Digital money could reduce germ spread during coronavirus.
problem Spreading of germs via paper money during coronavirus.
method Policy recommendations for mobile wallets, digital currencies, and data protection.
result Adopting digital money can help reduce germ spread.
Digital currencies and cryptocurrencies have hesitantly started to penetrate the investors, and the next step will be the regulatory risk management framework. We examine the Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall properties for the major digital currencies, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple. The methodology used i…
SFC aims to protect the Amazon with a digital currency and smart contracts.
problem Protecting the Amazon's ecosystem and ensuring resource credibility.
method Blockchain, digital contracts, smart contracts with oracles.
result Ensures credibility and security for financial resources invested in Amazon projects.
Study assesses impact of CBDC on financial stability in dual-currency economy.
problem Impact of CBDC on financial stability in dual-currency economy (Romania).
method Integrated analytical framework combining econometrics, machine learning, and behavioural modelling. CBDC adoption probabilities estimated using XGBoost and logistic regression models. Liquidity stress simulations and VAR, MSVAR, SVAR models capture macro-financial transmission.
result CBDC uptake would be moderate, primarily driven by digital readiness and trust in the central bank.
Study shows Wikipedia views correlate with digital currency market performance.
problem Lack of systematic investigation into online attention and crypto market dynamics.
method Quantified the interplay between Wikipedia attention and digital currency market performance using edit history and view history.
result A simple trading strategy informed by Wikipedia views outperformed classic strategies.
Automated market-making for CBDCs and stable coins on blockchain.
problem Creating fair exchange rates for digital assets on blockchain.
method Developed an innovative approach for generating fair exchange rates.
result Illustrated the approach's efficacy on G-10 currency exchange rates.
New digital currency aims for equal wealth distribution.
problem Inequality in cryptocurrency wealth distribution.
method Egalitarian coin minting and joint minting across communities.
result Achieves global distributive justice in wealth distribution.
Paper develops security model and pricing for stable digital currency in quantum blockchain network.
problem Securing and pricing stable digital currency in a quantum blockchain network.
method Developed a block-based quantum channel networking technology and a FinTech platform model with dynamic pricing.
result Established a generalized IoB security model using quantum channel networking and QKD.
This paper explores IT governance for CBDC adoption in financial markets.
problem Adopting CBDC requires new IT governance models in financial markets.
method Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of 14 studies on IT resources and governance models.
result Many IT resources and preliminary IT designs for CBDC governance identified.
The paper reveals the hidden costs of digitizing commodity money and proposes a new stable-coin system.
problem Depreciation of banknotes due to high logistics costs after digitization.
method Analyzing the functions of money from a logistics perspective and comparing commodity money to digital currency.
result There is no honest money that is both a store of value and has negligible logistics costs.
Digital currencies exhibit multifractality due to heavy-tailed returns and temporal correlations.
problem Understanding market inefficiencies and predicting volatility in digital currencies.
method Multifractal cross-correlation analysis (MFCCA) and multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MFDFA).
result Temporal correlations are the primary source of multifractality in digital currency markets.
A new method streamlines digital payment programming using smart contracts.
problem High costs and security challenges in programming smart contracts for digital payments.
method Transforming digital currencies into token streams and using configurable templates to generate specialized smart contracts.
result Reduces payment programming costs and enhances security, self-enforcement, adaptability, and controllability.
This paper classifies stablecoin designs to mitigate volatility risks.
problem Mitigating the volatility of stablecoins.
method Systematic design classification, component analysis, and future direction identification.
result Identified strengths and drawbacks of existing stablecoin designs.
We introduce blockchains and distributed ledgers and describe their potential applications to money and banking. The analysis compares public and private ledgers and outlines the suitability of various types of ledgers for different purposes. Furthermore, a few historical prototypes of blockchains and distributed ledge…
Trading bubbles form when traders adapt to price mismatches.
problem Self-sustained price bubbles driven by adaptive trading behavior.
method Multi-agent model illustrating price bubble formation and statistical properties.
result Price bubbles can be driven by adaptive investment strategies.
The abstract covers various aspects of eBusiness and eGovernment, including digital currencies, m-government services, gender inclusivity, eLearning, export performance, SME digitalization, and banking customer behavior.
problem Various challenges and opportunities in eBusiness and eGovernment.
method Critical review, UTAUT model with perceived risk theory, GAD approach, inductive research paradigm, one-on-one interviews, survey questionnaires, convenience sampling.
result Impediments to eLearning uptake, gender inclusivity in e-procurement, export performance of manufacturing firms, SME digitalization impact, measuring and modeling framework for Internet banking customers.
Examines various types of cryptocurrencies and their economic properties.
problem Understanding the economic characteristics of different cryptocurrencies.
method Characterization and analysis of different classes of cryptocurrencies using balance sheet operations.
result Different types of cryptocurrencies have distinct economic properties, ranging from commodities to liabilities of central banks.
India's tax on crypto income sparks debate on its future.
problem Impact of 30% tax on Indian crypto market.
method Discussion of various opinions and predictions.
result Uncertainty about crypto's future in India.
Investigates financial portfolios using quantum system analogies and clustering properties.
problem Understanding the behavior and clustering of correlated financial assets.
method Analogy with quantum systems, development of eigenportfolios, and use of metrics for participation matrix.
result Shows localized states in the correlation matrix of digital currencies, indicating clustering behavior.
In this paper, we will describe a concept of a cryptocurrency issuance protocol which supports digital currencies in a Proof-of-Work (< PoW >) like manner. However, the methods assume alternative utilization of assets used for cryptocurrency creation (rather than purchasing electricity necessary for < mining >).
This research predicts Bitcoin prices using wavelet and deep stacking approach.
problem Predicting price fluctuations of Bitcoin due to its price volatility.
method Wavelet for noise removal, deep learning models (neural networks and transformers), feature selection.
result The model achieved high accuracy in predicting Bitcoin prices at different time intervals.
Study examines Trump's crypto influence on markets, revealing conflicts and vulnerabilities.
problem Presidential power and cryptocurrency markets during Trump's second term.
method Mixed-methods approach combining quantitative and qualitative data.
result Political-linked digital assets became a distinct class with systemic vulnerabilities.
A digital euro protocol offers complete privacy and offline transactions using Groth-Sahai proofs.
problem Fragile digital payment solutions with privacy and offline transaction issues.
method Design and implementation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) using Groth-Sahai zero-knowledge proofs.
result Complete privacy and offline transaction capability with retroactive double-spending detection.
The study identifies and analyzes cryptocurrency scams on social media.
problem Cryptocurrency fraud, especially 'pump and dump' scams, on social media platforms.
method Combining social media data to identify and predict scams, analyzing bot activity.
result Significant increase in bot activity during pump attempts.
This paper examines how wash traders exploit market conditions in Bitcoin, finding strategic timing and spillover effects.
problem Wash trading in cryptocurrency markets to inflate volume and manipulate market conditions.
method Analysis of 18 million Mt. Gox transactions, exogenous demand shock study.
result Wash trading intensifies in low legitimate trading volume and responds to demand shocks, indicating strategic behavior.
This paper is the first attempt to formalize a new field of economics; studding the Intangibles Goods available on the Internet. We are taking advantage of the digital world's specific rules, in particular the zero marginal cost, to propose a theory of trading & sharing unified. A function based money is created as a w…
What is the role of social interactions in the creation of price bubbles? Answering this question requires obtaining collective behavioural traces generated by the activity of a large number of actors. Digital currencies offer a unique possibility to measure socio-economic signals from such digital traces. Here, we foc…
FTX's failure linked to Terra-Luna collapse and Binance's influence.
problem FTX's collapse due to misuse of native token and reliance on leverage.
method Analyzed on-chain data, studied cryptocurrency dependency structures, and examined public trades.
result FTX's downfall was accelerated by Binance's tweets and public reaction.
Model predicts depegging dynamics of stablecoins like Tether and Bitcoin.
problem Understanding depegging effects of stablecoins on cryptocurrencies.
method Multivariate Hawkes process model.
result Numerical example shows model's effectiveness.
There are no solid arguments to sustain that digital currencies are the future of online payments or the disruptive technology that some of its former participants declared when used to face critiques. This paper aims to solve the cryptocurrency puzzle from a behavioral finance perspective by finding the parallelism be…
Study option pricing in sideways markets and target zones.
problem Option pricing in sideways markets and target zones.
method Closed-form option pricing formulas for sideways markets and target zones.
result Closed-form option pricing formulas for sideways markets and target zones.
It is assumed that under suitable economic and information-theoretic conditions, market exchange rates are free from arbitrage. Commodity markets in which trades occur over a complete graph are shown to be trivial. We therefore examine the vector space of no-arbitrage exchange rate ensembles over an arbitrary connected…
A shallow Bi-LSTM model forecasts Bitcoin prices using engineered features.
problem Lack of high-quality historical Bitcoin data for deep learning models.
method Proposed a shallow Bi-LSTM model with feature engineering on Bitcoin data.
result A shallow deep neural network outperforms other models in Bitcoin price forecasting.
Survey of stablecoins to reduce cryptocurrency volatility.
problem Reduction of cryptocurrency volatility during financial crises.
method Classification of stablecoin approaches and assessment of tradeoffs.
result Different stablecoin types offer varying tradeoffs and challenges.
Algorithmic stablecoins optimize monetary policy to balance price stability.
problem Persistent inflation from centralized monetary policy.
method Propose and study a rule-based monetary policy model for algorithmic stablecoins.
result Optimal trade-off between price stability and supply stability.
Debt-financed collateral in DeFi increases stability risks.
problem Financial stability risks in DeFi ecosystems due to debt-financed collateral.
method Categorization and classification algorithm to measure debt-financed collateral.
result Wide-spread use of stablecoins as debt-financed collateral increases financial stability risks.
This paper optimizes multi-currency AMMs to reduce forex trading costs.
problem Lack of direct liquid markets for currency pairs.
method Constant-mean AMM architecture, hierarchical agglomerative clustering algorithm.
result Optimized multi-currency pools reduce trading costs by ~13%.
The efficient market hypothesis has far-reaching implications for financial trading and market stability. Whether or not cryptocurrencies are informationally efficient has therefore been the subject of intense recent investigation. Here, we use permutation entropy and statistical complexity over sliding time-windows of…
We present a simplistic model of the competition between different currencies. Each individual is free to choose the currency that minimizes his transaction costs, which arise whenever his exchanging relations have chosen a different currency. We show that competition between currencies does not necessarily converge to…
By analyzing the foreign exchange market data of various currencies, we derive a hierarchical taxonomy of currencies constructing minimal-spanning trees. Clustered structure of the currencies and the key currency in each cluster are found. The clusters match nicely with the geographical regions of corresponding countri…
Paper examines pricing and hedging for cross-currency swaps referencing backward-looking rates.
problem Pricing and hedging cross-currency swaps with backward-looking rates.
method Uses interest rate and currency futures for hedging, analyzes arbitrage-free multi-curve setting.
result Explicit pricing and hedging results for CCBS with backward-looking rates.
Bitcoins have emerged as a possible competitor to usual currencies, but other crypto-currencies have likewise appeared as competitors to the Bitcoin currency. The expanding market of crypto-currencies now involves capital equivalent to 1010 US Dollars, providing academia with an unusual opportunity to study the em…
Abstract framework for cross-currency interest rate contracts.
problem Handling cross-currency markets with collateral and incompleteness.
method Developed a general HJM framework for abstract market indices.
result Enabled simultaneous description of multiple currency interest rate products.
Brazil proposes a new BRICS trade currency to dominate international trade.
problem Dominance of BRICS currency in international trade.
method Mathematical model of influence battle between three currencies, using trade flows and weights in global trade.
result By 2012, about 58% of countries preferred trading with the BRICS currency.
We investigate the statistical properties of the EBS order book for the EUR/USD and USD/JPY currency pairs and the impact of a ten-fold tick size reduction on its dynamics. A large fraction of limit orders are still placed right at or halfway between the old allowed prices. This generates price barriers where the best …
World currency network constitutes one of the most complex structures that is associated with the contemporary civilization. On a way towards quantifying its characteristics we study the cross correlations in changes of the daily foreign exchange rates within the basket of 60 currencies in the period December 1998 -- M…
Develops a new model for cross-currency derivatives pricing.
problem Pricing cross-currency derivatives in a complex market model.
method Introduces a random field LIBOR market model to handle uncertainty in forward LIBOR rates.
result Derives exact and approximate pricing formulas for various derivatives.
A large set of daily FOREX time series is analyzed. The corresponding correlation matrices (CM) are constructed for USD, EUR and PLZ used as the base currencies. The triangle rule is interpreted as constraints reducing the number of independent returns. The CM spectrum is computed and compared with the cases of shuffle…