I know that the judges could be traditionalist
It would be great to update this thread again after 5 months or after you've defended your thesis. Watch out for the reaction of the judges/panelist and see how their faces look like.
And you'll get to see too how many of them were already into bitcoin. Good luck, you've got a lot of suggestions for your reference.
I’m also wondering on the possible reaction of your thesis adviser here and the panelist, so its good to update this thread once you finished your study. Though, this market is huge to be discussed just choose the important details, collect all the needed data and if you have experience on this market you can also include that on your study, just don’t forget your reason on why you are choosing this topic.