1.
Sex, Drugs, and Bitcoin: How Much Illegal Activity Is Financed Through Cryptocurrencies?
Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 17 Jan 2018
Last Revised: 15 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Macquarie University, The University of Western Australia and University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Downloads
14,199
2.
A History of Bitcoin
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 06 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 25 Feb 2022
Working Paper Series
UNSW Business School
Downloads
13,432
3.
Bitcoin - Asset or Currency? Revealing Users' Hidden Intentions
ECIS 2014 (Tel Aviv)
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 16 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 22 May 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business AdministrationKarlsruhe Institute of Technology, Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business AdministrationEuropean Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Goethe University Frankfurt Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads
10,221
4.
Blockchain Technology: What is it Good for?
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 01 Sep 2016
Working Paper Series
Lebanese American University
Downloads
9,655
5.
The ICO Gold Rush: It's a Scam, It's a Bubble, It's a Super Challenge for Regulators
University of Luxembourg Law Working Paper No. 11/2017, UNSW Law Research Paper No. 17-83, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017/035, European Banking Institute Working Paper Series 18/2018, Harvard International Law Journal, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2019
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 19 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 18 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Universite du Luxembourg - Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and Research Assistant @ ADA Chair in Financial Law (inclusive finance)
Downloads
9,576
6.
How to Restructure Greek Debt
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 09 May 2010
Working Paper Series
Center for Contract and Economic Organization and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads
9,296
7.
Two Centuries of Multi-Asset Momentum (Equities, Bonds, Currencies, Commodities, Sectors and Stocks)
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 20 May 2015
Last Revised: 11 May 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Finance Department and Two Centuries Investments
Downloads
7,439
8.
Non-fungible Token (NFT) Markets on the Ethereum Blockchain: Temporal Development, Cointegration and Interrelations
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 16 Aug 2021
Working Paper Series
Blockchain Research Lab
Downloads
6,916
9.
Bitcoin: Cryptopayments Energy Efficiency
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 16 Jun 2022
Last Revised: 27 Jun 2022
Working Paper Series
Valuechain
Downloads
6,706
10.
Can Bitcoin Become a Major Currency?
GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-17
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 06 Jun 2014
Last Revised: 22 May 2018
Working Paper Series
Florida Atlantic University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads
6,460
11.
Blockchain-Based Token Sales, Initial Coin Offerings, and the Democratization of Public Capital Markets
Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 527, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 338
Number of pages: 115
Posted: 05 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 24 Mar 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Law (deceased) and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Downloads
6,452
12.
The Double Spending Problem and Cryptocurrencies
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 23 Dec 2017
Last Revised: 26 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
UNSW Business School
Downloads
6,226
13.
Are Cryptocurrencies 'Super' Tax Havens?
112 Michigan Law Review First Impressions 38 (2013)
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 05 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 05 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Downloads
5,974
14.
2017 Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study
Number of pages: 112
Posted: 11 May 2017
Last Revised: 20 Sep 2017
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
Downloads
5,925
15.
Can We Stabilize the Price of a Cryptocurrency?: Understanding the Design of Bitcoin and Its Potential to Compete with Central Bank Money
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 06 Nov 2014
Working Paper Series
Waseda University - Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University - Institute of Economic Research, Yokohama National University, Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences and Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University
Downloads
5,700
16.
Cross Currency Swap Theory & Practice - An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide of How to Price Cross Currency Swaps and Calculate the Basis Spread
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 12 Nov 2018
Last Revised: 28 Mar 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School
Downloads
5,281
17.
Money Creation in the Modern Economy
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 2014 Q1
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 27 Mar 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Bank of England - Monetary Assessment and Strategy Division, Bank of England and Bank of England - Monetary Analysis
Downloads
5,245
18.
Regulating Digital Currencies: Bringing Bitcoin within the Reach of the IMF
Chicago Journal of International Law, 14 Chi J Intl L (2013) Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 22 Apr 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago
Downloads
5,183
19.
Assessing the Differences in Bitcoin & Other Cryptocurrency Legality Across National Jurisdictions
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 24 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 26 Feb 2022
Working Paper Series
UNSW Business School
Downloads
4,887
20.
Greek Debt - The Endgame Scenarios
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 14 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 25 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
Center for Contract and Economic Organization and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads
4,814
21.
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT): A General Introduction
CASS Working Papers on Economics & National Affairs, Working Paper ID: EC017UC (2020)
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 08 Apr 2020
Last Revised: 09 Apr 2020
Working Paper Series
UNSW Business School
Downloads
4,546
22.
Momentum and Trend Following Trading Strategies for Currencies Revisited - Combining Academia and Industry
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 11 Apr 2017
Last Revised: 11 Jan 2019
Working Paper Series
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences and Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Downloads
4,485
23.
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 22 Aug 2019
Working Paper Series
nChain
Downloads
4,406
24.
Can Bitcoin Become a Viable Alternative to Fiat Currencies? An Empirical Analysis of Bitcoin's Volatility Based on a GARCH Model
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 02 May 2017
Last Revised: 14 May 2017
Working Paper Series
Skidmore College - Department of Economics
Downloads
4,393
25.
After Libra, Digital Yuan and COVID-19: Central Bank Digital Currencies and the New World of Money and Payment Systems
European Banking Institute Working Paper Series 65/2020, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020/036, UNSW Law Research Paper No. 20-59
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 16 Jul 2020
Last Revised: 22 Aug 2021
Working Paper Series
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law, Universite du Luxembourg - Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law
Downloads
4,259
26.
Virtual Currencies; Bitcoin & What Now after Liberty Reserve, Silk Road, and Mt. Gox?
Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2014
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 11 Feb 2014
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
Downloads
4,240
27.
Modern Monetary Theory - A Primer on the Operational Realities of the Monetary System
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 10 Dec 2010
Working Paper Series
Wartburg College
Downloads
4,149
28.
Cryptocurrency: A New Investment Opportunity?
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 30 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 09 Jun 2021
Working Paper Series
Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Fudan University - School of Economics and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Economics
Downloads
4,134
29.
Trends in Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies: A Monetary Theory and Regulation Perspective
Journal of Financial Perspectives, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2015
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 08 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of California Santa Barbaraaffiliation not provided to SSRN, University College London - Financial Computing and Analytics Group, Department of Computer Science and University College London - Department of Computer Science
Downloads
3,930
30.
Deviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity
Number of pages: 84
Posted: 25 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 06 May 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
Deviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity
Number of pages: 84
Posted: 25 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 06 May 2017
Downloads
3,788
Deviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity
NBER Working Paper No. w23170
Number of pages: 84
Posted: 21 Feb 2017
Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Downloads
134
Downloads
3,788
31.
The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money
FRB of Cleveland Working Paper No. 22-19, 2022
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 22 Jun 2022
Working Paper Series
University of Bergen and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Downloads
3,733
32.
Investigation of the Potential for Using the Bitcoin Blockchain as the World's Primary Infrastructure for Internet Commerce
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 18 Nov 2017
Working Paper Series
nChain
Downloads
3,404
33.
The Eurozone Debt Crisis -- The Options Now
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 08 Oct 2012
Working Paper Series
Center for Contract and Economic Organization and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads
3,390
34.
Money in the Modern Economy: An Introduction
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 2014 Q1
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 27 Mar 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Bank of England - Monetary Assessment and Strategy Division, Bank of England and Bank of England - Monetary Analysis
Downloads
3,247
35.
Bitcoin and the Future of Digital Payments
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 18 Jul 2015
Last Revised: 24 May 2018
Working Paper Series
Florida Atlantic University
Downloads
3,226
36.
Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-42
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 21 Aug 2016
Last Revised: 07 Sep 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Independent, Graduate School of Business - CIRCLE and Harvard University
Downloads
3,190
37.
Bitcoin: A Regulatory Nightmare to a Libertarian Dream
Internet Policy Review, 3(2).
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 20 Jul 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
Downloads
3,162
38.
Bitcoin: Medium of Exchange or Speculative Assets?
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 07 Feb 2015
Last Revised: 26 Sep 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Western Australia - Business School, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Deakin University - Department of Finance (Property and Real Estate)
Downloads
3,154
39.
The Economics of Cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin and Beyond
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 05 Oct 2017
Last Revised: 02 Feb 2021
Working Paper Series
Bank of Canada and Queen's University - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,985
40.
On the Economic Design of Stablecoins
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 06 Aug 2021
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Princeton University
Downloads
2,698
41.
DeKo – Currency Proposal Using a Portfolio of Electricity Linked Assets
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 07 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 21 Sep 2018
Working Paper Series
Carbon Finance Labs and SolarCoin Foundation
Downloads
2,654
42.
An Equilibrium Model of Blockchain-Based Cryptocurrencies
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 11 Apr 2018
Last Revised: 09 Jun 2020
Working Paper Series
SKEMA Business School - Univ Cote d'Azur
Downloads
2,602
43.
Equilibrium Bitcoin Pricing
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 17 Oct 2018
Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Accepted Paper Series
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Universite de Toulouse - (IDEI - CRG), Toulouse School of Economics, University Toulouse Capitole (TSM-Research), Toulouse School of Economics, University Toulouse Capitole (TSM-Research) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Downloads
2,538
44.
New Kids on the Blockchain: How Bitcoin's Technology Could Reinvent the Stock Market
Hastings Business Law Journal, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2016, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 138
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 06 Sep 2015
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Downloads
2,506
45.
Common Risk Factors in Cryptocurrency
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 14 Jun 2019
Last Revised: 10 Jun 2021
Accepted Paper Series
University of Rochester - Simon Business School, Yale UniversityYale University - Cowles Foundation and Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
There are 2 versions of this paper
Common Risk Factors in Cryptocurrency
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 14 Jun 2019
Last Revised: 10 Jun 2021
Downloads
2,369
Common Risk Factors in Cryptocurrency
NBER Working Paper No. w25882
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 28 May 2019
Last Revised: 01 Apr 2022
Downloads
479
Downloads
2,369
46.
The Term Structure of Currency Carry Trade Risk Premia
Number of pages: 113
Posted: 16 Oct 2013
Last Revised: 03 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Term Structure of Currency Carry Trade Risk Premia
Number of pages: 113
Posted: 16 Oct 2013
Last Revised: 03 Nov 2018
Downloads
2,363
The Term Structure of Currency Carry Trade Risk Premia
NBER Working Paper No. w19623
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 09 Nov 2013
Last Revised: 13 Feb 2022
Downloads
42
Downloads
2,363
47.
Caveat Emptor: Does Bitcoin Improve Portfolio Diversification?
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 15 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 04 Jun 2015
Working Paper Series
Vienna University of Economics and BusinessVienna University of Economics and Business - Institute for Finance, Banking and Insurance, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Institute for Finance, Banking and Insurance and Modul University Vienna - Department of International Management
Downloads
2,265
48.
Economic Growth and Political Integration: Estimating the Benefits from Membership in the European Union Using the Synthetic Counterfactuals Method
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8162
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 03 May 2014
Working Paper Series
University College London, University of Siena - Department of Political and International Sciences and University of Padua - Department of Economics and Management
Downloads
2,190
49.
The Problem of Holdout Creditors in Eurozone Sovereign Debt Restructurings
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 24 Jan 2013
Working Paper Series
Center for Contract and Economic Organization, University of Virginia School of Law and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Downloads
2,181
50.
Learning and Predictability via Technical Analysis: Evidence from Bitcoin and Stocks with Hard-to-Value Fundamentals
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 13 Feb 2018
Last Revised: 31 Jan 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Denver - Daniels College of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School, University of Denver - Daniels College of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management
Downloads
2,174
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