Studies of blockchain governance can be divided into analyses of the governance of blockchains (such as rules and power dynamics within a given network) and governance by blockchains (such as how blockchains can be implemented to improve self-governance of community-based peer production...

Competition regulators have identified the potential for blockchain technology to disrupt traditional sponsor-led platforms, like app stores, that have received increased antitrust scrutiny. Enforcement actions by securities regulators, however, have forced blockchain-based platforms to adopt a...

Web3 and DeFi are widely advocated as innovations for greater financial inclusion and democratization. We conduct an initial investigation using data from the Ethereum network. We describe its network structure and distributions of transactions, mining, and ownership. Mining and ownership of...

Blockchain-based tokens are widely acknowledged as a new asset class. Tokens allow new ventures to raise financing from crowd-investors on public blockchains. The information stored on these public ledgers makes it possible to examine the crowd’s investment behavior, as well as the financial...

I study whether US public firms signaling blockchain technology in their conference calls can receive better ESG ratings from third party agencies. By using a self-created blockchain keywords dictionary, my empirical studies show blockchain firms including blockchain adoption firms as well as...

Blockchain technology has taken off rapidly in the last decade, as blockchain- based applications have expanded across sectors and acquired substantial global user support. This rise has been accelerated in the domain of cryptocurrencies, as one of blockchains’ most famous (or infamous)...

Cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance have grown considerably since the publication of the white paper on bitcoin in 2009. This article presents an overview of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and their applications, explaining the spirit of the enterprise and how it compares with...

Researchers interested in blockchains are increasingly attuned to questions of governance, including how blockchains relate to government, the ways blockchains are governed, and ways blockchains can improve prospects for successful self-governance. Our paper joins this research by exploring the...

The importance of crypto-asset valuation is increasing as the ecosystem of blockchain continues to boom in recent years. We develop a deep learning framework to predict the value index of crypto assets by integrating the value variables’ information and decomposing the price into value and...