Unfulfilled expectations from macro-economic initiatives during the Great Recession and the
massive shift into globalization echo today with political upheaval, anti-establishment …

Innovations in money and payments have to acquire legitimacy in order to have an impact.
In this paper, we propose a typology of monetary governance which highlights the possible …

Although distributed ledger technology (DLT, aka 'blockchain') is associated with high
production costs and low capacity, it represents a practical solution for 'electronic cash'and a …

Several years after the inception of the most dominant cryptocurrency, bitcoin, the European
Central Bank in 2015 indicated the need for establishing legal clarity by relevant authorities …

The global financial system is increasingly grappling with the complexities of sanctions and
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance, necessitating innovative solutions to enhance …

CONCLUSION Funds (ETFs) such as an Oil ETF are almost guaranteed to underperform the
spot price of the commodity because the fund has to roll its positions every month from …

Based on a cross-disciplinary approach, this chapter examines the evolving processes of
blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) standardization as a critical step on the path …

The release of the European Commission's Digital Finance Strategy in September 20201
was a notable progression from previous initiatives for the regulation of FinTech within the …

The entry of new technological infrastructures into the financial markets poses serious
concerns about the misuse of the economic system for illicit purposes, such as money …