While decentralized finance (DeFi) has the potential to emulate and, indeed, outperform
existing financial systems, it remains a complex phenomenon yet to be extensively …

Abstract Information technology (IT) has radically changed the financial services industry,
with the most recent transformation toward Fintech and decentralized finance (DeFi), driven …

Decentralized finance (DeFi) promises a revolution in financial accessibility, transparency,
and automation. Yet, its very novelty exposes participants to a number of additional risks and …

This paper explores a fresh topic about the tail connectedness between decentralized-
lending/borrowing tokens and centralized-commercial bank stocks, regarded as substitutes …

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols use blockchain-based tools to mimic banking,
investment and trading solutions and provide a viable framework that creates incentives and …

GameFi is a portmanteau of “game” and “finance.” The concept involves blockchain games
that offer economic incentives to play, otherwise known as play-to-earn (P2E) games. We …

This study examines potential tail spillovers between insurance tokens and conventional
stocks using the quantile connectedness approach by Ando et al.(2022). In particular, this …

Over the past three decades, scholars have studied technology adoption and its
determinants in many contexts. Nevertheless, this literature has remained silent in …

This paper examines the efficiency of the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market through a search-
theoretical lens. Search intensity associated with the process of identifying valuable startups …

Abstract Decentralized Finance ('DeFi') has gained tremendous momentum over the past
three years by using novel approaches to disintermediating financial institutions in the …