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Table 6

Initial dimensions and themes of the theoretical lens

Theoretical dimensions	Second-order themes
Cryptocurrencies
Characteristics	Financial inclusions (Lee and Teo, 2015; Qureshi and Xiong, 2018), Privacy protections (Herskind et al., 2020), Reduced transaction time (Dumitrescu, 2017)
Business opportunities	Cryptocurrency exchanges (Dierksmeier and Seele, 2018; Suratkar et al., 2020), Cryptocurrency wallets (Dierksmeier and Seele, 2018; Suratkar et al., 2020)
Dark sides	Loss of key (Fröhlich et al., 2021), Illegal applications (Brenig et al., 2015), Tax evasion (Dierksmeier and Seele, 2018), Price volatility (Ilk et al., 2021; Au et al., 2024c), Security issues (Shalini and Santhi, 2019, Ur Rehman et al., 2019), Electricity wastage (Li et al., 2019), Adoption difficulties (Frizzo-Barker et al., 2020)
Critical success factors of cryptocurrency business (See Table 1)	Low margin, Asset light, Scalable, Variety, Innovative, Compliance easy, Transparency
Belief–action–outcome framework
Belief	Capabilities (Molla et al., 2014), Norms and attitude (Recker, 2016), Social and external influences (Au et al., 2023)
Actions	IS Adoptions (Anthony, 2019; Pilditch and Custers, 2018), Purchase decisions (Kang et al., 2023)
Outcomes	Societal impact (Au et al., 2023; Molla et al., 2014), Individual performance improvement (Anthony, 2019), Self-confidence (Hong et al., 2022)

Theoretical dimensions	Second-order themes
Cryptocurrencies
Characteristics	Financial inclusions (Lee and Teo, 2015; Qureshi and Xiong, 2018), Privacy protections (Herskind et al., 2020), Reduced transaction time (Dumitrescu, 2017)
Business opportunities	Cryptocurrency exchanges (Dierksmeier and Seele, 2018; Suratkar et al., 2020), Cryptocurrency wallets (Dierksmeier and Seele, 2018; Suratkar et al., 2020)
Dark sides	Loss of key (Fröhlich et al., 2021), Illegal applications (Brenig et al., 2015), Tax evasion (Dierksmeier and Seele, 2018), Price volatility (Ilk et al., 2021; Au et al., 2024c), Security issues (Shalini and Santhi, 2019, Ur Rehman et al., 2019), Electricity wastage (Li et al., 2019), Adoption difficulties (Frizzo-Barker et al., 2020)
Critical success factors of cryptocurrency business (See Table 1)	Low margin, Asset light, Scalable, Variety, Innovative, Compliance easy, Transparency
Belief–action–outcome framework
Belief	Capabilities (Molla et al., 2014), Norms and attitude (Recker, 2016), Social and external influences (Au et al., 2023)
Actions	IS Adoptions (Anthony, 2019; Pilditch and Custers, 2018), Purchase decisions (Kang et al., 2023)
Outcomes	Societal impact (Au et al., 2023; Molla et al., 2014), Individual performance improvement (Anthony, 2019), Self-confidence (Hong et al., 2022)