[kictanet] Fwd: [Internet Policy] Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study

[Ali Hussein]

Barrack

Thanks. Definitely useful.

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 9:22 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
>
> Might be of interest to some.
>
> Regards
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Filip Vukovinski <filip.vukovinski at net.hr>
> Date: Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 8:27 PM
> Subject: [Internet Policy] Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study
> To: ISOC Internet Policy List <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>
>
>
> Cambridge Judge Business School published a global cryptocurrencies study
> by Hileman and Rauchs.
>
>
> https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/alternati
> ve-finance/publications/global-cryptocurrency/#.W13zkvaxXcv
>
>
>
> "This is the first study to systematically investigate key cryptocurrency
> industry sectors by collecting empirical, non-public data. The study
> gathered survey data from nearly 150 cryptocurrency companies and
> individuals, and it covers 38 countries from five world regions. The study
> details the key industry sectors that have emerged and the different
> entities that inhabit them."
>
>
> Some of the key findings include the following:
>
>    - The current number of unique active users of cryptocurrency wallets
>    is estimated to be between 2.9 million and 5.8 million.
>    - The lines between the different cryptocurrency industry sectors are
>    increasingly blurred: 31 per cent of cryptocurrency companies surveyed are
>    operating across two cryptocurrency industry sectors or more, giving rise
>    to an increasing number of universal cryptocurrency companies.
>    - At least 1,876 people are working full- time in the cryptocurrency
>    industry, and the actual total figure is likely well above two thousand
>    when large mining organisations and other organisations that did not
>    provide headcount figures are added.
>    - Average security headcount and costs for payment companies and
>    exchanges as a percentage of total headcount/operating expenses are
>    similar, but significantly higher for wallets.
>
>
>
> Filip
>
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