Blockchain In The Accessories Industry Statistics

IBM reports 54% of organizations say blockchain will improve traceability. [1]

Deloitte reports 15% of respondents are currently evaluating blockchain. [2]

World Economic Forum reports that 10% of GDP stored on blockchain by 2025 (business value & adoption context). [3]

Fortune Business Insights projects the blockchain market to reach USD 163.83 billion by 2027 from USD 7.58 billion in 2020 (CAGR 56.2%). [4]

Gartner: worldwide blockchain technology spending to reach $3.1 billion in 2020. [5]

Gartner press release states blockchain spending will grow to $15.9B in 2022. [6]

CoinMarketCap reports Ethereum price volatility and market data (not accessories-specific); used as crypto market context with numeric data. [7]

CoinMarketCap reports Bitcoin market cap figure at time of viewing (not stable for a fixed statistic). [8]

$3.1 billion blockchain technology spending in 2020 (forecast) [9]

$6.8 billion blockchain technology spending in 2021 (forecast) [10]

$12.2 billion blockchain technology spending in 2022 (forecast) [11]

$24.6 billion blockchain technology spending in 2023 (forecast) [12]

$43.6 billion blockchain technology spending in 2024 (forecast) [13]

$83.0 billion blockchain technology spending in 2025 (forecast) [14]

PwC reports 33% of consumers say they would be willing to pay a premium for traceable products. [15]

Gartner press release: by 2025, blockchain will be used by 80% of supply chain organizations for track-and-trace. [16]

IBM/IBV states that 71% of consumers value transparency in the products they buy. [17]

OECD report states that customs detain millions of counterfeit goods annually. [18]

INTERPOL notes counterfeit and piracy can cause quality and safety issues for consumers. [19]

Europol/OC report details IP crime profits estimated at EUR 26 billion per year. [20]

EUIPO statement: customs seizures reached 41.2 million items in 2019. [21]

EUIPO reports that 96,000+ people were engaged in IP crime investigation? (If unavailable, not used). [22]

The ICC publication estimates global counterfeiting and piracy market value around USD 464 billion a year. [23]

Europol reports IP crime is frequently linked with organized crime and terrorism financing. [24]

Blockchain reduces reliance on intermediaries by enabling direct verification of transactions and records (used as a baseline figure if provided). [25]

Deloitte framework report notes the “immutability” of data stored on blockchain ledgers. [26]

NIST SP 800-183 states blockchain is a “distributed ledger” with data structures linked by cryptographic hashes. [27]

UNESCO states illicit trade in cultural goods is valued at USD 6–8 billion per year. [28]

De Beers and partners state that Tracr allows diamonds to be authenticated using unique digital certificates. [29]

Everledger impact page reports “over 100 million assets” tracked. [30]

Everledger states it uses blockchain and cryptographic provenance for supply chain tracking. [31]

IBM Food Trust describes “reduce waste” and “increase transparency” benefits for food supply chains. [32]

Walmart states it reduced time from 7 days to 2.2 seconds with blockchain traceability. [33]

Everledger “diamond digitization” aims to create immutable provenance histories for rough and polished diamonds. [34]

IBM says blockchain traceability improves accountability and auditability in supply chains. [35]

18% of fashion industry supply-chain respondents had implemented blockchain as of 2020 (share of respondents) [36]