In this BRL research note, we analyzed data from the list of all 22,560 individual Mt. Gox creditors, who may receive payouts by late August, 2022. The total claims amount to $18.6 billion in BTC and BCH and $48.1 million in USD. The top 1% of creditors together account for over 50% of all claims. The top 0.1% – only 23 claims – share 27.3% of all claims, or $5.1 billion.

We are pleased to announce that the Blockchain Research Lab has received a grant from the Ethereum Foundation. The aim of the project is to investigate the extent to which transaction costs interrelate with different economic activities on the Ethereum network. We would like to thank the Ethereum Foundation for its trust placed in us and look forward to the implementation of the research project.

This blog post is an invited guest post by Dr. Aman Saggu. It is based on his article ‘The Intraday Bitcoin Response to Tether Minting and Burning Events: Asymmetry, Investor Sentiment, and “Whale Alerts” on Twitter’ that was recently published in Finance Research Letters.

We would like to thank the Blockmagazin and WeWork for organising and hosting this year´s “Blockchain in der Anwendung“ event, which took place on the 28th of July 2022. Our CEO and co-founder Dr. Lennart Ante presented research results on the "Musk Effect" in cryptocurrency markets.

We are pleased to announce that our co-founders Dr. Lennart Ante and Prof. Dr. Ingo Fiedler will be editing a Special Issue of the academic journal Digital Business. This issue will focus on the topic of "Emerging Digital Platforms and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)". In the post, further information on the Call for Papers, deadlines and other topics are provided.

We are happy to announce that our co-founder Dr. Lennart Ante was awarded as "Best Reviewer" at the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2022), Timisoara, 18-24 June. The conference represents one of the major scientific conferences in information systems (IS) research.

For episode 28 of the ACIT podcast, our co-founder Prof. Dr. Ingo Fiedler was invited by Manuel Brenner to talk about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. For around two hours Manuel and Ingo discuss topics like Bitcoin and Ethereum, proof of work and proof of stake, and much more.

The BLOCKCHAIN WEEK at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg provides a platform for exploring blockchain from different angles. Our co-founder Dr. Lennart Ante presented on the topic of stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

Our research activities have again been honored by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft with the seal of approval "Innovativ durch Forschung". We are very proud to carry the seal of approval and would like to thank our employees for their commitment to explore the opportunities and limits of the blockchain technology and sharing their findings with society.

We are pleased to announce that our co-founder Dr. Lennart Ante will be editing a Special Issue of the academic journal Digital Finance. This issue will focus on the topic of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). In the post, further information on the Call for Papers, deadlines and other topics are provided.