Background and aims The volatile and 24/7 nature of the cryptocurrency market allows
traders to engage in speculative trading patterns closely resembling gambling. Its potential …

Policy-makers are struggling to accommodate cryptocurrencies within tax systems not
designed to handle them; this paper reviews the issues that arise. The greatest challenges …

Over the last few years, the holding and use of cryptocurrencies, as well as the entire
ecosystem of decentralised finance (DeFi), has become popular worldwide. However, their …

There are different studies that point out that the price of electricity is a fundamental factor
that will influence the mining decision, due to the cost it represents. There is also an ongoing …

This paper investigates retail investor motivations for digital real estate ownership in the
crypto-metaverse. Utilizing a detailed financial behavior survey of metaverse landowners' …

Prices for cryptocurrencies have undergone multiple boom-bust cycles, together with
ongoing entry by retail investors. To investigate the drivers of crypto adoption, we assemble …

We examine the effects of the 2021 Chinese cryptocurrency ban on several aspects of crypto
market quality, namely, prices, volatility, and liquidity. We find that average crypto prices …

Tokens, the digital form of assets, are an innovation that has the potential to disrupt how to
transfer and own financial instruments. We hand-collected data on 173 real estate tokens in …

The phenomenal growth of cryptocurrencies raises important questions about their footprint
on the financial system. What role are traditional financial intermediaries playing in …

Cryptocurrencies have ballooned into a billion‐dollar business. To inform regulations aimed
at protecting consumers vulnerable to suboptimal financial decisions, we investigate crypto …