For the Love of Data

E023 – 2017 Data Digest

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This episode reflects on some of the hottest topics from 2017 and their impact their data has on our lives this year and into 2018.

Cryptocurrency

Many of these data points come from here.

  • Since the year began, the aggregate market cap of all cryptocurrencies combined has increased by more than 3,200% as of Dec. 18
  • Bitcoin went through the roof, hitting an all-time high of 1 BTC = $19,891 on 12/17/2017.

    • BTC makes up 54% of the aggregate $589 billion market cap of all cryptocurrencies
    • The graphics-card hardware needs of miners has been a big reason why NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices have seen a double-digit percentage surge in sales recently
    • Back on Dec. 10, CBOE Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) became the first to introduce bitcoin futures trading, with CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) following a week later
    • 612 new cryptocurrencies began trading in 2017
    • Top 10 cryptocurrencies in 2017 as of 12/29 according to BitInfoCharts.com (pretty similar list on AtoZForex.com):
      • Cryptocurrency
      Price in USD
      Price in BTC
      First Trade
      Exchange volume 24h
      BTC

      Bitcoin

      $ 15,030.33

      +9.79% ($1,340) in 12h

      +9.56% ($1,312) in 7d

      1 BTC

      +0% in 12 hours

      +0% in 7 days

      2010-07-17
      100,317 BTC

      100,316.59 BTC

      1,250,728,823.58 USD

      XRP

      Ripple

      $ 1.4

      +11.79% ($0.15) in 12h

      +28.92% ($0.31) in 7d

      0.000093 BTC

      +1.82% in 12 hours

      +17.67% in 7 days

      2014-08-14
      462,239,606 XRP

      36,699.78 BTC

      551,610,001.98 USD

      ETH

      Ethereum

      $ 750.82

      +9.3% ($63.9) in 12h

      +12.07% ($80.9) in 7d

      0.05 BTC

      -0.45% in 12 hours

      +2.29% in 7 days

      2014-09-30
      784,632 ETH

      34,510.75 BTC

      518,708,138.27 USD

      BCH

      Bitcoin Cash

      $ 2,571.87

      +8.04% ($191) in 12h

      +6.17% ($149) in 7d

      0.171 BTC

      -1.59% in 12 hours

      -3.1% in 7 days

      2017-08-01
      209,597 BCH

      33,824.21 BTC

      508,389,215 USD

      LTC

      Litecoin

      $ 255.88

      +11.54% ($26.5) in 12h

      +0.89% ($2.26) in 7d

      0.017 BTC

      +1.59% in 12 hours

      -7.91% in 7 days

      2012-07-13
      1,156,615 LTC

      18,070.26 BTC

      271,602,057.82 USD

      IOT

      IOTA

      $ 3.87

      +11.04% ($0.38) in 12h

      +2.12% ($0.08) in 7d

      0.00026 BTC

      +1.14% in 12 hours

      -6.8% in 7 days

      2017-08-30
      37,838,946 IOT

      9,288.14 BTC

      139,603,822.48 USD

      XMR

      Monero

      $ 366.67

      +7.1% ($24.3) in 12h

      +9.42% ($31.6) in 7d

      0.024 BTC

      -2.46% in 12 hours

      -0.13% in 7 days

      2014-06-04
      275,568 XMR

      6,354.54 BTC

      95,510,916.21 USD

      DASH

      Dash

      $ 1,126.09

      +10.81% ($110) in 12h

      +2.5% ($27.5) in 7d

      0.075 BTC

      +0.93% in 12 hours

      -6.45% in 7 days

      2014-02-20
      85,797 DASH

      6,073.26 BTC

      91,283,097.97 USD

      XVG

      VERGE

      $ 0.168

      +41.89% ($0.05) in 12h

      +60.02% ($0.06) in 7d

      0.000011 BTC

      +29.23% in 12 hours

      +46.05% in 7 days

      2016-02-18
      606,321,139 XVG

      5,940.19 BTC

      89,283,020.8 USD

      ICX

      ICON

      $ 5.73

      +4.78% ($0.26) in 12h

      +183.99% ($3.72) in 7d

      0.00038 BTC

      -4.56% in 12 hours

      +159.21% in 7 days

      2017-11-11
      13,061,177 ICX

      5,072.57 BTC

      76,242,347.41 USD

      Data Breaches
      1. Equifax – 9/7/2017 – 143mm US consumers affected
        1. Stock plunged nearly $4bn in the aftermath
        2. https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/
        3. RNC Voter List – nearly every registered voter, ~200mm Americans
        4. Yahoo’s 2013 breach revelation – affected accounts went from 1bn to 3bn
        5. Uber – 57mm user accounts and drivers, paid to keep it under wraps
        6. 560mm Passwords – a massive list of 560mm credentials compiled into one database of breaches from at least 10 services

          7. You can check if your account is part of a compromise at have i been pwned or SpyCloud.

           

          World Affairs

          The World Bank has a fascinating article with 12 charts covering food assistance, climate change, education, nutrition, elections, energy and a tribute to Hans Rosling, who made us see the world in new ways with breathtaking visualizations.

          Other Data Tidbits
          • Most popular Instagram Post: Beyonce – https://www.instagram.com/p/BP-rXUGBPJa/
          • Most retweeted Twitter Post: Carter’s quest for Wendy’s Chicken Nuggest – https://twitter.com/carterjwm/status/849813577770778624/photo/1
          • Oracle bought API management firm Apiary. Be on the lookout for how that evolves for the tool and for Oracle
          • RPA saw continued growth and implementations. Expect more in 2018.
          • Kubernetes is becoming the de facto standard for container management and was upgraded to Adopt by TechRadar. Expect it to continue to gain steam and start influencing data solutions more in 2018.
            • Music:

            Auld Lang Syne by Fresh Nelly, from Free Music Archive.

            Sources:
            1. https://www.coindesk.com/price/
            2. https://www.investing.com/currencies/btc-usd-historical-data
            3. https://bitinfocharts.com/new-cryptocurrencies-2017.html
            4. https://atozforex.com/news/top-10-cryptocurrency-2017/
            5. https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/12/19/16-cryptocurrency-facts-you-should-know.aspx
            6. http://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/
            7. https://gizmodo.com/the-great-data-breach-disasters-of-2017-1821582178
            8. https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/
            9. http://clark.com/personal-finance-credit/equifax-data-breach-a-look-back-at-our-biggest-story-of-2017/
            10. http://beta.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-equifax-breach-20170908-story.html
            11. https://haveibeenpwned.com/
            12. https://www.instagram.com/p/BP-rXUGBPJa/
            13. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-12-12/twitters-top-10-most-retweeted-tweets-of-2017
            14. http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2017/12/15/year-in-review-2017-in-12-charts
            15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpKbO6O3O3M
            16. https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/digital-business/2017-year-in-review—exponential-automation/a/d-id/1330648?
            17. https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/platforms/kubernetes

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