#bitcoin research

What October’s Metrics Tell Us About BTC, ETH and Volatility

The phrase “gradually then suddenly” has been overused in the crypto industry to emphasize the importance of each step towards regulatory support and institutional interest.

But it’s not yet a case of “suddenly.” We are still in the “gradual” phase. Each month brings progress that seems momentous at the time, but in the grand scheme of market evolution we are still at the beginning. We have…

Cypherpunks Taiwan Successfully Erects Another Bitcoin Satellite Receiver

According to a report out of Blocktempo, Cypherpunks Taiwan has successfully erected another Bitcoin satellite receiver. The island nation is apparently only the second country in Asia to do so after Japan pipped it to the post last year.

This setup takes advantage of the controversial Blockstream satellite projectthat CCN previously reported on. Even though China dominates in the Bitcoin mining…

21% of Bitcoin Hasn’t Moved for Five Years, Stroking Monumental Supply Shock

A record amount of bitcoin is sitting dormant, according to statistics by Coinmetrics. The report reveals that 21.6 percent of the total BTC supply hasn’t moved for five years – that’s almost 4 million coins. It suggests that bitcoiners are increasingly holding for the long-term.

Coinmetrics’ analysis appears to validate the cryptocurrency’s use case as a store of value. As the report explains:

Crypto Market Leaders Differ on Pace of Inst Adoption. Who’s Right?

Bitcoin is in the midst of a tremendous run that saw the crypto rise from $3,693.85 in January 2019 to as high as $13,880 in June. That’s an increase of over 275 percent in just six months. Many investors assume that institutional money has finally arrived and these big financial firms are the ones powering the leading cryptocurrency’s ascent.

However, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, popularly known…

Binance has published a report today, in which the crypto exchange revealed the market insights of its largest institutional and VIP clients. As a result, the participants of the research believe regulation is both a big risk and a key growth driver for the crypto industry.

Regulation and ETFs > Libra and JPM Coin

In its Q2 2019 report named “Institutional Market Insights”, Binance has asked…

According to new research from CB Insights, blockchain venture capital is on track for a 60% decline when compared to 2018 figures. With Bitcoin price on the rise, it’s fair to suggest that blockchain startups are out this year and Bitcoin is back in.

Disentangling Bitcoin From Blockchain

One of the great things about Bitcoin is that even critics could generally see value in its underlying…

Money managers are hungry for yield. Crypto continues to outperform just about any other asset class making this nascent market a hot-bed for alternative prediction solutions. And social media algos are front and centre of that speculation.

Cryptocurrency prices, like foreign exchange, are largely decentralized providing plenty of opportunities for smart programmers to profit from the difference.…

A site called TheTie released a report today that estimates over 86% of all reported Bitcoin exchange volume is suspicious, while 75% of exchanges report extremely dubious volumes. The research uses a different formula than other reports have: it values each website’s visitors and compares that value to the reported figures.

Potential Fake Crypto Volumes High Across The Board

Many…