E023 – 2017 Data Digest
For the Love of Data
English - December 30, 2017 07:12 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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. […]
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
$ 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
$ 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
$ 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
$ 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
$ 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
$ 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
$ 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
$ 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
$ 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
$ 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
Equifax – 9/7/2017 – 143mm US consumers affected
Stock plunged nearly $4bn in the aftermath
https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/
RNC Voter List – nearly every registered voter, ~200mm Americans
Yahoo’s 2013 breach revelation – affected accounts went from 1bn to 3bn
Uber – 57mm user accounts and drivers, paid to keep it under wraps
560mm Passwords – a massive list of 560mm credentials compiled into one database of breaches from at least 10 services
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:
https://www.coindesk.com/price/
https://www.investing.com/currencies/btc-usd-historical-data
https://bitinfocharts.com/new-cryptocurrencies-2017.html
https://atozforex.com/news/top-10-cryptocurrency-2017/
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/12/19/16-cryptocurrency-facts-you-should-know.aspx
http://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/
https://gizmodo.com/the-great-data-breach-disasters-of-2017-1821582178
https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/
http://clark.com/personal-finance-credit/equifax-data-breach-a-look-back-at-our-biggest-story-of-2017/
http://beta.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-equifax-breach-20170908-story.html
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BP-rXUGBPJa/
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-12-12/twitters-top-10-most-retweeted-tweets-of-2017
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2017/12/15/year-in-review-2017-in-12-charts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpKbO6O3O3M
https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/digital-business/2017-year-in-review—exponential-automation/a/d-id/1330648?
https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/platforms/kubernetes