Papua New Guinea (PNG) faces very serious risks of Money laundering (ML) from various criminal activities including domestic corruption (misappropriation of public funds), which is considered a serious problem. PNG is experiencing rapid economic growth, very large scale foreign investment and an...

This paper assesses the impact of US policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic on various cryptocurrencies and also technology stocks using fractional integration techniques. More precisely, it analyses the behaviour of the percentage returns in the case of nine major coins (Bitcoin - BITC,...

In this paper we analyse the effects of technological innovation in the artificial intelligence (AI) domain on productivity. We embed the recently released data on patents and publications related to AI into an augmented panel model of productivity growth, estimated for OECD countries, and...

Part I: Defining the Internet of Value 1 -- Chapter 1. Defining the Internet of Value -- Part II: How DLT will evolve in the Future 13 -- Chapter 2. Blockchains, DLTs and the Future of Payments 15 -- Chapter 3. Consensus: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Structural Alternatives. Part III: The...