...Savva Shanaev; Efan Johnson; Mikhail Vasenin; Humnath Panta; Binam Ghimire Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the implications of illicit market use for the value of Bitcoin in an event studies framework. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a data set of 58 state-level...

... era. Bitcoin Capital asset pricing model Stock performance Investor attention Asian equity markets Virtual currency development Virtual currencies (VCs), also known as cryptocurrencies or digital currencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are an emerging disruptive technology (Brophy...

...@hotmail.com The creator of bitcoins, Nakamoto, states that: [P]urely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. […] We propose a solution to the double-spending problem using...

... re-use rights only Bitcoin Virtual currencies Blockchain Disruptors Distributed ledger technology Society is now moving toward the collaborative generation of digital distributed ledgers possessing properties and capabilities exceeding those in traditional paper-based ledgers...