This article discusses recent developments in decentralized finance, or DeFi, and proposes a regulatory framework for taking cryptocurrency as collateral in secured transactions properly adapted to this new financial reality. By all numbers, cryptocurrency is increasingly present in the economy...

With cyber-losses mounting worldwide, the need for effective cybersecurity governance has never been greater. The objective of this paper is to identify what is currently known about this important topic and what remains to be further investigated. We examine both the academic and industry...

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), is one of the “third generation” of EU agencies, active in the area of cybersecurity. Over a period of years this expert agency’s fundamental regulation has been amended and replaced, and its governing bodies modified....

Although blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity over the past years, there does not seem to be a consensus if they bring any value to economic interactions. In this paper, I argue that a fundamental value the blockchain provides is commitment. I develop a model of an...

This paper examines how cybersecurity risk in crypto securities affects asset returns. Hackers steal cryptocurrencies by exploiting bugs in the code. We develop a novel measure of ex-ante cybersecurity risk by counting bug reports from GitHub, which houses the source code that produces crypto...

Although blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity over the past years, there does not seem to be a consensus if they bring any value to economic interactions. In this paper, I argue that a fundamental value the blockchain provides is commitment. I develop a model of an...

This paper culminates a review of both academic and industry sources in an effort to gain a sense of the current and future impact of the Internet as a mediator for the commission of securities fraud. A number of general trends are identified and discussed. Some examples of recent Internet...

Artificial Intelligence is ending up being a preferred area in information technology as it has improved the individual life in several locations. Artificial intelligence in the last two decades has greatly improved the performance of the manufacturing as well as company units. Study in the...