CoinDesk Research

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Mining or Staking: Which Blockchain Protocol Will Win Out?
The future of cryptocurrency mining and staking with former CoinDesk Market Reporter Will Foxley.
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Crypto Long & Short: A Bear Market Doesn’t Spell Doom
Plus: China’s Bitcoin crackdown, and why bitcoin isn’t a “boomer coin.”
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Bear Markets Don’t Scare Protocol Developers: CoinDesk 2021 Q2 Review
CoinDesk Research presents its 2021 Q2 Quarterly Review of the cryptocurrency market, exploring trends, developments and new narratives for investors.
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CoinDesk Research: Does Bitcoin Have an Energy Problem?
Bitcoin does consume a lot of energy, but it also incentivizes renewable energy through improving economics and distribution.
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Q1 2021 Industry Trends: NFTs Rise to Fame, DeFi Consolidates 2020 Gains
Trading volume on decentralized exchanges also saw a similar pattern of steady growth and a slight decline near the end of the first quarter.
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Q1 2021 Industry Trends: Institutional Interest in ETH Ramps Up
These three events and two metrics show how ether markets are maturing.
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Education: The North Star of Navigating Ethereum
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Will Foxley and Consensys’ Ben Edgington meet up with Coogan Brennan to discuss solo staking on Ethereum 2.0.
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Q1 2021: Institutional Growth Slows Down, Retail Ramps Up
The institutional investment that drove crypto markets in late 2020 is starting to slow down, but retail activity is on the rise.
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Retail Gains Amid Institutional Influx in Q1: CoinDesk Quarterly Review
CoinDesk Research presents its Q1 2021 Quarterly Review, with 100+ slides highlighting the main trends and developments important for investors to know.
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Ethereum’s Transition Could Be Months Not Years, Away
The promises of Ethereum 2.0 are changing in important ways from the network’s proof-of-work (POW) consensus protocol to Proof of Stake (POS)
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