CoinMarketCap released a report which indicates a 43.24% growth among female users in Q1 2020. According to the study, this is compared to a mere 15.5% increase seen in Q4 2019. 18-24 year old rose 65%, with the continents of the Americas and Europe experiencing more than 50% growth. The research highlights an average of more than 80% in growth within some countries throughout Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Greece taking the lead in the global statistics Argentina leads throughout in Latin America. They experienced a growth of over 98.23%, followed by Colombia with 82.03%, and Venezuela with 80.23%. Greece …

A new study released by venture capital firm, MMC Ventures, found that UK blockchain companies are turning to traditional capital raising strategies, noting that the Initial Coin Offering, or ICO, model is becoming “increasingly” difficult to utilize. According to the research published on April 30, ICOs represent a “valuable” funding source for open-source projects. However, they allege that cheap access to capital combined with a lack of understanding of the esoteric concepts involved in most crypto projects, generated the perfect conditions for a “bubble.” The research further quotes a study, previously reported by Cointelegraph, on the fact that almost 80% …

The crypto industry continues to mature, even during these bearish times, according to a recent report from PwC. The Big Four accounting firm’s findings showed that although the number of merger and acquisition deals in the crypto space decreased by 40% in 2019, the funds are now going to established companies instead of seed-stage startups. Additionally, crypto-native actors are beginning to take the stage from institutional investors as the market becomes more consolidated and less United States-centric. So, what exactly does it mean for the industry, and will institutional investors’ interest in crypto ever be roused again? Crypto winter’s impact …

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer, Canaan, reported a net loss of $148 million for 2019, according to the latest financial results filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The latest unaudited Q4 and 2019 financial results from the China-based company said that its total 2019 net revenue was $204.3 million. This represents approximately half of the $384 million the company generated in 2018. Total net revenue increased in Q4 2019 In the same quarter, the company’s total net revenue increased by 66.8%, representing $66.5 million. This was more than half of what it had generated in the same period …

Distributed ledger technology, colloquially termed “blockchain,” is making a bold promise to help bring the trade industry into the digital age. To help shed light on the intricate workings of the technology and the role that it is playing in the international trade industry, Trade Finance Global partnered up with the World Trade Organization earlier this month to produce a 56-page report titled “Blockchain & DLT in Trade: A Reality Check,” endorsed by the International Chamber of Commerce. David Bischof, deputy director at the ICC’s finance for development hub, shared in a private interview: “This ‘Blockchain & DLT in Trade’ …

The United Kingdom’s finance watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that it is investigating 18 companies over cryptocurrency use, local daily news outlet the Telegraph reported Dec. 29. Responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request from the publication, the FCA said it had closed the vast majority of its investigations into cryptocurrency-related businesses since May of this year. Out of a total of 67 such inquiries, it revealed, 49 had come to an end, either by issuing a warning to those involved or admitting there was not enough evidence to support officials’ suspicions. The statistics were …

There are thousands of pump-and-dump groups on popular messaging apps, a study conducted by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) revealed Dec. 18. Pump-and-dump is the fraudulent practice of perpetrators encouraging unwitting investors to buy an asset to inflate its price artificially, and then selling it when the price gets high enough. This practice is not new, Cointelegraph having reported last year about Telegram groups organizing pump-and-dumps. The newly published data, however, “suggest that [the pump-and-dump] phenomenon is widespread and often quite profitable.” According to an article on the study, published by Bloomberg Dec. 19, the researchers have identified 4,818 …

Nvidia released its earnings report for the third quarter (Q3) of 2018 today, Nov. 15, revealing that demand for Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) among crypto miners has dried up. In the financial results report, founder and CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang said that the company’s “near-term results reflect excess channel inventory post the cryptocurrency boom, which will be corrected.” Put differently, the cryptocurrency frenzy drove up prices for Nvidia’s gaming cards, but once that demand disappeared, prices did not decrease quickly enough to attract customers who were waiting for more affordable cards. Huang told Reuters: “The crypto hangover lasted …

A recent study prepared by ICO advisory firm Statis Group revealed that more than 80 percent of initial coin offerings (ICOs) conducted in 2017 were identified as scams. The study took into consideration the lifecycle of ICOs run in 2017, from the initial proposal of a sale availability to the most mature phase of trading on a crypto exchange. The research says that in 2017 “over 70 percent of ICO funding (by $ volume) to-date went to higher quality projects, although over 80 percent of projects (by # share) were identified as scams.” The analysts found that four percent of …

According to a joint report from consulting firm PwC and the Swiss Crypto Valley Association, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are booming despite the price collapse of cryptocurrencies, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reports today, June 29. PwC found that ICO volume reached new record highs in the first half of 2018. Per the report, between January and May 2018 alone, ICO volume is already twice as much as it was during the entire year of 2017. PwC Switzerland writes in an accompanying press release: "In total, 537 ICOs with a total volume of more than $13.7 billion have been registered since the …

A senior U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official has said that leading altcoin Ethereum (ETH) will not be regulated as a security, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports today, June 14. SEC Corporation Finance Director William Hinman said at Yahoo Finance’s All Market Summit: Crypto in San Francisco today that: “Based on my understanding of the present state of ether, the Ethereum network and its decentralized structure, current offers and sales of ether are not securities transactions.” Hinman’s argument that Ethereum is now sufficiently decentralized to disqualify it from a securities classification appears to indicate that the altcoin will …

Facebook is reportedly “exploring” the creation of its own cryptocurrency, news media outlet Cheddar reported May 11. According to Cheddar’s anonymous sources, people “familiar with Facebook’s plans,” the social media giant is “very serious” about plans to launch an in-app virtual coin. The unconfirmed information comes the same week the platform announced that David Marcus, head of its Messenger app, would transfer to heading a dedicated blockchain research group. Marcus’ appointment to Blockchain operations was immediately conspicuous, the executive previously having worked in the finance sphere for PayPal and subsequently joining US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s board in December 2017. At …