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DGI

Our identity

The Digital Gold Institute was founded in 2018 as Europe’s first research center dedicated to Bitcoin and blockchain technology. A project that contributed to the growth of the Italian ecosystem, giving rise in 2019 to CheckSig, now one of the country’s leading crypto intermediaries.

Crypto solutions for the financial industry

Specialized services for financial institutions, designed by banking professionals to tackle the challenges of the crypto market.

Partnerships that drive growth

A dedicated partnership program for financial institutions, designed to ensure continuous oversight of the crypto market.

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Crypto Asset Lab: innovation between academia and industry

The institutional research center that investigates and explains the transformations brought about by Bitcoin and blockchain technology.

Crypto Asset Lab

DGI Report

The quarterly update on the crypto world that analyzes market trends and gathers the sector’s key developments.

2026 - Q1
#29

XXIX DGI Report

Speaker: Ferdinando Ametrano, Digital Gold Institute, Scientific Director

Guest: Daniele Bernardi, Diaman Partners, Founder and CEO

Direct contribution to innovation

Software development and applied research to support the technological evolution of crypto in traditional finance.

Btclib

An open-source Python library designed for educational and practical purposes, focusing on Bitcoin’s mechanics, its blockchain, and elliptic curve cryptography.

OpenTimestamps

A protocol that implements independent timestamping procedures on public blockchains, enabling decentralized verification that a piece of digital information existed at a specific date.

Analysis and Research

The Digital Gold Institute’s analysis and research on the crypto-asset ecosystem.

Crypto Banking Survey 2026
Crypto Banking Survey 2026 2026

The survey on the crypto services Italian customers expect from their bank.