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Weekly Market Analysis
April 6th 2020

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Abstract
                                                                                                                                 Overview
  Highlights                                                                            As of April 5, 2020, the total market cap of
                                                                                        cryptocurrencies was 190.5 billion U.S. dollars, increased
                                                                                        by 13.43%, and the total market cap of the top 100
                                                                                        cryptocurrencies was 190.4 billion U.S. dollars, increased
• This week, the overall market capitalization for the top 100 cryptocurrencies         by 14.62% from last week. As of April 5, 2020, Bitcoin
  increased of 13.43%, with 94 projects increased in value to varying degrees           was traded at 6791.13USD, 14.76% higher than its price
• The hashrate of Bitcoin increased and Ethereum increased by this week. This           last week. Ethereum was traded at 143.55USD, 14.40%
                                                                                        higher than its price last week.
  week, the difficulty of mining Bitcoin decreased but the difficulty of mining
  Ethereum increased.
                                                                                       Total marketcap                192.3 billion USD
• The average number of transactions per block decreased and the average
  block size of Bitcoin decreased                                                      BTC marketcap                  124.3 billion USD
• The average number of transactions per block decreased and the average
                                                                                       BTC price                      6719.13 USD
  block size of Ethereum decreased this week
• The average transaction fees of Bitcoin decreased but Ethereum increased             ETH marketcap                  15.8 billion USD
• This week, the difficulty of mining Bitcoin decreased but the difficulty of mining
  Ethereum increased                                                                   ETH price                      143.55 USD
• LSK was the most active project on GitHub this week
                                                                                       24h daily volume               972.1 billion USD
• 2 investments activities took place in the blockchain industry this week, COTI
  got 3.5 million dollars strategic investment , Bao Quan.com got Pre-A round          BTC dominance                  65.25 %
  investment from Lakala VC leader.
                                                                                       BTC hashrate                   108.6 EH/s

                                                                                       BTC difficulty                 13.91 T

     April 6th, 2020
Weekly Market Review                                                                                                                       x
• This week, the overall market capitalization for the
                                                       200
  top 100 cryptocurrencies increased by 13.43%, with                                                                                         Total
  94 projects increased in value to varying degrees.                                                                                         mcap

• As of April 5, 2020, Bitcoin was traded at 150
  6791.13USD, 14.76% higher than its price last week.
  Ethereum was traded at 143.55USD, 14.40% higher
  than its price last week.exacoin, increased 27.48%, 100
  Now #93).
• According to coinmarketcap, as of April 5, 2020, the 50
  total market cap of cryptocurrencies was 190.5
  billion U.S. dollars, increased by 13.43%, and the
  total market cap of the top 100 cryptocurrencies was   0
                                                         March 30    March 31    April 1     April 2         April 3     April 4       April 5
  190.4 billion U.S. dollars, increased by 14.62% from
  last week, among which, SXP had the largest
                                                        % 130                                           0
  increased of 121.10%, bringing its market cap
  ranking from #165 to #100, EDC had the largest
                                                          97.5                                         -10
  decreased of -37.90%, bringing its market cap
  ranking from #43 to #67.                                                                                             DNA CBUCKS    BRC    SNT
                                                            65                                         -20
• In addition, there were 5 projects that entered
  TOP100, namely, VSYS (v.systems, increased 19.43%,
                                                          32.5
  Now #98), QNT (Quant, increased 40.79%, Now #86),                                                    -30
  MB (MineBee, increased 57.27%, Now #94), QQQ
                                                             0
  (Poseidon Network, increased 68.87%, Now #88),                                MB    QC   QNT
                                                                                                       -40
                                                                    SXP   QQQ
  SXP (Swipe, increased 121.10%, Now #100).                                                                      EDC          Source: Coinmarketcap
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• The overall 24h trading volume increased this                          980

                                                       Billion USD
  week. Overall, the 24h trading volume increased                                2020/03/29
                                                                                 2020/04/05
  by 4.48% compared with the same period of last                                                                                                        BTC 65.25%
                                                                         965
  week. In this week, 57 of the top 100 projects
  increased in 24h trading volume, led by BAY with
  a weekly increase of 631.90%; there were 43                            950                                                            Others
                                                                                                                                        10.84%
  projects decreased in their 24h trading volume,                                                                  TAGZ5
  there were 17 projects that saw over 20%                               935
                                                                                                                   0.65%
                                                                                                                                                                  ETH
                                                                                                                    BNB
  decrease in their 24h trading volume, while 4                                                                    1.12%
                                                                                                                                                                 8.32%

  projects fell by more than 50%, led by XIN, with a                                                                    EOS
                                                                                                                       1.14%

  decreased of 89.25%.                                                   920                                                    LTC
                                                                                                                               1.38%    BSV
                                                                                     24h Trading Volume                                1.69%    BCH     USDT   XRP
                                                                                                                                               2.24%    3.25% 4.14%
• The top 10 cryptocurrencies’ market value
                                                                                                                 TOP10 Dominance
  increased, the market share distribution
  remained stable. On April 5, 2020, the overall                     %    70
                                                                                                                                                                         2020/03/29
  market cap of the top 10 cryptocurrencies was                                                                                                                          2020/04/05

  169.8 billion USD, increased by 15.00% from last                   52.5
  week, accounting for 89.19% of the total market
  capitalization of cryptocurrencies, increased by                        35
  1.22% from last week. The market value
  proportion of TOP10 project basically stable.                      17.5
  BTC’s dominance was 65.25%, increased by
  0.76% from last week.                                                    0
                                                                               BTC    ETH       XRP       BCH   USDT       BSV          LTC       EOS      BNB        TAGZ5    Other

                                                                                                                                                              Source: Coinmarketcap
Segment Analysis                                                                                                                                                                                                   x
                                                                          TOP100 Cryptocurrencies
• Among TOP 100 cryptocurrency project                                                                                                                       TOP100 Cryptocurrencies
                                                                         Segment Average Marketcap                                                         Market Segment Capitalization
  segments, the total market cap of Asset-                                    (in Billion USD)                                                                    (in Billion USD)
                                                         1247.32 1428.84                                                                   35.64      39.69
  backed Project got the largest increase. The
  average market cap of Asset-backed Project                                                             2020/03/29                                                     2020/03/29
                                                                                                                                                                                                       31.60
                                                                                                         2020/04/05                                                     2020/04/05
  got the largest increase. As of April 5, 2020, the
  total market cap of coin projects reached 142.8                                                                                                                                              23.94

  billion USD, increased by 14.55%. The average
  market cap of coin projects reached 3.96 billion
  USD, increased by 11.37%. The total market cap of                        205.16 232.48                                                                        7.33 8.94

  platform projects reached 23.2 billion USD,                                              161.08 179.82                                                                        4.60 5.00
                                                                                                            47.88 63.20
  increased by 13.32%. The average market cap of
  platform projects reached 0.89 billion USD,                   Coin          Platfom        Application Asset-backed                              Coin          Platfom        Application Asset-backed
                                                                                                            Token                                                                              Token
  increased by 22.04%. The total market cap of
  application class projects reached 17.9 billion
                                                                     35%                                                                                                                           75.03%
  USD, increased by 11.64%. The average market
  cap of application class projects reached 0.50                                                                     28%

  billion USD, increased by 8.54%. The total market                                                                                             3.32%
                                                                2%
  cap of asset-backed token projects reached 6.32
                                                                                                                                                   9.44%
  billion USD, increased by 31.98%. The average
  market cap of asset-backed token projects                                                                                                                    12.21%
  reached 3.16 billion USD, increased by 31.98%.                                  35%

                                                       Coin = Asset developed based on blockchain technology that does not correspond to a specific use scenario and whose main function is only the transaction target. Its
                                                       asset value is mainly reflected by liquidity.
                                                       Platform = Asset that is associated with the development of the underlying technology of the blockchain and is supported by the right to use or participate in the platform.
  Source: Coinmarketcap                                Application = Asset that is associated with a specific application scenario and is supported by a certain right of use, participation, or dividend.
                                                       Asset-backed = Assets that is linked to actual assets such as gold and US dollars and supported by the value of physical assets.
                                                       Token
Mining Statistics                                                                                                                    x
 • The hashrate of Bitcoin increased and Ethereum increased by this week. From March 30, 2020 — April 5, 2020 ,the average bitcoin
   Hashrate for the entire network reached 108.6 EH/s, increased by 8.17% from the previous week.
 • Average Hashrate for the entire Ethereum network was 176.72TH/s this week, increased by 0.33%.

                              Hashrate BTC                                          Difficulty BTC
                               108.6 EH/s                                              13.91T

• This week, the difficulty of mining Bitcoin decreased but Ethereum increased. As of April 5, 2020, average difficulty for mining Bitcoin
  this week was 13.91T, decreased by 12.13% from last week. The average difficulty of mining Ethereum this week was 2221.93TH,
  increased by 1.12% from that of previous week.

                         Hashrate ETH                                               Difficulty ETH
                         176.72 TH/s                                                 2222.93TH

Source: blockchain.info, Etherchain
Mining Statistics                                                                                                                                 x
 • The number of blocks in Bitcoin increased by 14.96%. Top 5 rankings had changed. The overall distribution of the Ethereum mining
   pools rankings remain the same, the number of blocks increased 1.26%. In the past week, Bitcoin mined 1053 blocks, increased
   14.96% from the previous week. Among the top five pools were F2Pool, Poolin, BTC.com, AntPool, OKExPool, these 5 pools mined
   222, 174, 133, 106 and 89 blocks respectively, accounting for 21.08%, 16.52%, 12.63%, 10.07% and 8.45% of all Bitcoins mined this
   week. The Hashrate was 22.00 EH/s, 17.24EH/, 3.18EH/s, 10.50EH/s and 8.82EH/s, respectively.
 • In the past week, Ethereum’s entire network mined 48038 blocks, increased 1.26% from the previous week. The top five pools were
   SparkPool, Ethermine, F2pool, Nanopool and Zhizhu.top, each mined 15933, 10721, 4688, 3445 and 1865 blocks respectively,
   accounting for 33.1675%, 22.3177%, 9.7589%, 7.1714% and 3.8823% of all Ethereum mined this week, respectively.

                                       Poolin   BTC Mining Pool Distribution   ETH Mining Pool Distribution
                                      16.52%

                                                                                               SparkPool
                                                                                                33.17%
                                                                                                                                      Ethermine
             F2Pool                                  BTC.com                                                                           22.32%
             21.08%                                  12.63%

                                                        AntPool
                                                        10.07%
                                                                                                                                       F2Pool
                                                                                                                                       9.76%

                                                OkexPool                                          Others
                                                 8.45%                                            23.7%
                      Others                                                                                               Nanopool
                      31.25%                                                                                  zhizhu.top    7.17%
                                                                                                                3.88%

Source: blockchain.info, Etherchain
Activity Statistics                                                                                                                   x
 • The average number of transactions per block decreased and the average block size of Bitcoin decreased. The average number of
   transactions per block decreased and the average block size of Ethereum decreased this week. According to blockchain.info, from
   March,30,2020-April 5, 2020, the average size of each block was 1.08MB, decreased 0.92% form last week; there were on average
   1613 transactions recorded in each block, decreased by 19.59% from the previous week.

                                           Average BTC block size                                    Average Number of tx/BTC block
                                                 1.08MB                                                         1,613

• According to etherscan, the average number of transactions per block in Ethereum this week was 105.7, decreased by 10.20%. The
  average size of each block was 22816.71 bytes, decreased by 7.18% compared to last week.

                  Average ETH block size                                   Average Number of tx/ETH block
                     22816.71 bytes                                                   105.7

Source: blockchain.info, Etherchain
Activity Statistics                                                                                                                                                   x
• Number of unconfirmed transactions in Bitcoin decreased by 83.32%. Number of unconfirmed transactions in Ethereum increased by
  1.15% from the previous week. As of April 5, 2020, the number of 7-day average unconfirmed transactions in Bitcoin network was
  1371, decreased by 83.32% from last week. There were 63745.19 unconfirmed transactions in the Ethereum network, increased by
  1.15% from last week, with the lowest amount of unconfirmed transactions in the week being 18356 and the highest amount being
  69398.

                                     Mempool tx count
                                         1,371                                                                           Unconfirmed ETH txs
                                                                                                                               63,745

• Total transaction fees of Bitcoin decreased but Ethereum                                        0.7

                                                                Average Transaction fee in USD
  increased. As of April 5, 2020, average transaction fees of
  Bitcoin this week was $0.446, decreased by 40.21% from last                        0.525

  week. Average transaction fees of Ethereum this week was $
  0.0828, incresead by 6.43%.                                                                    0.35

                                                                                     0.175

                                                                                                   0
                                                                                                   March 30   March 31     April 1      April 2   April 3   April 4   April 5
Source: blockchain.info, Etherscan
Activity Statistics                                                                                                                                                                   x

• The average number of distinct miners per
  day in Ethereum decreased by 4.06% from                                                                                                     Numer of distinct ETH miners
  last week. From March 30, 2020-April 5,                                                                                                                54.4

  2020,the average number of distinct miners per
  day in Ethereum this week was 54.4, decreased
  by 4.06% from last week.
• The number of nodes in Bitcoin increased ,The
  number of nodes in Ethereum decreased this
  week. As of April 5, 2020, there were 10132
  Bitcoin nodes, increased by 1.46% compared to
  last week, of which 2030 nodes were in the U.S,
  1783 nodes were Germany, and 244 nodes were                          2200

                                                     Number of nodes
  in China(№9), each accounting for 20.04%,                                                                                                                                    BTC nodes
                                                                                                                                                                               ETH nodes
  17.60% and 2.41% of the total number of Bitcoin                      1650
  nodes, respectively.
• As of April 5, 2020, there were 6710 Ethereum
                                                                       1100
  nodes, decreased by 1.79% from the previous
  week. Specifically, there were 1951 nodes in the
  U.S, 408 nodes in China, and 728 nodes in                             550
  Germany, each accounting for 29.08%, 6.08%,
  10.85% of total number of nodes, respectively.                          0
                                                                              US   Germany   France   Netherlands   Canada   Singapore   UK      China   Russia   Hong Kong   Japan   South Korea

 Source: Bitnodes, Ethernodes
Activity Statistics                                                                                                                                x

• This week, the growth rate for new addresses of Bitcoin increased. According to the data on blockchain, as of April 5, 2020, the total
  number of Bitcoin addresses was 47276550 increased by 239935 (0.51%).

                 Numer of BTC addresses                                              Numer of ETH addresses
                     47,276,550                                                          92,998,449

• LSK was the most active project on
  GitHub this week. From March 30,
  2020 — April 5, 2020, Lisk was the                                                             LSK the most active project on Github this week

  active project repository on GitHub
  with a total of 138 commits.

 Source: blockchain.info, cryptomiso
Industry Application News                                                                                                                             x

1.General Motors Files Patent for a        2. Ontario Conservation Authorities Test                     3. BMW’s Blockchain Solution for
Blockchain-Based Navigation Map            Blockchain for Green Energy on Smart Grids                   Supply Chains to Roll Out in 2020
Major car manufacturer, General            Canadian conservation authorities and                        World-famous car manufacturer BMW
Motors, or GM, has filed a patent          technology firm Insolar are conducting a test-               Group plans to roll out its blockchain
application for a continuously             bed blockchain project for renewable energy                  supply chain solution to 10 suppliers this
updating navigation map system. The        m a n a g e m e n t .W i t h i n t h e s c o p e o f i t s   year.Dubbed “PartChain,” the platform
system would use blockchain to             Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program                  has already been successfully tested by
integrate data from vehicle sensors        (STEP), on April 1 the Toronto and Region                    BMW in 2019, an official announcement
and build a reliable map for               Conservation Authority (TRCA) announced a                    on March 31 revealed. In its early version,
autonomous vehicles. General Motors’       collaboration with blockchain specialist Insolar             Pa rt C h a i n i s d e s i g n e d t o e n s u re
solution is to distribute the process to   to leverage the technology for managing                      traceability and immediate data
many vehicles, which would collect         distributed energy resources (DERs).Ontario’s                transparency for automobile components
data about their surroundings through      long-term energy plan has reportedly identified              across complex supply chains that
sensors as they simply drive               DERs as an essential policy strategy that will               engage multiple international parties. The
around.The real-time data would be         help to close the growing gap in electricity                 2019 pilot implemented the solution for
compared with a discrepancy detector,      supply as the region works to replace 30% of its             purchasing and tracking front lights, with
which analyzes the existing maps. Any      conventional power production with                           the involvement of two of BMW Group’s
difference is transmitted to a             sustainable sources over the next 15 years.                  total 31 plants, as well as three locations
blockchain network that holds all the      Sources such as solar and wind can be used as                of the supplier Automotive Lighting. In
map data. The “candidate transaction”      a backup or replacement to achieve a more                    the long-term, BMW’s vision is to use
is then validated if other vehicles        sustainable energy mix, provided they are                    blockchain to create “an open platform
report a similar change. The patent        coordinated on the power grid’s edge. This                   that will allow data within supply chains to
suggests that the network would be         ostensibly ensures they do not stop utilities                be exchanged and shared safely and
maintained by vehicles and mining          from providing a reliable energy supply.                     anonymized across the industry.
nodes located in data centers.
International Policy News                                                                                                                                             x
1. Malaysian Securities Regulator                             2. South African National Blockchain Alliance         3. DHS Names Blockchain Managers
Approves Crypto Trading Platform                              Holds Online Launch                                   Among Critical Infrastructure
Following a nine-month-long probationary                      The South African National Blockchain Alliance        Workers
period, Malaysia-based cryptocurrency                         carried out an online livestream launch while         A memorandum published by the
trading firm, Tokenize Malaysia, has received                 the country is in the midst of a 21-day lockdown      United States Department of Homeland
f u l l a p p ro v a l f ro m l o c a l s e c u r i t i e s   to curb the spread of the coronavirus                 Security (DHS) has named blockchain
watchdog.With the approval to operate a                       pandemic. The organization was due to be              managers among the nation’s essential
Digital Assets Exchange, the company’s                        launched at the beginning of April in                 critical infrastructure workers.On March
cryptocurrency trading platform, Tokenize                     Johannesburg but had to be taken online as            19, the DHS’ Cybersecurity and
Xchange, became legally approved and                          South Africa and the world tackles a global           Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
regulated by the Securities Commission                        health crisis. Akhona Damane heads up the             published a memo emphasizing the
(SC) of Malaysia, local news outlet,                          project and said that SANBA intends to be the         special responsibility of workers within
SoyaCincau, reported on April 3. The                          central cog in a network of partnerships              a critical infrastructure industry to
exchange offers fiat-to-digital asset                         between South Africa’s government, industry-          maintain normal working schedules
pairings.Malaysian laws require that local                    leading companies, startups and civil society.        amid the intensifying coronavirus
cryptocurrency exchanges register with the                    An important consideration for SANBA is the           lockdown. The document names
SC, after which they have up to nine month                    development of blockchain-based systems and           blockchain managers alongside
to achieve compliance with the SC’s                           solutions coming from inside South Africa.            healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and food
regulation standards. The SC introduced the                   Another major focus will be driving the               s u p p l y a s c r i t i c a l i n f ra s t r u c t u re
Capital Markets and Services (Prescription                    development of skills needed to explore and           industries.The inclusion of blockchain
of Securities) (Digital Currency and Digital                  create blockchain solutions. An integral part of      managers on CISA’s list may indicate
Token) Order 2019 on January 15, 2019.                        this will be educating civil society on the various   the DHS’s recognition of the potential
The regulation classifies digital currencies,                 use cases and further potential of the                for distributed ledger technologies
tokens, and crypto-assets as securities,                      technology to improve a wide variety of               (DLT) to be employed in coronavirus
placing them under the Securities                             industries.                                           relief efforts.
Commission’s authority.
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