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A statistical analysis of cryptocurrencies

Chan, Stephen; Chu, Jeffrey; Nadarajah, Saralees; … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 10 (2017) 2, pp. 1-23

We analyze statistical properties of the largest cryptocurrencies (determined by market capitalization), of which Bitcoin is the most prominent example. We characterize their exchange rates versus the U.S. Dollar by fitting parametric distributions to them. It is shown that returns are clearly...

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The perceived effectiveness of blockchain for digital operational risk resilience in the European Union insurance market sector

Grima, Simon; Kizilkaya, Murat; Sood, Kiran; … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 8, pp. 1-15

resilience within the European insurance market sector has grown exponentially. This study aims to use the case of blockchain to … analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM). Results show that in the case of blockchain, reliability, flexibility … with blockchain effectiveness, while integration, reliability, and flexibility do not. …

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The ascent of Bitcoin: Bibliometric analysis of Bitcoin research

Aysan, Ahmet Faruk; Demirtaş, Hüseyin Bedir; Saraç, … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 9, pp. 1-15

Bitcoin, as the first decentralized cryptocurrency, pioneers the cryptocurrency markets, both in terms of market capitalization and scientific interest. In this paper, we performed a comprehensive bibliometric study of the Bitcoin-related literature. Using the Scopus database, we created a...

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Complementary currencies for humanitarian aid

Ussher, Leanne; Ebert, Laura; Gómez, Georgina M.; … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 11, pp. 1-30

blockchain and network visualizations show the ability of these Complementary Currencies to create diverse production capacity …

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The impact of instrumental stakeholder management on blockchain technology adoption behavior in agri-food supply chains

Kramer, Michael Paul; Bitsch, Linda; Hanf, Jon - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 12, pp. 1-20

. Blockchain is a trust technology, and some coffee firms have embraced this technology to provide trust attributes to consumers … must be adopted and used. As theoretical and empirical research on blockchain technology adoption is scarce, this article … interviews, this article develops a blockchain technology adoption model based on factors relevant to individuals' use behavior …

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Diffusion on the peer-to-peer network

Riposo, Julien - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 15 (2022) 2, pp. 1-45

In a peer-to-peer complex environment, information is permanently diffused. Such an environment can be modeled as a graph, where there are flows of information. The interest of such modeling is that (1) one can describe the exchanges through time from an initial state of the network, (2) the...

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The wolf and the caribou: Coexistence of decentralized economies and competitive markets

Freund, Andreas; Stanko, Danielle - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 11 (2018) 2, pp. 1-38

, gaining significant momentum in the last 2+ years with the advent of platform ecosystems such as the Blockchain platform … with, competitive markets at a global scale utilizing decentralized technologies such as Blockchain. …

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Inflation propensity of Collatz orbits: A new proof-of-work for blockchain applications

Bocart, Fabian - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 11 (2018) 4, pp. 1-18

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin rely on a proof-of-work system to validate transactions and prevent attacks or double-spending. A new proof-of-work is introduced which seems to be the first number theoretic proof-of-work unrelated to primes: it is based on a new metric associated to the Collatz...

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Blockchain-based ICOs: Pure hype or the dawn of a new era of startup financing?

Ante, Lennart; Sandner, Philipp; Fiedler, Ingo - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 11 (2018) 4, pp. 1-19

capital a project could raise. ICOs are a tool for startups in the blockchain ecosystem to raise early capital with relative …

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Blockchain economical models, delegated proof of economic value and Delegated Adaptive Byzantine fault tolerance and their implementation in Artificial Intelligence Blockcloud

Deng, Qi - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 12 (2019) 4, pp. 1-27

The Artificial Intelligence BlockCloud (AIBC) is an artificial intelligence and blockchain technology based large …

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