Research

Culture & Entertainment has some of the most exciting and popular applications in the realms of art, media, and gaming whereby digital assets are becoming an integral component of the rapidly expanding Metaverse.

5. Apr. 2023

The Computing Sector includes assets that serve as platforms to decentralize the traditional web services that have played a prominent role throughout Web2 computing.

5. Apr. 2023

Currency sector refers to any digital asset acting primarily as a medium of exchange and unit of account running on a blockchain network with the ability to complete cross-border transactions without restriction. Digital assets in the Currency sector do not necessarily act as a store of value.

5. Apr. 2023

Decentralized Finance, also known as DeFi, effectively lets people be their own bank by replacing traditional institutions with trustless, transparent, and immutable code in the form of smart contracts.

5. Apr. 2023

Digitization is the sector that enables real world documents to be digitized as the blockchain technology makes proof of ownership, identity and authenticity possible.

5. Apr. 2023

The Digital Assets ecosystem continues its march toward greater adoption and institutionalization. Today, the Smart Contract Platform (SCP) sector represents over a third of the digital asset market capitalization. The SCP sector has captured industry-wide interest as it has enabled software developers to build a range of applications over Ethereum.

5. Apr. 2023

Von Christine Kim, Ben Edgington22. Apr. 2021

CoinDesk Director of Research Noelle Acheson breaks down the latest CoinDesk Research report comparing the value propositions of BTC and ETH, the use-case for ether, and what institutional investors should be watching.

4. März 2021

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.

8. Juli 2020

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.

8. Juli 2020