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World Bank Investigates Smart Contracts as Financial Tools, With Mixed Results

The World Bank has looked at the benefits of smart contracts and found the blockchain instruments to be a "limited" financial tool.

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How to Value Bitcoin: Days Destroyed

How to place a value on bitcoin? Its data are unfamiliar territory for many investors. In a recent investor survey by a well-known financial institution, nearly half said a lack of fundamentals keeps them from participating. In this webinar, we look at one of the first and oldest unique data points to be developed by crypto asset analysts: Bitcoin Days Destroyed. We're joined by Lucas Nuzzi, a veteran analyst and a network data expert at Coin Metrics. In a 30-minute webinar Lucas and CoinDesk Research will walk you through the structure of this unique fundamental, and demonstrate some of its many applications. Watch the full recording of our webinar on How to Value Bitcoin: Bitcoin Days Destroyed.

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How to Value Bitcoin: Days Destroyed

How to place a value on bitcoin? Its data are unfamiliar territory for many investors. In a recent investor survey by a well-known financial institution, nearly half said a lack of fundamentals keeps them from participating.

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Finance

Swiss Tech Firm Metaco Taps Blockchain Think Tank to Bolster Services

Digital asset infrastructure provider METACO is partnering with the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center to bolster its service offerings using the think tank's research.

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Tech

Free Transactions Invite Systemic Attacks on Blockchains, Researchers Find

EOS, Tezos and XRP have not seen high levels of intended use, according to a new report from researchers in London.

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Markets

Bitcoin Halving 2020: How the World's Largest Mining Pool Is Helping Miners 'De-Risk'

F2Pool, the largest bitcoin mining pool in the world, controls 20% of the network's hashrate. F2Pool's Thomas Heller explains the economics of mining.

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Finance

Hut 8: The Struggles of One of Canada’s Largest Miners

CoinDesk Research presents an in-depth look into one of the largest publicly listed mining companies, Hut 8.

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Markets

Libra Has a Flawed Crisis Model, Says Ex-IMF Economist

Libra's revised whitepaper resembles clearinghouse certificates that the U.S. used to prevent bank runs before the Federal Reserve was created, a former IMF economist says.

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Markets

Bitcoin Halving 2020: The 'Arms Race' for Miner Efficiency Intensifies

In the lead-up to the next bitcoin halving event in May, some bitcoin miners are looking at leveraging what some describe as “surplus energy” to make operations even more cost-effective.

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Tech

Researchers Surface Privacy Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments

Privacy holes in the Lightning Network, a bitcoin transaction settlement layer, are leaking payment information.

FLASH: Balances on the Lightning Network can be revealed by relatively straightforward cyberattacks, researchers say. (Credit: Shutterstock)