Based on coverage of over 660m news stories from LexisNexis News & Business between 2015–2021, we provide two new indices around the growing area of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC): the CBDC Uncertainty Index (CBDCUI) and CBDC Attention Index (CBDCAI). We show that both indices spiked...

Based on the coverage of over 660m news stories from LexisNexis News & Business between 2015–2021, we provide two new indices around the growing area of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC): the CBDC Uncertainty Index (CBDCUI) and CBDC Attention Index (CBDCAI). We show that both indices...

Amid surging market values and widespread regulatory discussion, NFT and DeFi markets are widely perceived as being simply speculative, bubble, assets. This paper detects the existence and dates of price bubbles in the NFT and DeFi market by applying SADF and GSADF tests. We document that NFT...