Academic Research

Crypto Derivatives Boom Leaves Small Traders Vulnerable to Liquidation: Carnegie Mellon

Sophisticated actors are taking from amateur investors in bitcoin derivatives trading, according to Carnegie Mellon researchers using data from BitMEX.

Markets  ·  5 May 2021

Blackballed by PayPal, Scientific-Paper Pirate Takes Bitcoin Donations

Bitcoin has been used by outlaws of all sorts, but this time the outlaw is a young scientist from Kazakhstan breaking through the paywalls of academic journals.

People  ·  22 June 2020
Tezos

Free Transactions Invite Systemic Attacks on Blockchains, Researchers Find

EOS, Tezos and XRP have not seen high levels of intended use, according to a new report from researchers in London.

Tech  ·  11 June 2020
Ethereum

‘Careless’ Users Are Ruining Ethereum’s Privacy: Paper

Ethereum's account-based model makes it more susceptible to surveillance than some other protocols and users aren't helping, a research paper argues.

Tech  ·  4 June 2020
Lightning Network

Researchers Surface Privacy Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments

Privacy holes in the Lightning Network, a bitcoin transaction settlement layer, are leaking payment information.

Tech  ·  21 April 2020
Academic Research

US Intelligence Officials Are Funding Research on Dollar-Crushing ‘Black Swan’ Events

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to sponsor a post-doc researcher to study what would happen if the U.S. dollar lost its status as the world’s reserve currency.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 February 2020
Payments

MIT Develops ‘Spider’ Tech to Enable More Efficient Off-Chain Crypto Transactions

The researchers say their new routing scheme can help avoid congestion on off-chain cryptocurrency networks.

Tech  ·  3 February 2020
Russia

Moscow Blockchain Voting System ‘Completely Insecure,’ Says Researcher

A blockchain system that will soon be used to allow Moscow residents to vote in elections is currently easy to hack, according to a researcher.

Policy & regulation  ·  16 August 2019
Social Media

DARPA-Funded Study Looks at How Crypto Chats Spread on Reddit

A U.S. Department of Energy science lab has been studying how well three popular cryptos performed in Reddit chats. Here's what they found.

Markets  ·  6 June 2019
Ripple

Ripple Teams With 10 New Universities for Blockchain Research Initiative

Ripple has partnered with another 10 top universities for its international blockchain research program, bringing the total to 29.

Markets  ·  7 February 2019
China

Ripple Partners With Chinese University for Blockchain Research Program

Ripple has teamed up with a top Chinese university for a research program focused on blockchain regulation and development.

Markets  ·  23 January 2019
Trading

More Than Half of ICOs Fail Within 4 Months, Study Suggests

A new study suggests that, while many ICOs become inactive soon after launch, there are rewards for investors willing to take a risk.

Markets  ·  10 July 2018
Ripple

Ripple Pumps $50 Million Into Academic Research on Blockchain

Ripple is setting aside millions of dollars to fund university-based research into blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.

Tech  ·  4 June 2018
Bitcoin

Major Blockchains Are Pretty Much Still Centralized, Research Finds

Researchers wade into the centralization debate, setting out data analysis they think could help shed light on the issue.

Tech  ·  5 March 2018
Bitcoin

Institutional Cryptoeconomics: A New Model for a New Century

Researchers at RMIT speculate on the potential impact of blockchain technology, theorizing it could undo centuries of business thinking.

Tech  ·  16 September 2017