The difficulty of mining and the future of Bitcoin
According to blockchain.com statistics, the Bitcoin mining difficulty index fell 7% on November 8. For almost 1 year,...
Year: 2019
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Who is buying bitcoin?
Various organizations collect and aggregate transaction and market data on crypto-assets from crypto-exchanges and released in multiple forms....
I am giving a keynote address at IEICE/SWIM.
On August 23, in Umeda, Osaka, I will attend a workshop of Technical Group on Software Interprise Modeling...
Summer has come!
Summer has come. The rainy season has ended in the Kansai region. The view from the window of...
I quit my concurrent position at PwC
I quit my concurrent position at PwC. In April 2017, I took a position as a professor teaching...
A view from Shijo Ohashi Bridge in Kyoto during summer noon
I took this picture from Shijo Ohashi Bridge in Kyoto to the upper reaches of the Kamogawa River....
The Sustainability of Alchemy by Tether
Tether price is a little below the dollar peg today. For this reason, Tether seems to have reduced...
Trip to Berlin to attend the Global Solutions Summit
When I was in Berlin on a trip to attend the Global Solutions Summit in March 2019, I...
On Reuters report about IMF Lagarde’s remarks at the Fukuoka G20 Seminar
The following news was published about the remarks of IMF Managing Director Lagarde at the Fukuoka G20 seminar...
T20 Summit 2019 in Tokyo
The Think20 (T20), the research and policy advice network for the G20 countries, held its annual summit on...
Crypto-asset price trend and Tether transaction amount
The rise in the price of crypto-assets, which began with the sharp rise of BTC on April 2,...
Aoi Matsuri Festival in Kyoto
Colorful graphical illuminations were projected on the wide stairs of Kyoto station to celebrate the Aoi Matsuri Festival...
The setting sun lit the clouds bright red
The spring holidays are over. After finishing my work in Tokyo, I get on the Shinkansen from Tokyo...
JFSA’s Blockchain Round-Table 2019
Financial Services Agency of Japan held the Blockchain Round-Table (BCRT) on March 27 and 28. The meeting was...
A conference on digital currencies for central banks
On March 22, 2019, the Nomura Research Institute (NRI) held a conference on the Financial Markets Panel. Since...
T20/TF2 policy brief on Fintch
As one of co-chairpersons of T20/TF2, I also wrote a T20 policy brief on Fintech and published on...
T20/TF2 policy brief on Crypto-asset
As one of co-chairpersons of T20/TF2, I also wrote a T20 policy brief on Crypto-asset and published on...
Happy New Year
Wishing you and your family the best for 2019. I am staying in Kyoto with my family during...