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Bitcoin’s Unit of Account Status is Still a Fantasy - BitMEX Research
27.1.2020
How close is bitcoin (BTC) to becoming money? New data from BitMEX Research claims that although BTC transactions are now more precise than ever, the cryptocurrency still remains a long way off elusive money status – and believe that precision could actually hurt BTC’s hopes of becoming money.
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Research Firm and Environmental Watch Dog Test World’s First Air Quality Ledger
24.1.2020
Global partnership between PlanetWatch and Algorand tests new blockchain air quality sensors and ledger
10% of Central Banks Surveyed Close to Issuing Digital Currencies: BIS
24.1.2020
A fifth of the world's population may well have access to a central bank digital currency in as little as three years, according to a BIS survey
10% of Central Banks Surveyed Close to Issuing Digital Currencies: BIS
24.1.2020
A fifth of the world's population may well have access to a central bank digital currency in as little as three years, according to a BIS survey
10% of Central Banks Surveyed Close to Issuing Digital Currencies: BIS
24.1.2020
A fifth of the world's population may well have access to a central bank digital currency in as little as three years, according to a BIS survey
MIT Research Group Calls Crypto a Testing Ground for a Central Bank Digital Asset
23.1.2020
The crypto space is a test tube of experimentation which may pave the way for a digital fiat asset, MIT’s crypto research group said
BIS: No Evidence of Mass Transition From CBDC Research to Pilots and Experiments
23.1.2020
The BIS’s new survey revealed that only 10% of central banks are likely to issue a CBDC for the general public in the short term
CoinDesk Q4 2019 Review: A Year in Suspended Animation
23.1.2020
The CoinDesk Quarterly Review surfaces the key data, trends and events shaping the crypto markets. Check it out now
RBI Did No Research Before Anti-Crypto Directive: RTI Reply
23.1.2020
The response to a Right to Information (RTI) request has shown that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is not privy to the nuances of cryptocurrencies and that it did not form any internal committees or working groups for the purpose of studying the merits and detrimental effects of Virtual Currencies...
Research: Ether Was the Cryptocurrency Most Correlated to Other Coins in 2019
22.1.2020
Ether was the coin most correlated to the rest of the crypto market in 2019, while Cosmos the least correlated
Six Central Banks Form Alliance to Pursue Research on Digital Currency
22.1.2020
Six leading banks belonging to the Central Bank group have formed an alliance to work together to assess the potential for central bank digital currency (CBDC) in their respective jurisdictions. These banks include the Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Sveriges...
Six Major Central Banks to Collaborate on Digital Currency Research
21.1.2020
The central banks of Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, European Union, Sweden and Switzerland and the Bank for International Settlements created a CBDC research group
Research: Binance and Huobi Received Over 52% of Total $2.8B Illicit BTC in 2019
16.1.2020
Chainalysis: Binance and Huobi together received over 52% of total $2.8 billion worth of Bitcoin sent from criminal sources in 2019
UAE Can Save Over $3B by Deploying Blockchain, New Research Reveals
15.1.2020
A new report reveals that the United Arab Emirates could save over $3 billion by implementing blockchain tech through streamlining and digitizing administrative processes
Only These Exchanges Matter for Bitcoin’s Price Discovery - Research
15.1.2020
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Only about 10 global cryptocurrency exchanges have any real impact on the price discovery in the bitcoin market, a new research study from crypto analytics firm Digital Asset Research suggests.
The study said that price moves that originate in one of these 10 exchanges...
Blockchain Will Be Most In-Demand Hard Skill in 2020: LinkedIn
14.1.2020
LinkedIn Learning — an educational subsidiary of the professional social network — projects blockchain to top the list of most-needed hard skills in 2020
Close to 11 Million BTC Haven’t Moved in Over a Year
13.1.2020
According to a new research report published by Digital Asset Data, more than 10 million BTC has been sitting dormant for a whole year. Data shows that unmoved bitcoins account for roughly 59% of the current minted supply and it’s the largest number of dormant coins since the start of 2017....
Privacy and Scalability of Lightning Network Lower Than Expected: Report
13.1.2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network privacy and scalability benefits are lower than expected, researchers claim
China Saw $11.4 Billion in Crypto-Based Capital Flight Last Year
13.1.2020
On January 8, China-based blockchain security firm Peckshield published its “2019 Global Digital Asset AML Research Report” noting a variety of crypto trends throughout the year. According to the study, cryptocurrency-based capital flight stemming from China was around $11.4 billion...
Mining Report Highlights China’s ASIC Manufacturing Improvements and Dominance
11.1.2020
During the first month of the new year, the research firm Tokeninsight published its “Mining Industry Annual Research Report,” which covers the competitive bitcoin mining sector. Tokeninsight’s study highlights the fact that BTC’s hashrate increased by 80% in 2019, even...