Exponential Science Newsletter

Exciting times in the world of tech with AI regulation crackdowns and a potential U.S. Bitcoin reserve still under review despite high hopes. But don’t fret, there is plenty to be excited about with some scientific developments in PoS, a new report examining a correlation between social media and crypto market price movements, and Google opening up the Gemini 2.0 AI model to the public.

Notable Publications

Proof-of-Stake Cryptoeconomics Design: A General Framework of Modeling and Evaluation

The authors of the discussion paper,?Sheng-Nan Li;?Jiahua Xu;?Paolo Tasca;?Claudio J. Tessone,?introduce a generalized modeling framework for PoS blockchains, which focuses on monetary policy, reward distribution, and staking behavior to analyze macro-level cryptoeconomics. Simulating it on Hedera and Cardano blockchains reveal?differences in decentralization and reward concentration, offering insights for blockchain governance and development.

Practical Applications:

• Match empirical data to predict network cryptoeconomic trends.
• Help in designing, evaluating, and comparing PoS blockchain protocols.
• Support decision-making in blockchain governance and development.

Explore the paper and find out how Hedera compares to Cardano according to the model.

Events Calendar

HederaCon 2025

Date: Denver, U.S., 25th February 2025

Taking place on the sidelines of ETHDenver, the HederaCon will bring together the Hedera community, developers, business leaders, builders and industry pioneers.

Register?now

UK CBT Launch Event

Date: London, England, 26th February 2025

The UK Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UK CBT) is launching with the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham, and the University College London (UCL) – joining as core academic members.

Register?today

The 4th International Cryptoasset Analytics Workshop (CAAW 2025)

Date: Miyakojima, Japan, April 18, 2025

The workshop brings together researchers from different academic disciplines to present their newest findings related to cryptoassets and ecosystems.

Join the event here

Triple Entry Accounting 2nd Annual Conference

Date: Salina, Malta, 25-26th April 2025

The 2nd TEA Conference explores a new accounting paradigm for the information age, blending computer science, accounting, cryptography, and governance.

Register?today

Trend of the Week

AI regulation, competition, and security are dominating the recent headlines. While U.S. lawmakers aim to ban DeepSeek over national security concerns, the EU is enforcing its AI Act. Meanwhile, Google advances the AI arms race with its powerful Gemini 2.0 release.Key takeaways:

• US lawmakers target DeepSeek: Proposed legislation would ban Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek on government devices due to national security risks. ?
• EU begins enforcing AI Act: Companies must comply with new rules banning ‘unacceptable risk’ AI applications like real-time facial recognition or face fines up to €35M or 7% of global revenue. ?
• Google releases Gemini 2.0: The tech giant's most powerful AI model suite is now open to all, focusing on AI agents capable of handling complex tasks independently.

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Recent Sentiment Analysis

The recent Nodiens?report of Jan. 2025 titled ‘Mood Metrics and Price Dynamics’ analyzes the relationship between social media sentiment and cryptocurrency price movements, using the Nodiens Mood Index across Reddit and Telegram for Dec. 2021-2024.?

Key points of the report:

• Social media sentiment is a significant factor in cryptocurrency price movements, sometimes more so than macroeconomic news.? ?
• Hedera shows a moderate but persistent correlation between mood changes and price returns, suggesting mood-based price predictions are less pronounced.? ?
• Different platforms show unique emotional responses to market developments.

While Ethereum shows stronger early correlations between daily changes in the Nodiens Mood Index and daily price returns, it subsequently declines. Hedera and NEAR show more stable but lower correlation patterns suggesting that Hedera's price is influenced by social sentiment changes. For Polkadot, Chainlink, THORChain, and Bitcoin, shifts in social media sentiment (as measured by the Mood Index) can be used to predict price movements for the week ahead.?

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