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This research evaluates the technology, leading companies, and solutions in the evolving blockchain ecosystem. The report evaluates current and anticipated use cases for blockchain and assesses the market potential globally, regionally, and segmented by deployment type and industry vertical for the period 2020 to 2025.

The research also evaluates key players, solutions, and use cases. It also assesses the prospect of integrating blockchain with other technologies including IoT and artificial intelligence. The report includes detailed forecasts by use case, application, and industry verticals. This includes blockchain applications and solutions for both financial and non-financial markets.

This research also assesses the market for IoT authentication and authorization by technology, solutions, and industry verticals with forecasts from 2020 to 2025. The report analyzes IoT authentication and authorization market drivers and opportunities. The report also assesses IoT authentication and authorization infrastructure requirements.

As blockchain promises to replace third parties with a network of nodes to verify transactions and to make the process faster, it has gained massive attention from financial services sectors. Many non-traditional firms even have entered into the ecosystem to create blockchain networks to facilitate financial transactions. Some of the popular applications of blockchain in financial services include peer-to-peer payment transactions, payment clearing and settlement, and money exchange between parties.

We see blockchain and related distributed authentication and accounting technologies transforming ICT systems and processes. There will also be a substantial impact in terms of business model disintermediation across a wide variety of industry verticals. Lessons learned in FinTech and traditional banking from the deployment and operation of decentralized authentication, clearing and settlement, will be applied towards many telecom and computing problems for the benefit of many industry verticals.

The impact will be wide-ranging, including everything from investing/trading to the legal cannabis industry, and very deep in terms of changes to supply chains and relationships between vendors, customers, and peers. We are already starting to see major impacts in shipping, food safety, and various logistics-heavy industries.

Integration and operation of blockchain technology will redefine how various industries operate, dramatically improving efficiencies, and reduce the cost of doing business. One important example is the Internet of Things (IoT), which is a very promising area as analysts anticipate that the use of blockchain in IoT networks/systems will be one of the means for authenticating and authorizing transactions.

We see Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) representing a key service offering for many market segments as a means of solution introduction and scalability via a cloud services model. BaaS service providers will include many different types of services such as customize blockchain applications for cloud services, specific industries, custom consulting, and integration with existing systems.

IoT authentication and authorization solutions are important in support of IoT data management including access and management with a Data as a Service (DaaS) model, which is defined as any service offered where users can access vendor provided databases or host their own databases on vendor managed systems.

IoT Data as a Service (IoT DaaS) offers convenient and cost-effective solutions to enterprises of various sizes and domains. IoT DaaS constitutes retrieving, storing and analyzing information and providing customers either of the three or integrated service packages depending on the budget and the requirement. Acquiring (capturing and/or licensing), storing, processing, and distributing IoT data is anticipated to become a multi-billion-dollar business by 2025.

IoT authentication and authorization solutions are also important in support of the "things" involved in IoT, which vary from devices used to detect, actuate, signal, engage, and more. IoT things also involve everything from gateways, modules, and sensors to hardware and embedded software within products and equipment and other consumers, enterprise, and industrial assets. The IoT ecosystem could easily become highly cumbersome with so many different "things" to consider as part of IoT provisioning, activation, administration and other management functions.

More specifically, IoT authentication and authorization solutions are important in support of IoT device management in concert with the expanding scope of devices by volume, type, purpose, role and importance. Authentication ensures proper IoT device security, which goes beyond access (to device, network/system, etc.) and includes data security/privacy as well as securing proper decisions (e.g. ensuring that autonomous processes are carried forth in a manner that is not detrimental).

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Blockchain Technology Market by Service Type, Applications, Solutions, Industry Verticals 2020 - 2025

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction2.1 Evolution of Payment Industry2.2 Payments Value Chain and Blockchain2.3 Blockchain Technology2.4 Early Blockchain Implementations2.5 Blockchain Technology SWOT Analysis

3 Blockchain Ecosystem and Marketplace3.1 Blockchain Types and Stakeholders3.2 Blockchain Applications3.3 Blockchain Application in Industry Verticals3.4 Blockchain in the Internet of Things3.5 Blockchain as a Service (BaaS)3.6 Blockchain Stakeholders in ICT3.7 Blockchain to Improve Cybersecurity3.8 Blockchain Investment Analysis3.9 Important Blockchain Consortia and Associations3.10 Blockchain Solutions in Industry Verticals

4 Blockchain Market Outlook and Forecasts 2020 - 20254.1 Global Market Forecast 2020 - 20254.2 Blockchain Markets by Solution

5 Blockchain Vendors5.1 21, Inc.5.2 Accenture5.3 Abra, Inc.5.4 Alphapoint Corporation5.5 Amazon5.6 Baidu5.7 Bitfury Group5.8 Blockchain Global Limited5.9 BlockCypher, Inc.5.10 Bloq5.11 BTL Group (Blockchain Tech Ltd.)5.12 Chain, Inc.5.13 Circle Internet Financial Limited5.14 Coinbase5.15 Coinfirm Ltd.5.16 ConsenSys Systems (ConsenSys)5.17 Credits5.18 Dell Technologies5.19 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu5.20 Digital Asset Holdings5.21 Digitalx Ltd. (Digital Cc Ltd.)5.22 DMG Blockchain Solutions5.23 Earthport5.24 Factom Inc.5.25 Fidelity Investments5.26 Global Arena Holding, Inc. (GAHC)5.27 HP5.28 Holo5.29 HyperLedger5.30 IBM Corporation5.31 Intelygenz5.32 IOTA5.33 Libra Services, Inc.5.34 Linux Foundation5.35 Microsoft Corporation5.36 Monax5.37 NASDAQ5.38 Overstock5.39 R35.40 Ripple5.41 ShoCard5.42 Tecent

6 Conclusions and Recommendations

IoT Authentication and Authorization by Technology, Solutions, and Industry Verticals 2020 - 2025

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction2.1 IoT Data2.2 IoT Devices2.3 IoT Identity Management2.4 IoT Trust Environment

3 IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Drivers3.1 Machine Transactions3.2 Edge Computing3.3 Device Management3.4 Data Management3.5 Service Level Agreements

4 IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Opportunities4.1 Support of IoT Data as a Service4.2 IoT Identity Management and AAA as a Service4.3 IoT Mediation and Orchestration

5 IoT Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure5.1 IoT Database Infrastructure5.2 DB Support of IoT Orchestration and Mediation5.3 DB Support of IoT AAA Services5.4 IoT DB Support of IoT Identity Management5.5 IoT DB Support of IoT Data Management and Analytics5.6 IoT DB Registry and Transaction Services

6 IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Analysis and Forecasts 2020 - 20256.1 Global IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Forecast 2020 - 20256.2 Global AI Market Forecast in IoT Authentication and Authorization 2020 - 20256.3 Global IoT Authentication and Authorization Market in 5G Network 2020 - 20256.4 Global IoT Authentication and Authorization Market in Edge Network 2020 - 20256.5 Regional IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Forecasts 2020 - 20256.5.1 IoT Authentication and Authorization Market by Region

7 Conclusions and Recommendations

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DBMR has added a new report titled Global Blockchain Technology in the Healthcare Market with analysis provides the insights which bring marketplace clearly into the focus and thus help organizations make better decisions. This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global market and includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in the market. It intends to supply an entire 360-degree perspective of this market concerning cutting edge technology, key advancement, drivers and restraints and prospective trends with impact analysis. This study also analyzes the market status, market share, growth rate, future trends, market drivers, opportunities and challenges, risk and entry barriers. This Global Blockchain Technology in the Healthcare Market report presents the market competitive landscape and a corresponding detailed analysis of the major vendor/key players in the market.

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Global Blockchain Technology in the Healthcare Market, By Application (Data Exchange and Interoperability, Claims Adjudication and Billing Management, Drug Supply Chain Integrity, Clinical Trials, Cyber Security and Internet of Medical Things), End-Use (Pharmaceutical Companies, Healthcare Payers, Healthcare Providers, Others), Type (Permissioned Blockchains, Permission Less Blockchains), Deployment Sector (Public, Private), Country (U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Italy, U.K., France, Spain, Netherland, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, Rest of Europe, Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia- Pacific, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Egypt, Israel, Rest of Middle East and Africa) Industry Trends and Forecast to 2028

Blockchain technology in the healthcare market is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028. Data Bridge Market Research analyses the market to growing at a CAGR of 21.70% in the above-mentioned forecast period. The growing awareness amongst the patients regarding the benefits of blockchain technology in the healthcare which will further create new opportunities for the growth of the market.

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The major players covered in the blockchain technology in the healthcare market report are IBM Corporation; Microsoft; Guardtime; PokitDok, Inc.; Gem; Global Hospital & Healthcare Management.; Chronicled; iSolve, LLC; Patientory.; Factom.; Medicalchain SA.; Proof.Works; Blockchain AI Solutions Ltd; BurstIQ; Doc.ai , Inc.; Intellectsoft US; Medtronic; Quest Diagnostics Incorporated.; Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI); Nebula Genomics; among other domestic and global players.

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Blockchain technology is used on a real-time basis to gather and monitor information about transactions. This technology acts as a digital ledger and manages all the operations carried out within the network. Blockchain technology offers many advantages, such as higher transaction speed, lower data replication, lower chances of failure, and high confidence and governance. Information on the patients database is stored in bits and pieces in healthcare systems.

Surging incidence of healthcare data breaches, rising threats of counterfeit drugs, growing adoption of blockchain as a service, transparency and immutability of the distributed ledger technology, cost-effective and secured datainteroperabilitythrough blockchain are some of the major as well as factors which will likely to augment the growth of the blockchain technology in the healthcare market in the projected timeframe of 2021-2028. On the other hand, increasing number of government initiatives regarding the growth of the healthcare sector along with growing adoption ofelectronic healthcare recordswhich will further contribute by generating immense opportunities that will led to the growth of the blockchain technology in the healthcare market in the above mentioned projected timeframe.

Lack of skilled professionals along with lack of technicalinfrastructurewhich will likely to act as market restraints factor for the growth of the blockchain technology in the healthcare in the above mentioned projected timeframe. Absence of necessary regulatory system along with lack of awareness in developing economies which will become the biggest and foremost challenge for the growth of the market.

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Blockchain technology in the healthcare market is analysed and market size insights and trends are provided by country, application, type, deployment sector, and end-use as referenced above.

The countries covered in the blockchain technology in the healthcare market report are U.S., Canada and Mexico in North America, Germany, France, U.K., Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Rest of Europe in Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC), Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, South Africa, Egypt, Israel, Rest of Middle East and Africa (MEA) as a part of Middle East and Africa (MEA), Brazil, Argentina and Rest of South America as part of South America.

North America dominates the blockchain technology in the healthcare market due to the rising incidence of fraudulent activities along with increasing need to reduce healthcare cost in the region, while Asia-Pacific is expected to grow at the highest growth rate in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028 due to the development of healthcare infrastructure along with rising adoption of EHR systems in the region.

The country section of the blockchain technology in the healthcare market report also provides individual market impacting factors and changes in regulation in the market domestically that impacts the current and future trends of the market. Data points such as consumption volumes, production sites and volumes, import export analysis, price trend analysis, cost of raw materials, down-stream and upstream value chain analysis are some of the major pointers used to forecast the market scenario for individual countries. Also, presence and availability of global brands and their challenges faced due to large or scarce competition from local and domestic brands, impact of domestic tariffs and trade routes are considered while providing forecast analysis of the country data.

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A climate of uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the increased use of digital securities for commercial real estate holdings.

Richard Johnson, founder and CEO of Texture Capital, said the pandemic has expedited the need for real estate companies to take a serious look at tokenization as a way to differentiate offerings and provide more flexibility to investors. Further, issuing digital securities via blockchain technology provides a new approach for private investors to invest in high-end properties.

With tokenization in private markets, its possible to get a lot more granular and focus on certain assets, said Johnson, who founded Texture in September 2019 after spending nearly four years as a senior analyst at Greenwich Associates. While there are limited options now as the space is growing, it will soon be possible to construct a portfolio targeting specific asset types by zip code.

Real estate tokenization could serve as a catalyst for providing liquidity to investors who lack a market to get out of positions on struggling asset classes, such as office and leisure properties. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released guidance around custody of tokenized assets like real estate, which Johnson said should lead to greater institutional participation.

New York-based Realio Technology has already tokenized more than $300 million worth of assets with a special focus on real estate. The firm entered into a joint venture with Valentus Capital Management to build its digital issuance platform and recently formed a $10 million fund administration engagement for a large residential tower project on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Given the size of the overall real estate market, finding efficiencies wherever possible can provide a significant competitive advantage, said Derek Boirun, founder and CEO of Realio. Tokenization has the potential to reduce costs for asset managers, provide a capital cost advantage for developers, and offer investors a better and more digital experience with regard to managing and trading their holdings.

Realio announced last week the launch of its Realio Security Token (STO), which provides investors with equity and shared revenue derived from its tokenized assets. The STO offers up to 17 million tokens and will be the first digital security issued on the platform as a multi-chain asset, available on the Algorand, Ethereum, and Stellar blockchains. The platform was originally unveiled in March 2020 before getting placed on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The origins of Realio designing its real estate tokenization concept began in 2017, when Ethereum was emerging as a decentralized fundraising tool. Boirun said certain habits altered during the pandemic, such as remote working, could remain long term, which will accelerate the adoption of tokenized assets in the real estate space.

Johnson noted that one key factor driving increased interest in real estate tokenization stems from real estate being one of the most favored asset classes among institutional investors, deriving 17 percent of assets under management in family offices alone. He said tokenization could also boost liquidity opportunities for investors to sell assets after just one year, compared to lock-up provisions of five to seven years featured in typical real estate funds.

I recently spoke to a real estate developer who told me 50 percent of his investors ask for a shorter lock-up, Johnson said. Tokenization solves this.

Despite increased movement toward real estate digital securities in private platforms, many hurdles remain before the concept hits the public markets. Among the obstacles in place preventing further adoption are central banks in some countries banning transactions denominated in cryptocurrencies.

I do not think well see a public real estate token market for a long time, Johnson said. The innovation is happening in private markets, and that is where the new, secondary trading marketplaces will arise.

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ITM, established in January 2019, offers innovative blockchain solutions for three common problems - scalability, privacy and cost. By empowering IoT devices with blockchain capabilities, ITM makes large amounts of data generated by connected devices more tamper-proof, ensuring trust in data for enterprises and its clients.

ITM applies blockchain technology to transform data validation

Together with Microsoft and MediaTek, ITM has developed a solution for TaiPower, Taiwan's largest energy provider, to record solar power data generated by smart meters.

The project, using MediaTek chipsets certified for Microsoft Azure Sphere, has been successfully deployed in TaiPower's power fields. Data collected by the smart meter will be sealed on Blockchain, and automatically connected to Azure Sphere security cloud services, establishing trusted renewable energy data while retaining hardware-level security.

This project comes when the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted virtually all businesses. "The pandemic has caused increased disruption in the mobility and communication of office personnel. ITM uses blockchain technology to ensure the accountability of your data and reduce the need of third-party verifications. The audit process is automatically done by the machine, which speeds up data exchange between supply chain participants," said Julian Chen, CEO of ITM.

ITM's blockchain solution adds security into data transfer

Traditional efforts to check and verify data usually involve a third party and can be time consuming and expensive. By sending data generated by IoT devices to an immutable blockchain ledger, ITM creates an automatic audit mechanism that verifies and validates data in a cost and time effective way.

Apart from data compliance, ITM's cryptographic security algorithm solves common problems of scalability, privacy and cost highlighted in the current blockchain for IoT systems, it also plays a pivotal role in accelerating post-crisis digital transformation initiatives.

"Scalability, privacy and cost are the common issues enterprises face. Most public chains face the difficulty of processing a large amount of data generated by IoT devices and that affects the scaling up of a company. Meanwhile, it costs companies an exorbitant amount of money to have miners turn raw data into useful information. Concerns about data stored on a blockchain have also been raised owing to the lack of a mechanism to erase information after it's been input," says Chen.

"By designing their new solutions with Microsoft Azure Sphere, ITM is building products on a foundation of security," said Nicole Denil, Microsoft GM IoT Asia. "ITM's edge computing solution makes connected devices more secure and reliable. It enables them to register millions of data transactions, sealed in a single fingerprint on a blockchain. ITM's technology is specific to IoT devices, which makes it possible to process large amounts of data without causing latency problems."

About ITM

Founded in January 2019 in Taiwan, International Trust Machines Corporation (ITM) offers blockchain-enabled chipsets as a solution to the scalability problem of public ledgers.

Since its establishment, ITM has been working with local and international organizations to further promote innovative blockchain solutions. Its clients and strategic partners include Qualcomm, Microsoft, MediaTek, Acer, Kneron, and others.

The blockchain solutions provider has claimed the 1st runner-up honours at the Qualcomm Innovate in Taiwan Challenge 2019 (QITC 2019), it was also among the 80 startups chosen by the Taiwan Tech Arena to exhibit innovative products at the TTA Taiwan Tech Pavilion at CES 2020.

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Annual car sales are unlikely to reach pre-COVID-19 levels anytime soon. In fact, experts say that the rate of recovery is forecasted to be a result of a slowdown in internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, with electric vehicles gaining a positive trajectory during the pandemic recovery period and beyond. According to a recent Deloittestudy, EVs are likely to secure 32% of the global market share for new car sales by 2030.

More electric vehicles! Sounds great for the environment, right? Yes, but electric car manufacturers have to tread carefully. More EVs means more batteries, and its essential that companies source the raw materials needed for batters ethically, particularly cobalt.

Polestar, a recent EV launch, was the first car to announce the use of blockchain to trace cobalt in its batteries, according to Polestars Head of SustainabilityFrederika Klarn. You might have heard about blockchain in the context of cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin. But blockchains uses can extend far beyond digital currency and into the realm of sustainable supply chain management.

Polestar, a brand thatadvocates for transparencyand accountability in the electric vehicle manufacturing industry, believes in the potential of blockchain technology to validate the ethical production of its batteries.

Blockchain records a digital register of transactions within a supply chain that cannot be altered. This transparent traceability means that the sources of the materials, and the methods by which theyre extracted, processed, and transported can be regulated. Its truly setting the precedent for sustainable supply chain management.

Cobalt is an important resource for battery production. The element helps keep lithium batteries cool during charging and discharging, but obtaining cobalt often presents terrible conditions for miners, particularly in the Republic of Congo.

Earlier this year, reporters uncovered how an army of 35,000 children wasmining cobalt in toxic conditions, sparking debates between consumers and manufacturers of electronic products focused on finding a way to improve the situation.

It was important to us to start with cobalt when piloting this innovative technology. We need many tools to fight the cobalt supply chain risks relating to child- and human rights violations. Supporting communities through programs such as Better Mining, increasing the use of recycled content, and implementing responsible sourcing practices are some of them. And now we can also add blockchain to the list, said Klarn.

Last year, Polestar worked out anagreementwith its two battery suppliers, CATL from China and LG Chem from South Korea, to ensure the cobalt used in its batteries is globally traceable using blockchain technology. Polestars blockchain for tracking the life cycle of its cobalt will collect data on the origin, size, weight, chain of custody, and information showing adherence to OECD supply chain guidelines.

By guaranteeing that the information in the transaction records cannot be changed without detection, the process improves the scrutiny of the supply chain and demonstrates that vehicle manufacturers can and should only rely on materials that are sourced responsibly and ethically.

Polestars sustainability goals are ambitious. In the future, the company hopes to gain more accurate results regarding the carbon footprint and ethical considerations of materials included in the production of its batteries by obtaining data directly from the suppliers. Currently, Polestar is using data gathered from the International Material Data System, a dataset that contains information on material compositions of vehicle components.

Given the relatively large carbon footprint from the battery, increased collaboration with battery suppliers should be prioritized, authors of the LCA wrote.

Ambitious goals, yes. But in order to see sustainable progress in the electric vehicle industry in particular, and the automotive industry in general, companies need to make transparency and sustainability a priority.

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Matic Network has today announced that it is rebranding as Polygon, making a strategic shift with a focus on creating a multichain system on the Ethereum blockchain, similar to the one already deployed by Polkadot.

Originally designed as an Ethereum sidechain providing a solution for fast and low-cost transactions, Matics new incarnation will offer multichain architecture. This will comprise both chains on Ethereums sidechains and on its second layer. In theory, this will enable Ethereum to scale fast and effectively while further reducing network fees.

Polygon will have additional support for such layer two solutions as Optimistic Rollups, zkRollups, and Validium. These offer ways of making it easier to send high numbers of blockchain transactions without clogging up the main blockchain. Polygon aims to give projects more freedom of choice when selecting the scaling solution, with a proprietary software development kit (SDK) as a means of achieving this.

Setting its sights on a bigger picture, the India-based project, which raised seed funding from Coinbase Ventures in 2019, hopes to beat off competition from the likes of Polkadot, which took the blockchain industry by storm after launching last year. Last month, Polkadot's native DOT token flipped XRP to become the 4th largest cryptocurrency by market cap.

To accomplish this goal, Polygon is joining forces with prominent figures within the Ethereum community, including Ryan Sean Adams, the founder of Mythos Capital, Anthony Sassano of EthHub, and the Ethereum Foundation developer Hudson Jameson. They are joining the company as active advisors.

Additionally, the team behind Polygon says it is actively seeking new talent that will help it evolve into a hub for production-ready blockchain scaling and create an Internet of Blockchains.

The team added that all existing Matic implementations, including its flagship solutionsMatic PoS Chain and Matic Plasma Chainswill remain fully functional. Considered among the crucial components of the Polygon ecosystem, they will continue to be developed and updated.

MATIC, the projects native token, will continue to play a key role in securing and incentivizing the ecosystem following the rebrand.

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A report published today by blockchain investigations firm Chainalysis confirms that cybercrime groups engaging in ransomware attacks don't operate in their own bubbles but often switch ransomware suppliers (RaaS services) in a search for better profits.

The report analyzed how Bitcoin funds were transferred from victims to criminal groups, and how the money was divided among different parties involved in the ransomware attack, and how it was eventually laundered.

But to understand these dynamics, a short intro into the current ransomware scene is needed. Today, the ransomware landscape is very similar to how modern businesses operate.

There are coders who create and rent the actual ransomware strain via services called RaaS -- or Ransomware-as-a-Service -- similar to how most modern software is provided today.

Some RaaS operators rent their ransomware to anyone who signs up, while others prefer to work with small groups of verified clients, which are usually called "affiliates."

The affiliates are the ones to usually spread the ransomware via email or orchestrate intrusions into corporate or government networks, which they later infect and encrypt with the ransomware they rented from the RaaS operator.

In some cases, the affiliates are also multiple groups themselves. Some are specialized in breaching a company's network perimeter, and are called initial access vendors, while some groups are specialized in expanding this initial access inside hacked networks to maximize the ransomware's damage.

All in all, the ransomware landscape has evolved from previous years and is now a collection of multiple criminal groups, each providing its own highly-specialized service to one another, often across different RaaS providers.

TheChainalysis reportreleased today confirms these informal theories with undisputable and unforgeable cryptographic proof left behind by the Bitcoin transactions that have taken place among some of these groups.

For example, based on the graph below, Chainalysis said it found evidence to suggest that an affiliate for the now-defunct Maze RaaS was also involved with SunCrypt RaaS.

"We see that the Maze affiliate also sent funds roughly 9.55 Bitcoin worth over $90,000 via an intermediary wallet to an address labeled 'Suspected SunCryptadmin,' which we've identified as part of a wallet that has consolidated funds related to a few different SunCrypt attacks," Chainalysis said.

"This suggests that the Maze affiliate is also an affiliate for SunCrypt, or possibly involved with SunCrypt in another way."

Similar findings also show a connection between the Egregor and DoppelPaymer operations.

"In this case, we see that an Egregor wallet sent roughly 78.9 BTC worth approximately $850,000 to a suspected Doppelpaymer administrator wallet," researchers said.

"Though we can't know for sure, we believe that this is another example of affiliate overlap. Our hypothesis is that the Egregor-labeled wallet is an affiliate for both strains sending funds to the Doppelpaymer administrators."

And last but not least, Chainalysis researchers also found evidence that the operators of the Maze and Egregor operations also used the same money-laundering service and over-the-counter brokers to convert stolen funds into fiat currency.

Since several security firms have suggested that the Egregor RaaS is a rebrand and continuation of the older and defunct Maze operation, such findings come to support these theories, showing how old Maze tactics permeated to the new Egregor operation.

"Interesting report and very much aligns with what we are seeing," Allan Liska, a security researcher with threat intel firm Recorded Future, told ZDNet.

"Recorded Future is seeing more fluidity in the RaaS market now than at any other time in the (admittedly short) history of the RaaS market.

"Part of this is because of the reality that there is a growing stratification between the haves and have nots in ransomware. There are fewer actors making a lot of money, so ransomware actors are jumping from one RaaS to another to improve their chances of success," the Recorded Future analyst said.

Furthermore, Liska says there are other connections and overlaps between other RaaS groups, and not just Maze, SunCrypt, and Egregor.

The Recorded Future analyst pointed to the Sodinokibi (aka REvil) RaaS operation as being one of the services where many groups overlap, primarily because the Sodinokibi administrator, an individual going by the name of Unknown, has often actively and openly recruited affiliates from other RaaS programs.

But while we might view these connections and overlaps as a sign of successful cooperation between cybercrime groups, Chainalysis believes that this interconnectedness is actually a good sign for law enforcement.

"The evidence suggests that the ransomware world is smaller than one may initially think given the number of unique strains currently operating," Chainalysis said.

This, in theory, should make cracking down and disrupting ransomware attacks a much easier task since a carefully planned blow could impact multiple groups and RaaS providers at the same time.

According to Chainalysis, these weak spots are the money-laundering and over-the-counter services that RaaS operators and their affiliates often use to convert their stolen funds into legitimate currency.

By taking out legitimate avenues for converting funds and reaching real-world profitability, Chainalysis believes RaaS operations would have a hard time seeing a reason to operate when they can't profit from their work.

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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has prepared a draft framework for the use of blockchain technology in government services and intends to use it in the areas of property record keeping, digital certificates, power distribution, health records as well as supply chain management.

According to the draft framework, a copy of which has been seen by The Indian Express, all the applications of blockchain technology are likely to be explored by the government under the leadership of the IT ministry. The draft, called the National Strategy on Blockchain, is also likely to explore the possibility of use of the technology for vaccine and medical supplies logistics management for future purposes.

Virtual and digital currencies such as bitcoin, however, have been kept out of the ambit of this framework and are unlikely to be included in the near future, senior government officials said.

Despite our best efforts, digitisation of the banking and currency system has picked up only of late. Our banking systems still need have non-repudiation requirements through in-person verification. Therefore this is a challenge to implement technological solutions for such requirements especially for crypto-currencies, an official said.

Since the blockchain technology operates on a distributed ledger system which is owned by everyone, participants can read, write, or make changes to the ledger.

In order to make the technology better suited to the needs of the government and that of India, the national framework has therefore suggested that blockchain could be set up in one of the four architectures, namely, public and permission less, public but with permissions, private and permission less, and private and with permissions.

A public and permission less architecture would mean that anyone can join, read, write and commit changes to the blockchain, would be hosted on publicly available servers but would have low scalability. On the other hand, a public architecture with permissions would allow only authorised persons to write and commit changes to the architecture.

Similarly, a private and permission less architecture would mean that though only authorised persons would be allowed to make changes to the distributed ledger, there would be no bar on the number of number of participants that can operate on the technology.

The benefits of the technology aside, the draft framework has cautioned that legal rules and guidelines on how to use the technology and limit its abuse should be drawn up before proceeding further.

The framework draft has also cautioned about certain issues involved with the adoption of blockchain technology such as replication of data on all nodes, lack of appropriate skillset and human resources in the country as well as threat from rogue nation state actors.

Blockchain data is stored on every node on the network and hence privacy is not an inherent feature that Blockchain traditionally provides. The data should be stored in such a way that the privacy of an individual is not compromised and appropriate consent mechanisms should be adopted in line with data protection laws, the draft of the framework says.

The government has been trying to explore the possibility of using blockchain for delivery of certain state-run services for some time now. In January this year, the government think tank NITI Aayog had also, through a discussion paper, suggested the use of the distributed ledger technology for delivery of state-run services such as fertilizer subsidy disbursement and educational certificates among others.

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Three stories

The big news of today, in context.

1. The crypto-bank connection is strengthening. Seattle-based Protego Trust Bank has received conditional approval for a trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to custody digital assets.

Protego is the second applicant to receive conditional approval from the OCC following Anchorage. It follows several other digital asset companies that have received bank charters, including crypto exchange Kraken and Avanti, which both received state charters in Wyoming.

Meanwhile, crypto payments platform Metal Pay has filed to become a national bank in the U.S. CEO Marshal Hayner told CoinDesks Danny Nelson the start-up seeks full banking licensure, including for cash deposits that would be insured by the FDIC.

2. Ethereum is pumping. The crypto surged past $1,700, notching gains of at least 30% this week. Analysts are pointing to ETHs coming futures listing on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, due to start Feb. 8.

Ethers recent rally looks similar to bitcoins (BTC) staggering rise from nearly $6,200 to $19,783 seen in weeks leading up to the CME futures launch on Dec. 17, 2017, CoinDesks Omkar Godbole notes. The bull market ended following the futures launch and prices fell as low as $3,200 by December 2018.

A rally is happening across plenty of assets that rely on Ethereums base infrastructure, including so-called DeFi tokens. In the past 24 hours, DeFi-linked coins such as COMP, AAVE, KNC and ZRX have all leapt to fresh lifetime highs, Godbole reports.

Related: Crypto Long & Short: Could Scalable Payments for Bitcoin Undermine Its Value?

3. In a reminder of the power regulators can wield, Nigerias central bank has ordered banks to close any accounts found to have a history of dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges.

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered banks in the country to identify persons and/or entities transacting with cryptocurrency or operating crypto exchanges on their platforms and ensure that such accounts are closed immediately.

India, too, is exploring a strict regulatory framework to handle digital assets, while the U.S. Treasurys own controversial rule while not an outright ban, it would change the face of the industry is still snaking its way through the system.

Heres a roundup of all the stories from the strange world of crypto and blockchain that didnt find a home in Blockchain Bites this week.

Bitcoin billionaire and former presidential candidate Brock Pierce is looking to convert a defunct New York City church into a 21st-century rental residence. The New York Post reports Pierce is also transforming a 17th-century former Puerto Rican monastery into a private club.

Its the oldest monastery in the Americas, Pierce reportedly said.

Related: Nigerian Central Bank Says Its Ban on Crypto Accounts Is Nothing New

German authorities seized a wallet containing over 1,700 bitcoin (~$64.7 million), but cant access it. The funds came from a convicted hacker who refuses to share the password.

We asked him but he didnt say, prosecutor Sebastian Murer told Reuters. Perhaps he doesnt know.

Maybe they should call Dave Bitcoin, a modern-day repair man who helps people access password-protected wallets when they have forgotten the password. Wallet Recovery Services, Daves business, is booming in the bull run.

These days, because of the price rise and just the increased interest, we get around 50 to 70 requests daily, he told CoinDesks Ben Powers. (The decoders take 20% off the top, if resuscitation is possible.)

With all that bitcoin trapped in unmovable addresses and garbage pits, Coin Metrics finally offers a new accounting of the real circulating BTC supply. TL;DR: A good estimate for bitcoin float is 14.5 million, (meaning about 4 million BTC have been lost to the sands of time.)

All this for what Australias central bank said is not even really money. Speaking to a legislative committee, Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Michelle Bullock mocked the fuss made around bitcoin (and stablecoins) as an asset.

[Bitcoin] is a risk to investors but its not a financial stability risk, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe echoed.

The risks are real enough for a Malaysian pair of alleged scammers, who might be canned under state law, for reportedly defrauding three women of more than 150,000 Malaysian ringgits (around $37,000). They also face fines and jail time, if convicted.

Its not just novel punishments, but the scams themselves that are evolving in this bull market. Industry publication Protos notes that were once scammers would pretend to be Elon Musk, they are now impersonating Social Capitals Chamath Palihapitiya, among other tech influencers.

One Palihapitiya scam raised approximately $60,000 in 16 transactions, when they went to press. It looks like the scam is still up.

In the worst segue in this series yet, Vanity Fair profiled BitMEX founder and outspoken bitcoin bull Arthur Hayes, who remains at large after the U.S. government levied crimes against him for well its a little complicated, but it involves something that looks like fraud. The more you dig in, the odder the story appears.

You can look at the history of anti-money-laundering prosecutions over the last 10 years, and you just arent going to see very many individual defendants named, attorney and crypto expert [Laurel Loomis Rimon] expounded. Certainly not when youre talking about program violations as opposed to evidence of actual money laundering. So that is unusual.

Hayes is known for his expensive tastes. And now, thanks to Swiss-regulated digital asset firm Sygnum, he can be sure hes popping the right cork. Sygnum Bank teamed up with Fine Wine Capital AG to tokenize a range of investible fine wines, issuing tokens representing the alcoholic assets on a distributed ledger.

Elsewhere in the world of tokens, Jehan Chu, a Hong Kong-based crypto investor, reportedly bought .nft (a top level domain, like .com or .xyz) from decentralized naming service Handshake for the low, low price of 680,000 HNS tokens (about $84,000), Decrypt covered. Handshake lets anyone auction essentially any domain, including those made out of emojis.

Memes mean money, Michael Casey once wrote. Indeed, a demonic digital artwork on the Ethereum blockchain sold for 420 ETH on Wednesday. The digital painting which the buyer compared to a Basquiat was part of the Hashmask collection of 16,384 non-fungible tokens created by about 70 artists.

Knowing that Im an early investor while also providing liquidity to artists and projects is incredibly rewarding, the buyer told CoinDesks Sebastian Sinclair.

One dogecoin address apparently holds 27% of the entire coins entire supply, Decrypt reports.With about 34.9 billion DOGE, this unknown person/persons crossed into billionaire territory in the latest pump. (Though perhaps, as Decrypt considers, perhaps the owner was already a well-known, meme-loving billionaire.) Hot dog!

One of DeFi Summers first memetic fascinations, Yearn, was exploited yesterday, draining some $11 million worth of tokens from one of the projects vaults. The v1 DAI vault, a smart contract that performs an investment strategy for investors, was hit with whats becoming a classic flash loan attack.

Thats a well-known issue (one could have it with Uniswap, too, however, Uniswap is not so popular for yield farming), Curve CEO Michael Egorov told CoinDesks Ethereum whisperers Brady Dale and Will Foxley. Ive expressed my thoughts to Yearn team how this could have been prevented (and similar vulnerabilities, too). But honestly, didnt expect them to have such a mistake in the code, that was a surprise to me.

Obviously its not just crypto thats susceptible to meme-driven mania. After whatever happened with GameStop, anything seems possible. Though, a GameStop-style, Reddit-driven anti-Wall Street rally is unlikely to happen in China, any time soon, CoinDesks David Pan reports.

The Chinese financial regulators are closely monitoring who are trading what in the Chinese stock market. Retail investors involved in large-scale malicious shorting could be put in jail, said Jason Wu, CEO of crypto-lending firm DeFiner.

Yes, regulators have a long tail of influence. Protos reports a cannabis stablecoin pilot has been blessed by the U.S. state of Nevada but is unlikely to fly high. Multichain Ventures pitched a Solana-based tokenized dollars scheme, with deposits reportedly sitting in a federal bank, finally allowing the cannabis industry to transact electronically. (Banks have been unwilling to touch the industry, meaning Navadans are strictly buying weed with cash.)

Seems like a libertarian fever dream, which as CoinDesks Brady Dale notes is the true foundation for what some see as a larger decentralization revolution. According to Dales sources, the state is still the final boss in terms of achieving freedom, with crypto serving as a convenient cheat code. A picture of the sovereign individual, according to author Robert Heinlein:

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Finally, Jack Dorsey has set up his own node. Thats right, the bearded executive of two publicly traded companies playing a hand in remaking media and finance has downloaded the open-source bitcoin codebase and hit play. Sovereignty in action.

Alright, thanks for reading. See ya next week.

Feel free to reach out with the weird and wonderful things in crypto at daniel@coindesk.com.

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A joint partnership of institutions has launched a blockchain-based reporting system for Polands treasury saving bonds transactions in a European first.

The network, built on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain technology due to its strong decentralization and scalability, guarantees the immutability of data regarding transactions on treasury savings bonds. Specially-purposed apps will enable stakeholders to generate reports based on current and past transactions data.

Treasury bonds are the safest financial securities in the world and of critical importance to the infrastructure of traditional markets. We are proud that Polands private and public sector is leading the way in the deployment of blockchain to bring data inviolability with this joint-partnership endeavor. Coinfirm and its partners will spur renewed vigour into this safe-haven asset class and demonstrate how this technology can improve the trust, speed and cost of the wider financial securities market. - Robert Ciurkot, COO of Coinfirm

Blockchain solutions streamline the system of treasury bonds for critical ecosystem stakeholders such as issuers, underwriters, registrars and investors - becoming a totally immutable network - minimizing redundant validations of bond transactions. The transaction life cycle recorded in this way will lead to increased understanding and shall continue Coinfirms mission of powering the mass adoption of the technology.

2020 was a record year for the sale of treasury savings bonds in Poland, amounting to a total of 28.4 billion PLN (~5.6 billion GBP) - an increase of 64.1% from 2019. All retail bonds offered by Polands Ministry of Finance are organized by the issuance agent PKO Bank Polski.

Coinfirm has collaborated with PKO Bank Polski in the past on the development and implementation of a Durable Medium via Coinfirms Trudatum solution which enabled the secure delivery and storage of documents in a completely digital manner. At the time, this initiative made PKO Bank Polski the first bank in Poland to fully implement a blockchain-based solution and was the largest application of blockchain technology in banking in Europe - improving 5 million customers user journeys. In October of last year, Trudatum became an officially patented technology.

Coinfirms input to the project was based on blockchain competencies gathered from various global institution-linked projects the firm is involved in, enabling the industry-leading RegTech provider to efficiently calibrate smart contracts ready to record the transactions.

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The value of Bitcoin has fluctuated wildly since its inception more than a decade ago. Even in the last month, the price of a single Bitcoin (approximately) has dropped from 30,000, down to 20,000, before jumping up 32,000, buoyed by the news that Tesla has invested $1.5bn in the currency and plans to start accepting it as a form of payment.

Surges and falls in the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies often hit the news. However, recently there has been much less discussion about the underlying technology that cryptocurrencies are typically built on, blockchains.

Blockchains are yet to receive much attention in the world of antitrust, but the technology does presents a number of competition law issues that may emerge in cases or investigations in the future. A cartel could use a private blockchain to ensure that each member is sticking to the terms of any anti-competitive agreement, or more simply to ensure information transparency. Similarly, a private blockchain that becomes essential for competing in a market could lead to abuse of dominance issues arising around pricing on transaction fees or access to the blockchain.

As competition regulators currently grapple with issues around digital platforms and multi-sided markets, with cryptocurrencies continuing to increase in popularity, I wonder if blockchains will emerge as a new antitrust challenge in a few years' time.

Tesla says it has invested $1.5 billion in the bitcoin cryptocurrency. The electric car manufacturer filed its annual 10-K report with the SEC this morning, and revealed the new bitcoin investment. Tesla says it will also begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for our products in the near future.

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FunFair GamesCOOLloyd Purserhas one eye on the future when it comes to audience engagement. Purser is keen to engage generation Y & Z as the next level of customers for the future and he believes that building community could pay off in the long term for operators. Purser took some time out to explain his strategy to ourCalvinAyre.comlead reporter Becky Liggero Fontana.

Purser has been leading the charge in new audience engagement by embracing blockchain technology. Purser explained why FunFair continues to play the long game with the blockchain revolution and why this resonates with a younger demographic.

FunFair started in in the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain, building a casino platform that operated purely on the Ethereum blockchain, he said. Throughout that, weve also seen in the crypto space, that theres a certain different style of content which has been performing very well. We knew from our own data that in excess of 85 of all of our customers were under the age of 40 and the majority of those under the age of 30.

Purser puts this demographic shift down to the types of content available.We knew that there was definitely a young skew in the crypto gambling space and seeing the types of games that they that theyre playing had certain foundations, Purser said.I really feel theres an opportunity to take this genre of content into the traditional online gambling space um because theres definitely an opportunity for operators to have a new style of casino games which can really attract and engage that millennial.

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Three stories

The big news of today, in context.

1. The crypto-bank connection is strengthening. Seattle-based Protego Trust Bank has received conditional approval for a trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to custody digital assets.

2. Ethereum is pumping. The crypto surged past $1,700, notching gains of at least 30% this week. Analysts are pointing to ETHs coming futures listing on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, due to start Feb. 8.

3. In a reminder of the power regulators can wield, Nigerias central bank has ordered banks to close any accounts found to have a history of dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges.

At stake

The weird and wonderful in crypto today

Heres a roundup of all the stories from the strange world of crypto and blockchain that didnt find a home in Blockchain Bites this week.

Bitcoin billionaire and former presidential candidate Brock Pierce is looking to convert a defunct New York City church into a 21st-century rental residence. The New York Post reports Pierce is also transforming a 17th-century former Puerto Rican monastery into a private club.

Its the oldest monastery in the Americas, Pierce reportedly said.

German authorities seized a wallet containing over 1,700 bitcoin (~$64.7 million), but cant access it. The funds came from a convicted hacker who refuses to share the password.

We asked him but he didnt say, prosecutor Sebastian Murer told Reuters. Perhaps he doesnt know.

Maybe they should call Dave Bitcoin, a modern-day repair man who helps people access password-protected wallets when they have forgotten the password. Wallet Recovery Services, Daves business, is booming in the bull run.

These days, because of the price rise and just the increased interest, we get around 50 to 70 requests daily, he told CoinDesks Ben Powers. (The decoders take 20% off the top, if resuscitation is possible.)

With all that bitcoin trapped in unmovable addresses and garbage pits, Coin Metrics finally offers a new accounting of the real circulating BTC supply. TL;DR: A good estimate for bitcoin float is 14.5 million, (meaning about 4 million BTC have been lost to the sands of time.)

All this for what Australias central bank said is not even really money. Speaking to a legislative committee, Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Michelle Bullock mocked the fuss made around bitcoin (and stablecoins) as an asset.

[Bitcoin] is a risk to investors but its not a financial stability risk, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe echoed.

The risks are real enough for a Malaysian pair of alleged scammers, who might be canned under state law, for reportedly defrauding three women of more than 150,000 Malaysian ringgits (around $37,000). They also face fines and jail time, if convicted.

Its not just novel punishments, but the scams themselves that are evolving in this bull market. Industry publication Protos notes that were once scammers would pretend to be Elon Musk, they are now impersonating Social Capitals Chamath Palihapitiya, among other tech influencers.

One Palihapitiya scam raised approximately $60,000 in 16 transactions, when they went to press. It looks like the scam is still up.

In the worst segue in this series yet, Vanity Fair profiled BitMEX founder and outspoken bitcoin bull Arthur Hayes, who remains at large after the U.S. government levied crimes against him for well its a little complicated, but it involves something that looks like fraud. The more you dig in, the odder the story appears.

You can look at the history of anti-money-laundering prosecutions over the last 10 years, and you just arent going to see very many individual defendants named, attorney and crypto expert [Laurel Loomis Rimon] expounded. Certainly not when youre talking about program violations as opposed to evidence of actual money laundering. So that is unusual.

Hayes is known for his expensive tastes. And now, thanks to Swiss-regulated digital asset firm Sygnum, he can be sure hes popping the right cork. Sygnum Bank teamed up with Fine Wine Capital AG to tokenize a range of investible fine wines, issuing tokens representing the alcoholic assets on a distributed ledger.

Elsewhere in the world of tokens, Jehan Chu, a Hong Kong-based crypto investor, reportedly bought .nft (a top level domain, like .com or .xyz) from decentralized naming service Handshake for the low, low price of 680,000 HNS tokens (about $84,000), Decrypt covered. Handshake lets anyone auction essentially any domain, including those made out of emojis.

Memes mean money, Michael Casey once wrote. Indeed, a demonic digital artwork on the Ethereum blockchain sold for 420 ETH on Wednesday. The digital painting which the buyer compared to a Basquiat was part of the Hashmask collection of 16,384 non-fungible tokens created by about 70 artists.

Knowing that Im an early investor while also providing liquidity to artists and projects is incredibly rewarding, the buyer told CoinDesks Sebastian Sinclair.

One dogecoin address apparently holds 27% of the entire coins entire supply, Decrypt reports.With about 34.9 billion DOGE, this unknown person/persons crossed into billionaire territory in the latest pump. (Though perhaps, as Decrypt considers, perhaps the owner was already a well-known, meme-loving billionaire.) Hot dog!

One of DeFi Summers first memetic fascinations, Yearn, was exploited yesterday, draining some $11 million worth of tokens from one of the projects vaults. The v1 DAI vault, a smart contract that performs an investment strategy for investors, was hit with whats becoming a classic flash loan attack.

Thats a well-known issue (one could have it with Uniswap, too, however, Uniswap is not so popular for yield farming), Curve CEO Michael Egorov told CoinDesks Ethereum whisperers Brady Dale and Will Foxley. Ive expressed my thoughts to Yearn team how this could have been prevented (and similar vulnerabilities, too). But honestly, didnt expect them to have such a mistake in the code, that was a surprise to me.

Obviously its not just crypto thats susceptible to meme-driven mania. After whatever happened with GameStop, anything seems possible. Though, a GameStop-style, Reddit-driven anti-Wall Street rally is unlikely to happen in China, any time soon, CoinDesks David Pan reports.

The Chinese financial regulators are closely monitoring who are trading what in the Chinese stock market. Retail investors involved in large-scale malicious shorting could be put in jail, said Jason Wu, CEO of crypto-lending firm DeFiner.

Yes, regulators have a long tail of influence. Protos reports a cannabis stablecoin pilot has been blessed by the U.S. state of Nevada but is unlikely to fly high. Multichain Ventures pitched a Solana-based tokenized dollars scheme, with deposits reportedly sitting in a federal bank, finally allowing the cannabis industry to transact electronically. (Banks have been unwilling to touch the industry, meaning Navadans are strictly buying weed with cash.)

Seems like a libertarian fever dream, which as CoinDesks Brady Dale notes is the true foundation for what some see as a larger decentralization revolution. According to Dales sources, the state is still the final boss in terms of achieving freedom, with crypto serving as a convenient cheat code. A picture of the sovereign individual, according to author Robert Heinlein:

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Finally, Jack Dorsey has set up his own node. Thats right, the bearded executive of two publicly traded companies playing a hand in remaking media and finance has downloaded the open-source bitcoin codebase and hit play. Sovereignty in action.

Alright, thanks for reading. See ya next week.

Feel free to reach out with the weird and wonderful things in crypto at daniel@coindesk.com.

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Even if you never touch a cryptocurrency, the technology that underpins themblockchainis silently becoming part of the world around us. Yet most explanations are long on hype and buzzwords when you need a concise, clear summary.

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In a recent Realvision interview, the developer Gavin Wood explains how Polkadot reimagines the innovation ecosystem from the ground up. Wood also discusses how the Polkadot protocol is both similar but also different than Ethereum, the second-largest crypto asset by market valuation.

Innovation involves the pioneering and actualization of a creative new way of doing something. For famed blockchain programmer Gavin Wood, Polkadot is the platform that unlocks the potential of swifter blockchain innovation.

By building a platform of platforms, or 0-layer technology, Polkadot is attempting to push the boundaries of efficiency with a more flexible and more abstract environment.

Here are some highlights from the lengthy interview Wood gave to Sebastian Moonjava of Real Vision (link to the full interview below).

For Wood, one of the primary hurdles of the existing framework is the resource-intensive tasks involved with launching a new blockchain. In this frame, he views Polkadot as multiple forms of shortcuts:

What Polkadot does is it allows you to shortcut on an awful lot of that work, it allows you to shortcut on an awful lot of stuff that you have to do to build your own blockchain. It also allows you to shortcut on things like building your own community, it allows you to shortcut on stuff like being able to utilize all of the various other bits that are going on in other blockchains. It does this by connecting, allowing to connect to those other chains. It also very crucially allows you to avoid having to build your own base, your own security base.

Security is a recurrent theme in blockchain, given that so much power, capital, and resources go towards addressing this basic need. By virtue of its design, Polkadot works to remove this impediment from the development process of new layers and applications.

Bitcoin famously has the mining algorithm. I dont know, it uses up the equivalent of, I dont know, some small countrys energy simply in securing itself. Of course, the newer chains tend not to be proof of work, they tend to be proof of stake so theyre not using much energy, but they are using a lot of capitalthats really one of the key problems that Polkadot solves, it allows the same capital base to secure many different domain-specific blockchains.

Securing the ecosystem more efficiently is only one of many value-oriented measures that helps this new model stand out from the crowd. A thorny issue some users are encountering amid the recent rally in cryptocurrency prices is higher transaction costs. Ethereum recently topped $6 per transaction. From Woods point of view, the idea of gas ranks among the inefficiencies Polkadot seeks to address.

Within Polkadot, we dont have the notion of gas, we dont have the notion of accounts or account balancesThe team behind the program uploads that program. They do it as a blockchain. The program is actually a very large program that contains all of the various business logic for an application or potentially many different applications. They upload this into Polkadot, and then they pay for that blockchain, that parachain to be there by virtue of this deposit of a leasing system. Once its paid, its done. At that point, the users of this computer program never even have to know about Polkadot, they never have to know about the DOT token or anything to do with that stuff. All they care about is basically what is the business logic of this chain.

Another unique area where this concept strays from the mainstream is in the area of consensus. Unlike other methodologies that have occasionally resulted in hard forks, like Ethereum Classic, Polkadot is designed to be forkless,

Schisms in a community are, as weve seen in the past, theyre toxic. They ultimately lead to negativity on every side, and that is generally against the happy innovation that we see in a well-functioning community. We can actually do the best things that are caused by hard forks, which is to say, policy or protocol experiments, but we can do them at the level of parachains, and we can run them all in parallel, one in each parachain, and the ones that tend to work, we can elevate into Polkadot, the ones that dont work so well, we can just leave these parachains or drop altogether.

This sense of experimentation to identify the best option is present in much of the logic underpinning Polkadot, including something as necessary as the rulesets that govern the system.

There is definitely that thing that we dont know what the best one [ruleset] is. This idea that has been sold that theres one blockchain for every application has been pushed certainly by elements of the Ethereum community. I dont think it exists. I think Ethereum is a great chain for prototyping blockchain experiments on, but I definitely if I were doing, for example, a supply chain infrastructure, then why would I build it in smart contracts that have to be metered, that have this really inefficient metering system?

Unlike Ethereum in the above example, Polkadot doesnt have the same metered rigidity, which allows it to perform routine calculations and repetitive measures much more affordably. Beyond the greater flexibility, new utilities within the ecosystem will be launched throughout 2021, giving creators and developers a new form of clay to mold future blockchain applications.

Our job here is to develop Polkadot and deliver parachains and make it as efficient and stable as possible. It might be that when thats done that we will start playing around with developing a few parachains of our own, and maybe developing some of the core technology on parachains, but basically, our job is to deliver Polkadot as an application platform.

Woods outlook about the ecosystems potential is potently enthusiastic, with his hope of boldly repositioning the blockchain innovation landscape.

Its a wonderful ecosystem ofabout 340 projects and counting that are developing the layer-ones, these platforms. Polkadot is a platform of platform, or platforms themselves that are providing the infrastructure for doing things like decentralized finance and supply chain and registry tracking, NFTs and all this crazy unimaginable stuff.

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DENVER, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BitBoss, the Denver-based iGaming technology developer, today announces that it has completed an integration for its market-leading blockchain-based casino application with DotWallet, the popular China-based Bitcoin SV-powered digital currency wallet and application ecosystem. As a result of the integration, the more than 1 million-strong userbase of DotWallet will gain native access to the BitBoss iGaming platform, which is now available for download from the DotWallet App Centre.

BitBoss have established themselves as a market-leading developer in the iGaming space, leveraging blockchain technology to bring innovative new products to market that facilitate provably fair gaming, coupled with the ease and transparency of a public digital ledger. The gaming technology company has created the first provably fair Bitcoin SV-based iGaming platform, which includes slot machines, poker, blackjack, roulette and baccarat.

All games offered by BitBoss are powered by Bitcoin SV, with every bet, decision and result including all associated payments intertwined and recorded as a series of transactions on its blockchain. All game data is uploaded in real-time to blockchain tracking service whatsonchain.com, enabling players at any time to verify on the public Bitcoin SV blockchain that the game was conducted fairly and under the agreed terms establishing trust between player and operator.

The iGaming experience for DotWallet users on the BitBoss platform is completely integrated, with players wagering funds and receiving pay-outs directly to-and-from their DotWallet, embedding an additional layer of trust by eliminating the need to deposit funds onto a third-party platform. Winnings are distributed immediately after each game, a unique feature enabled by the speed and efficiency of Bitcoin SV.

DotWallet users can log in to the BitBoss game platform automatically - without the need to register - and are able to start playing after activating automatic payments. Transaction flows and order details, as well as features such as automatic payment limits, are all provided natively within DotWallet, which, together with the security technology integrated with the BitBoss platform, ensures a secure and transparent experience for players at all times.

The BitBoss platform is powered by Bitcoin SV, the only blockchain with the scaling capacity, data functionalities and low transaction costs (sending a payment transaction on the Bitcoin SV network generally costs less than 1/100 of a U.S. cent) required to support a sophisticated iGaming infrastructure. Only the Bitcoin SV network can provide the unbounded scaling necessary to enable the massive amounts of concurrent transactions required to offer a real-time iGaming experience and underpin the suite of games offered by BitBoss - which includes simple single-turn casino games right through to more complex, multi-turn and logic-based games.

Speaking on today's announcement, BitBoss CEO Matthew Dickson commented:

'Today's news marks the culmination of a months-long process between the BitBoss and DotWallet teams to integrate our leading iGaming technology with their successful digital currency platform. We are excited to be able to offer DotWallet's substantial userbase an iGaming experience which puts fairness first and look forward to working with their team further as we continue to innovate with BitBoss.'

Also commenting, DotWallet CEO Lin Zheming said:

'At DotWallet, we believe that there is a bright future for Bitcoin SV-based iGaming applications such as BitBoss, that ensure fairness and honesty for all players. We are delighted to see the combined efforts of our two teams go live today and demonstrate the benefits of a more efficient and transparent digital ledger with Bitcoin SV.'

About BitBoss

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, BitBossis an international team of gaming experts, blockchain innovators and technologists building technology to power the future of gaming and the new internet. They offer a suite of gaming products that leverage the unique qualities of the Bitcoin SV blockchain, combining innovative software and hardware solutions for both land-based and online gaming operators.

About DotWallet

DotWalletis a lightweight non-custodial wallet built on the Bitcoin SV protocol. It provides quick registration and login using mobile phone numbers, email, and third-party providers like Google, Facebook and WeChat. It supports the sending, receiving, and storage of multiple digital currencies. Powered by Bitcoin SV's tokenization technology, users can send and receive transactions across several digital currencies instantly using 0 confirmation transactions.

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On its way to another all-time high for price, Ethereum hit another milestone.

According to data from blockchain explorer Etherscan, the Ethereum network reached 1 billion transactions today.

The Ethereum blockchain went live in 2015. In May 2017, it broke 100,000 daily transaction for the first timethen 1 million in January 2018 as the price rose to then-record highs above $1,000.

After the bull market gave way to a bearish one, daily transactions cooled, averaging between 500,000 and 1 million per day. But since June 2020, transactions have consistently peaked above the 1 million daily mark, driven upward by the use of decentralized finance applications built atop the blockchain.

DeFi apps such as Aave and Uniswap allow traders to earn interest on their holdings and swap assets without going through a centralized bank or exchange.

Instead, they rely on Ethereum's infrastructure. And there are many transactions occurring via such protocols. There's now over $35 billion in value locked up in DeFi protocols tracked by DeFi Pulse.

Increased use of the blockchain put strain on the network; it pushed up gas fees on an increasingly congested blockchain. The proof-of-stake Ethereum 2.0 network, which went live last year but is not yet fully functional, is designed to process a larger amount of transactionsand quickly.

If daily transaction rates stay steady, the Ethereum blockchain would hit 2 billion transactions in a little over two years. Users are hoping Eth2 is ready to go before ETH hits that milestone.

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Weve got a full month of 2021 behind us now, and a few trends are coming clearer. The coronavirus crisis may still be with us, but as vaccination programs expand, the end is in sight. With President Trump out of the picture, and the Democrats holding both Houses of Congress and the White House, politics is looking more predictable. And both of those developments bode well for an economic recovery this year. Looking back, at the year that was, we can also see some trends that stayed firm despite the pandemic, the shutdowns, and the supercharged election season. One of the most important is the ongoing rollout of 5G networking technology. These new networks bring with them a fuller realization of the promises inherent in the digital world. Faster connections, lower latency, higher online capacity, clearer signals all will strongly enhance the capabilities of the networked world. And it wont just be mundane things like telecommuting or remote offices that will benefit 5G will allow Internet of Things and autonomous vehicles to further develop their potential. There is even talk of medical applications, of remotely located doctors performing surgery via digitally controlled microsurgical tools. And these are just the possibilities that we can see from now. Who know what the future will really bring? To this end, we pulled up TipRanks database to learn more about three exciting plays in the 5G space. According to the Street, we are likely to see further interesting developments in the next few years as this technology takes over. Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) The first 5G name were looking at, Skyworks, is a semiconductor chip manufacturer that brought in $3.4 billion in total revenues for FY2020. Skyworks, which is a prime supplier of chips for Apples iPhone series, saw a massive 68% year-over-year increase in 1QFY21 revenues the top line reached $1.51 billion, a company record, and also much higher than analysts had forecast. Much of Skyworks fiscal Q1 sales success came after Apple launched the 5G-capable iPhone 12 line. Strong sales in the popular handset device meant that profits trickled down the supply line and Skyworks channels a disproportionate share of its business to Apple. In fact, Apple orders accounted for 70% of Skyworks revenue in the recent quarter. iPhone wasnt the only 5G handset on the receiving end of Skyworks chips, however the company is also an important supplier to Koreas Samsung and Chinas Xiaomi, and has seen demand rise as these companies also launch 5G-capable smartphones. Finally, Skyworks supplies semiconductor chip components to the wireless infrastructure sector, specifically to the small cell transmission units which are important in the propagation network of wireless signals. As the wireless providers switch to 5G transmission, Skyworks has seen orders for its products increase. In his note on Skyworks for Benchmark, 5-star analyst Ruben Roy writes: SWKS significantly beat consensus estimates and provided March quarter guidance that is also well ahead of consensus estimates as 5G related mobile revenue and broad-based segment revenue continued to accelerate In addition to continued strength of design win momentum and customer activity, we are encouraged with SWKS confident tone relative to the overall demand environment and content increase opportunities. In line with his comments, Roy rates SWKS a Buy along with a $215 price target. At current levels, this implies an upside of 20% for the coming year. (To watch Roys track record, click here) Roy is broadly in line with the rest of Wall Street, which has assigned SWKS 13 Buy ratings and 7 Holds over the past three month -- and sees the stock growing about 15% over the next 12 months, to a target price of $205.69.(See SWKS stock analysis on TipRanks) Qorvo, Inc. (QRVO) Qorvos chief products are chipsets used in the construction of radio frequency transmission systems that power wifi and broadband communication networks. The connection of this niche to 5G is clear as network providers upgrade their RF hardware to 5G, they also upgrade the semiconductor chips that control the systems. This chip maker has a solid niche, but it is not resting on its laurels. Qorvo is actively developing a range of new products specifically for 5G systems and deployment. This 5G radio frequency product portfolio includes phase shifters, switches, and integrated modules, and contains both infrastructure and mobile products. Qorvo posted $3.24 billion in total revenues for fiscal 2020. That revenue represents a 4.8% year-over-year increase and the companys sales have been accelerating in fiscal 2021. The most recent quarterly report, for the second fiscal quarter, showed $1.06 billion in revenues, a 31% yoy increase. Rajvindra Gill, 5-star analyst with Needham, is bullish on Qorvos prospects, noting: Qorvo reported strong sales and gross margins as 5G momentum rolls into CY21 on atypical seasonality... The company is planning for 500M 5G handsets to be manufactured in 2021, with an incremental $5-7 of content/unit from 4G to 5G. Management believes that ultra-wideband adoption will be a key growth driver in for smartphones going forward..." To this end, Gill puts a $220 price target on QRVO shares, suggesting room for 31% upside in 2021. Accordingly, he rates the stock a Buy. (To watch Gills track record, click here) What do other analysts have to say? 13 Buys and and 6 Holds add up to a Moderate Buy analyst consensus. Given the $192.28 average price target, shares could climb ~15% from current levels. (See QRVO stock analysis on TipRanks) Telefonakiebolaget LM Ericsson (ERIC) From chipsets, well move on to handsets. Ericsson, the Swedish telecom giant has long been a leader in mobile tech, and is well known for its infrastructure and software that make possible IP networking, broadband, cable TV, and other telecom services. Ericsson is the largest European telecom company, and the largest 2G/3G/4G infrastructure provider outside of China. But that is all in the background. Ericsson is also a leader in the rollout of Europes growing 5G networks. Ericsson is involved in 5G rollout in 17 countries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia, and its product line includes infrastructure base units and handsets, giving the company an interest in all aspects of the new 5G networks. Ericssons revenue performance in 2020 was not notably distressed by the corona crisis. Yes, the top line dipped in Q1, but that was in line with the companys historical pattern of rising revenue from Q1 through Q4. While the companys 1H20 revenues showed small yoy declines, the 2H20 gains were higher. In Q3, the $6.48 billion top line was up 8.7% yoy, and Q4s $8.08 billion revenue was up 17% from the prior year. The companys shares have also performed well during the corona year, and show a 12 month gain of 64%. Raymond James 5-star analyst Simon Leopold bluntly assigns Ericssons recent gains to its participation in 5G rollouts. Japan's awaited 5G roll-out has started. Share gains continue as Ericsson benefits from challenges facing its biggest competitors and more operators embrace 5G it seems obvious that Ericsson should be gaining market share... Competitor Nokia shunned the Chinese 5G projects, citing profitability challenges, yet Ericsson appears to be profiting in the challenging region. Leopold rates this stock an Outperform (i.e. Buy), and his $15 price target implies an upside potential of ~14% for the year ahead. (To watch Leopolds track record, click here) The Raymond James analyst, while bullish on ERIC, is actually less so than the Wall Street consensus. The stock has a Strong Buy consensus rating, based on a unanimous 5 reviews, and the $16.50 average price target indicates 25% growth potential from the share price of $13.19. (See ERIC stock analysis on TipRanks) To find good ideas for 5G stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks equity insights. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analysts. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.

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Dublin, Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Blockchain Technology and Internet of Things in Business Automation: Blockchain Technology and IoT Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, Billing, and Settlement 2020 - 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This research evaluates the technology, leading companies, and solutions in the evolving blockchain ecosystem. The report evaluates current and anticipated use cases for blockchain and assesses the market potential globally, regionally, and segmented by deployment type and industry vertical for the period 2020 to 2025.

The research also evaluates key players, solutions, and use cases. It also assesses the prospect of integrating blockchain with other technologies including IoT and artificial intelligence. The report includes detailed forecasts by use case, application, and industry verticals. This includes blockchain applications and solutions for both financial and non-financial markets.

This research also assesses the market for IoT authentication and authorization by technology, solutions, and industry verticals with forecasts from 2020 to 2025. The report analyzes IoT authentication and authorization market drivers and opportunities. The report also assesses IoT authentication and authorization infrastructure requirements.

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Blockchain Technology Market by Service Type, Applications, Solutions, Industry Verticals 2020 - 2025

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction2.1 Evolution of Payment Industry2.2 Payments Value Chain and Blockchain2.3 Blockchain Technology2.4 Early Blockchain Implementations2.5 Blockchain Technology SWOT Analysis

3 Blockchain Ecosystem and Marketplace3.1 Blockchain Types and Stakeholders3.2 Blockchain Applications3.3 Blockchain Application in Industry Verticals3.4 Blockchain in the Internet of Things3.5 Blockchain as a Service (BaaS)3.6 Blockchain Stakeholders in ICT3.7 Blockchain to Improve Cybersecurity3.8 Blockchain Investment Analysis3.9 Important Blockchain Consortia and Associations3.10 Blockchain Solutions in Industry Verticals

4 Blockchain Market Outlook and Forecasts 2020 - 20254.1 Global Market Forecast 2020 - 20254.2 Blockchain Markets by Solution

5 Blockchain Vendors5.1 21, Inc.5.2 Accenture5.3 Abra, Inc.5.4 Alphapoint Corporation5.5 Amazon5.6 Baidu5.7 Bitfury Group5.8 Blockchain Global Limited5.9 BlockCypher, Inc.5.10 Bloq5.11 BTL Group (Blockchain Tech Ltd.)5.12 Chain, Inc.5.13 Circle Internet Financial Limited5.14 Coinbase5.15 Coinfirm Ltd.5.16 ConsenSys Systems (ConsenSys)5.17 Credits5.18 Dell Technologies5.19 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu5.20 Digital Asset Holdings5.21 Digitalx Ltd. (Digital Cc Ltd.)5.22 DMG Blockchain Solutions5.23 Earthport5.24 Factom Inc.5.25 Fidelity Investments5.26 Global Arena Holding, Inc. (GAHC)5.27 HP5.28 Holo5.29 HyperLedger5.30 IBM Corporation5.31 Intelygenz5.32 IOTA5.33 Libra Services, Inc.5.34 Linux Foundation5.35 Microsoft Corporation5.36 Monax5.37 NASDAQ5.38 Overstock5.39 R35.40 Ripple5.41 ShoCard5.42 Tecent

6 Conclusions and Recommendations

IoT Authentication and Authorization by Technology, Solutions, and Industry Verticals 2020 - 2025

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction2.1 IoT Data2.2 IoT Devices2.3 IoT Identity Management2.4 IoT Trust Environment

3 IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Drivers3.1 Machine Transactions3.2 Edge Computing3.3 Device Management3.4 Data Management3.5 Service Level Agreements

4 IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Opportunities4.1 Support of IoT Data as a Service4.2 IoT Identity Management and AAA as a Service4.3 IoT Mediation and Orchestration

5 IoT Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure5.1 IoT Database Infrastructure5.2 DB Support of IoT Orchestration and Mediation5.3 DB Support of IoT AAA Services5.4 IoT DB Support of IoT Identity Management5.5 IoT DB Support of IoT Data Management and Analytics5.6 IoT DB Registry and Transaction Services

6 IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Analysis and Forecasts 2020 - 20256.1 Global IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Forecast 2020 - 20256.2 Global AI Market Forecast in IoT Authentication and Authorization 2020 - 20256.3 Global IoT Authentication and Authorization Market in 5G Network 2020 - 20256.4 Global IoT Authentication and Authorization Market in Edge Network 2020 - 20256.5 Regional IoT Authentication and Authorization Market Forecasts 2020 - 20256.5.1 IoT Authentication and Authorization Market by Region

7 Conclusions and Recommendations

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