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Current State of Blockchain Community. 16% Developers, 16% Executives, 8% Investors 4% Full-Time Blockchain, 16% Part-Time
46%
U.S. & Canada
2% work at Blockchain Technology Companies, 5% at Investment Services
36%
Europe
11% Accredited, 89% Unaccredited investors
7%
Asia
3%
Central & South America
2%
Africa
92% bought cryptocurrency in 2017, 68% in Q4, 51% in Q3, 34% in Q2, 24% in Q1
Male 97%
86% owned over 3 unique digital assets, 2% never owned
Female 3%
27% own $10k - $50k worth of cryptocurrency, 16% own $1k - $5k, 12% own $100k - $500k 94% check prices at least daily, 56% every day, 37% every hour, 5% a couple times a week
< 18 1%
18 – 25 9%
Data Sources: CoinDesk’s Q4 2017 Blockchain Sentiment Survey
26 – 35 39%
36 – 45 29%
46 - 55 15%
56 – 65 66+ 6% 2%
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Fringe goes mainstream. What year did you start actively following cryptocurrencies? 100%
75%
50%
25%
0% 2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Data Sources: Google Trends, CoinDesk, Autonomous NEXT, WSJ, CoinDesk’s Q4 2017 Blockchain Sentiment Survey
2015
2016
2017
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Fringe goes mainstream. With the rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies in 2017, do you think the industry moved away from its cypherpunk roots?
No 31%
Yes 69%
Data Sources: Google Trends, CoinDesk, Autonomous NEXT, WSJ, CoinDesk’s Q4 2017 Blockchain Sentiment Survey
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Bitcoin’s price nearly hit $20k. Dec. 17: Bitcoin nearly hits ATH of $20k
$20,000
Dec. 18: CME futures open Chart Title
20000
Dec. 28: South Korea crackdown on cryptocurrency trading Nov. 28: Bitcoin hits ATH of $10k
$15,000
15000
Oct. 24: Bitcoin Gold hard fork
$10,000
Nov. 8: SegWit2x postponed
Jan 30: Facebook bans crypto ads Dec. 10: Cboe futures open & crash website
Feb 13: Self regulatory body formed from UK crypto companies
Dec. 22: Coinbase temporarily halts trading
Mar 19: Trump sanctions Petro
10000
Oct. 12: Bitcoin hits ATH of $5k
Nov. 28:
$5,000
5000
Oct. 12: Jamie Dimon insults Bitcoin
$- 0
Oct. 31: CME & CBOE announce futures
Jan 11: Bitconnect gets 2nd cease-anddesist from US
Nov. 12: bitcoin’s hashrate falls below bitcoin cash’s for 1 day
Mar 12: Coinbase announces ERC20 token support
Feb 20: Venezuela launches Petro Feb 8: Binance suspends trading
Mar 26: Coinbase announces ERC20 token support
0
Oct-17
Nov-17
Dec-17
Jan-18
Data Sources: CoinDesk, bitcoin price page
Feb-18
Mar-18
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Beneath the hype, lies fundamentals. $20,000
$15,000
Block Size 1.10 0.83 0.55 0.28 0.00
$10,000
Transactions
$5,000
Trading Volume
400,000
$5bn
300,000
$4bn
200,000
$3bn
100,000
$1bn '-0
'-
Hashrate 11m 8m 6m 3m
$- 0 Oct-17
'-0
Nov-17 Data Sources: CoinDesk, bitcoin price page, CryptoCompare, Blockchain
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