Data from Coinmarketcap.com shows a sharp decline in Bitcoin prices from $18,737.60 December 18th of last year to $6,252.44 on February 6th of this year. However, Bitcoin’s value had already increased to $9,959.84 as of February 16th at 21:00. Rather than a steady increase in Bitcoin’s price up to mid-December of last year, this reflects volatility of this leading cryptocurrency.

This study is definitely worth checking out if you want to keep yourself informed, many big name crypto organizations (nearly 150 in total) contributed to the compilation of this study.
This Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study is an inaugural research focused on alternative payment systems and digital assets. Led by Dr Garrick Hileman, it is the first study of its kind to holistically examine the burgeoning global cryptocurrency industry and its key constituents, which include exchanges, wallets, payments and mining. The findings are both striking and thought-provoking.

By our count, over 300 academic articles have been published on various aspects of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies over the past several years. However, these works tend to take a narrow focus. To our knowledge this is the first global cryptocurrency study based on nonpublic ‘of-chain’ data. We designed the study to present an empirical picture of the current state of this still maturing industry, and to explore how cryptocurrencies are being used today. The findings from this study will be useful to industry, academics, policymakers, media, and anyone seeking to better understand the cryptocurrency landscape.

This study would not have been possible without the support and participation from nearly 150 cryptocurrency companies and individuals that contributed data, many of which have elected to have their logos displayed in this report. This study also greatly benefited from suggestions and support we received from many individuals and firms we recognize in the Acknowledgements. We are grateful for the trust placed by study participants in the University of Cambridge research team. We are looking forward to continuing and expand

The supplier of luxury cars began to cooperate with crypto exchange bitFlyer. The staff of the platform provide technical support when making a payment in bitcoins in 3 salons L Operaio.

The idea is to accept payment in bitcoins, the leadership of the company L Operaio appeared at the end of last year, however, a reliable partner managed to find just now.
The crypto currency exchange bitFlyer has always actively supported new projects. For platform employees, this is not the first experience in the automotive sector. Earlier, bitFlyer signed a partnership agreement with the Idom car dealer. The company specializes in the sale of used cars.
Cooperation with bitFlyer will allow L'operaio customers to quickly pay with bitcoins. To buy a car, customers of the salon must scan the QR-code and use the crypto exchange to transfer funds.
While you can not buy all the machines, the limit of purchases for bitcoins is set at 100 million yen, which is about 942 thousand dollars.
The automotive industry is one of the most loyal to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Recently it became known that the American automotive giant Ford has filed a patent for a new system of building traffic. Drivers will be able to reward each other with tokens for "concessions on the roads".

Hello,

I had read a few months ago that many people like warren buffet had bad perspective for cryprocurrency. He said that bitcoin will have a bad ending.

Do you think it's proper for him to gave a comment like that?

IMO it's not proper. Even if he was an expert in stockmarket but he was commenting on cryptomarket.

It's like an Electrical Engineer questioning the structural integrity of a building design by a Civil Engineer.

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I went camping for a few days... and BAM! $11k -> $17k!!!!!!

This is crazy! Grin Are you guys surprised?