Blockchain Market Doubles Year-In-Year-Out in Italy

The latest data from market analysis and ICT consultancy operative holding company NetConsulting Cube shows that the blockchain market in Italy doubled to reach €31.0 million in 2018 – growing from €16.0 million in 2017 - and is still indicating significant growth over the next 3 years.

   

The market data displays a value of only €4.6 mln in the year 2015, which slightly doubled to €8.5 mln in 2016, and in 2017 the registered figure was €16.0 mln – meaning that the market in the country has a strong and positive correlation.     

Blockchain, IoT and Cloud in Use 

As the government of Italy is planning how to integrate the technology with the internet of things (IoT) to achieve a central change in information management, the IoT figures also seem to be growing in an upward trajectory. For instance, the IoT market had €1.85 mln in 2015, €2.115 million in 2016 and €2.953 mln in 2018 – this shows a 37.4% increase just from 2015 to 2018, which is a good trend.   

Very many Italian companies, businesses and institutions are considering applying blockchain technology and Cloud to easy work and also increase the efficiency & ability of chief financial officers (CFOs) to operate. According to the available data, Cloud had €2.281 million last year.   

Generally, a lot of cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology-related activities were seen to be on the rise in the country. This marked the switch from a platform for creating and exchanging digital currencies to the tech on which to create and develop enterprise applications.   

Industry 4.0 Increase Blockchain Visibility   

Predictions for the next three years show positive growth with an average yearly rate of around 76%. As per the estimates, blockchain will reach a cost of €54 million this year and later hit €92 million by 2020.   

 

The use of distributed ledger in Italy is far-flung, it is now being used in a variety of use cases and sectors including energy, banking, smart contracts, supply chain, insurance, agrifood, public administration, art, tourism, logistic & transport and very many others. Industry 4.0 in Italy has also played a big role in putting blockchain to use.

Source text:  https://it.coinidol.com/mercato-blockchain-raddoppia/