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Bitcoin Halving 2020: How Miners Expect the Crypto Markets to React

“If price performance following the November 2012 and July 2016 halvings is any indicator, bitcoin’s price should increase significantly over the 10- to 12-month period following the [third] halving,” said Huobi’s Ciara Sun.

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Bitcoin Halving: How Miners Are Preparing for Lower Block Rewards

As the latest Bitcoin halving approaches, miners are upgrading equipment, optimizing arrangements, conserving power and more in the race to dominate.

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What's Next for Bitcoin After March's Crash – CoinDesk Quarterly Review

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.

Quarterly crypto analysis: bitcoin hodlwaves show long-held assets stayed put

Markets

Researchers Are Tapping Blockchain Tools in Fight Against Coronavirus

A variety of projects are tapping blockchain tools to securely store and carefully share personal information in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.

Researchers are increasingly turning to blockchain tools to mitigate the COVID-19 impact, which saw lockdowns and stay-at-home orders in numerous countries. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Miner Perspectives on Bitcoin Halving 2020, Part 1 of a New Podcast Series

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.

Research Halving 1b RELEASE

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We Think 10-Minute Settlement Is Slow but That's Crazy, Feat. CoinDesk Research's Noelle Acheson

CoinDesk Head of Research Noelle Acheson joins the Amun State of Crypto crew to discuss the advantages, disadvantages and eccentricities of crypto markets, exchanges, settlement and more.

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Tech

IOHK Opens Cardano Research Lab at University of Wyoming Following $500K Donation

The blockchain center at the University of Wyoming will feature a Plutus development facility, providing blockchain developers with an applied laboratory for writing code in cardano's smart-contract language.

The Wyoming Division of Banking just granted its first crypto-friendly bank charter Wednesday. (Shutterstock)

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How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar

In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking, what crypto assets' risk-free rate might look like, and what DeFi needs to do to attract investors and new users.

Chart of ETH locked in DeFi lending platforms vs time

Markets

Exchange Tokens: Neither a Great Investment Nor a Great Market Indicator

It’s surprising that, despite the success of their issuers, exchange tokens have not been more successful as investments, or as metrics of adoption in one of crypto assets' best-proven use cases, speculation.

Line graph showing exchange token and bitcoin returns' correlation vs time

Policy

10% of Central Banks Surveyed Close to Issuing Digital Currencies: BIS

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.

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