
27.3.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to boom in Venezuela – but only because it is helping citizens buy hard-to-purchase foreign fiats, says an industry observer.
As previously reported, trading volumes on peer-to-peer (P2P) platform LocalBitcoins have spiked again in recent weeks.
In a report from the Open...
Report: Crypto Investment Wealth Is Highest in San Francisco Bay Area
26.3.2020
Californian crypto investors have the largest average portfolios in the U.S., with San Francisco topping the ranking both for number of investors and portfolio size