As technology continues to revolutionise today’s economy, Big Data, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency are rapidly transforming themselves into mainstream functions within the financial services industry. This book examines each concept individually, analysing the opportunities and challenges they...

Part I. Blockchain Economics and Financial Market Innovation -- Corporate Finance in the New Business Ecosystem in Digital Age -- The Global Financial System's New Tool: Digital Money -- Redesigning Current Banknotes with Blockchain Infrastructure: A Model Proposal -- Initial Coin Offerings:...

Chapter 1 Cryptocurrencies as an Asset Class -- Chapter 2 Are virtual currencies virtuous? Ethical and Environmental Issues -- Chapter 3 Cryptocurrency Mining -- Chapter 4 Regulating Bitcoin: A Tax Case Study -- Chapter 5 Are Cryptocurrencies Truly Trustless? -- Chapter 6 Blockchain &...

Democracy requires rules that are designed to prevent the abuse of power and money. Blockchain technology is sometimes heralded as a solution to mitigate the problems associated with voting procedures, such as counting errors, fraud, or the improper use of money to influence the outcome of the...

Blockchain technology and the World Trade Organization share the same principles of liberalisation and democratisation of trade. Relying on cross-border data flows and an open environment, blockchain platforms, such as Bitcoin and smart contracts, dispense with a central intermediary and...

The crypto-economy is booming and its combined market cap already exceeds $300B. However, many experts silently admit that most of this growth is fueled mainly by speculation and fraud, which implies that crypto-investors and their money will not be together for long.In this paper, we try to...