Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction to cryptocurrencies 1
4. Blockchain and economic transactions 9
5. An analysis of the development of cryptocurrency research 23
6. Financial characteristics of cryptocurrencies 55
7. The predictability between Bitcoin and US technology stock returns: Granger causality in mean, variance, and quantile 77
8. Market structure of cryptocurrencies 97
9. The Wild West of ICOs 113
10. The ethical and legal aspects of blockchain technology and cryptoassets 131
11. The environmental effects of cryptocurrencies 149
12. Evaluating a decade of cryptocurrency development: Navigating financial progress through technological and regulatory ambiguity 185