The first global blockchain benchmarking study presents a systematic and comprehensive picture of a rapidly evolving industry, examining how blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) are being used in the public sector and enterprise. The study analysed non-publicly available data...

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 a novel database (made available with this paper) on retail use of crypto exchange apps at daily frequency for 95...

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 a novel database (made available with this paper) on retail use of crypto exchange apps at daily frequency for 95...

Money laundering is one of the most important criminal offences today, perceived in thecontext of economic operation. Nevertheless, money laundering is a constantly changingphenomenon that is also influenced by the latest technological advancements. In this study,our aim is, after briefly...

Introduction -- Definitions of money laundering in Different Jurisdictions -- More on Money Laundering -- Common Schemes and Red Flags of Money Laundering -- Corporate and Other Controls -- More on Terrorist Financing -- New frontiers for Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing: i) crypto-currency,...

Over millennia, mankind has used hard cash in various forms ranging from shells to gold coins and paper. More recently, cash has become unpopular in political circles, as it effectively restricts states’ power to tax (explicitly or via negative interest rates) or to survey and potentially...

The article presents a novel dynamic setting to compare old – usury – and new – cryptocurrency – money laundering techniques and uses it for calibration to shed light on their relative role as an effective device for the criminal organizations to clean their illegal revenues. The...