Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology

Edited by: Shaen Corbet , Andrew Urquhart and Larisa Yarovaya

Volume 1 in the series Batten-Corbet-Lucey Handbooks in Alternative Investments

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110660807

Overview
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About this book

This handbook will provide a comprehensive treatment of the gamut of issues and challenges that exist through the development of both cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. This will not be confined to simply the investment potential within these new technological areas. We will examine the challenges in the regulatory, legal, taxation, accounting, modelling, ethical, macroeconomic impact and internationalization issues.

Research on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology has identified issues such as pricing abnormalities and bubble-like behavior, indicating that these new assets are highly speculative in nature, contain a growing number of legal abnormalities (such as the hacking of exchanges and broad theft of investor assets) and a growing number of significant regulatory issues. It is paramount that we investigate each of these issues in great detail to help to determine whether cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology merits consideration as a sustainable alternative investment asset.

The handbook will be useful for specialist technical audiences such as legal, accounting and financial practices. It will also be beneficial for upper level masters and research students in economics, law, accounting, taxation, investment and portfolio management.

Author information

Shaen Corbet is a Professor of Finance at Dublin City University Business School in Dublin, Ireland.

Andrew Urquhart is Associate Professor of Finance at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School where he is Research Division Lead.

Larisa Yarovaya is a Lecturer in Finance, and Programme Director of BSc Finance within Southampton Business School at the University of Southampton.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction to cryptocurrencies Andrew Urquhart and Larisa Yarovaya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Blockchain and economic transactions Daisuke Adachi and Jun Aoyagi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
An analysis of the development of cryptocurrency research Shaen Corbet and Brian Lucey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Financial characteristics of cryptocurrencies Paraskevi Katsiampa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
The predictability between Bitcoin and US technology stock returns: Granger causality in mean, variance, and quantile Elie Bouri, Rangan Gupta, Chi Keung Marco Lau and David Roubaud Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Market structure of cryptocurrencies Jiri Svec, Sean Foley and Angelo Aspris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
The Wild West of ICOs Shaen Corbet and Douglas J. Cumming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
The ethical and legal aspects of blockchain technology and cryptoassets Thomas A. Hulme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
The environmental effects of cryptocurrencies Shaen Corbet and Larisa Yarovaya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Evaluating a decade of cryptocurrency development: Navigating financial progress through technological and regulatory ambiguity Shaen Corbet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: This handbook will be useful for a specialised audience such as legal, accounting and financial practitioners.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 196
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 50
- Tables: 13
Keywords: Alternative Investments; Blockchain Technology; Cryptocurrency; Digital Finance; Financial Markets

eBook

Published: August 24, 2020
ISBN: 9783110660807

Hardcover

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110659436