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ForkLog 19 06.10.2020

Report: 75 cryptocurrency exchanges shut down in 2020

In 2020, 75 cryptocurrency exchanges shut down — a figure 56% higher than in the previous year, according to data from the Cryptowisser analytics platform.

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ForkLog 28 06.10.2020

More than 100 million users and the main trends in the cryptocurrency market: a Cambridge report

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance published its annual — the third — study of the global cryptocurrency market. The study gathered data on the operations of crypto services and their clients, surveying 280 companies across 59 countries.

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ForkLog 16 05.10.2020

Study finds that 76% of miners use renewable energy sources

According to a survey conducted by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge, 76% of cryptocurrency miners using the PoW consensus algorithm rely on renewable energy resources, but 'green electricity' accounts for only 39% of total consumption.

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ForkLog 15 05.10.2020

Study finds 43% of corporate blockchains in the financial sector

81% of launched corporate blockchains exhibit a low degree of decentralisation and only 19% are governed by direct competitors. Almost half are built on Hyperledger Fabric and 43% are deployed in the financial sector. These figures appear in Cambridge University's second Global Enterprise Blockchain Report.

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ForkLog 12 01.10.2020

Survey finds 49% of Russians have faced online censorship

The VPN service TunnelBear published the results of a study on internet censorship, surveying residents of Russia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway and Sweden. 44% of respondents said that they themselves or people they know personally have been subjected to censorship online.

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ForkLog 32 25.09.2020

Cambridge University tallies 100 million cryptocurrency users worldwide

The number of cryptocurrency users worldwide over the past two years has almost tripled—from 35 million to 101 million people. The figures are from a market report on digital currencies prepared by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School.

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ForkLog 8 25.09.2020

Most Americans oppose CBDCs, study finds

Almost a quarter of Americans support moving from cash to a central bank digital currency (CBDC), while the majority oppose. According to a Genesis Mining cloud mining service study.

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ForkLog 10 23.09.2020

Bank of Canada ties crypto investments to financial illiteracy

Canadians with low financial literacy are more likely to invest in cryptocurrencies than their economically literate counterparts. The central bank's study notes this.

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ForkLog 17 22.09.2020

Survey: 90% of institutional investors plan to buy more Bitcoin

Forty-five of 50 pension funds and insurers in the United Kingdom and the United States, with assets of $78.4 billion, are expected to increase investments in cryptocurrencies over the next five years, according to a survey by Evertas and Pureprofile reported by DeCrypt.

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ForkLog 11 22.09.2020

CoinGecko survey: Most yield farmers increased investments by more than 500%.

Most DeFi protocol users managed to multiply their capital by more than 500% through yield farming, but 40% do not know how to read smart-contract code. The CoinGecko survey of 1,347 respondents shows this.

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ForkLog 12 21.09.2020

Survey finds 10% of Russian bank clients want to invest in cryptocurrencies

The vast majority of Russian bank depositors are not yet ready to invest in cryptocurrencies, according to a survey by IDF.

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ForkLog 17 18.09.2020

Poll: 16% of Russian women prefer to invest in Bitcoin

Russia ranked second in the world for the number of women investors during 2018–2020. A sixth of them prefer to invest in cryptocurrency, Forbes writes citing a study by Investing.com.

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