Chapter 1 -- To Know Blockchain is To Know Web 3 -- Chapter 2 -- Money Makes the World Go Round, Blockchain Makes Financial Regulatory Compliance Affordable -- Chapter 3 -- Blockchain Toolkit for Islamic Financial Services -- Chapter 4 -- Blockchain Drive for Financial Inclusion.

introduction -- when is blockchain technology valuable? – a state-of-the-art analysis -- blockchain technology in e-business value chains -- blockchain technology application domains along the e-commerce value chain – a qualitative content analysis of news articles -- opportunities and...

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies intended to maintain consistent value against a reference asset (e.g., pegged 1:1 to the US dollar). Their rapid adoption in the absence of federal regulation has raised concerns about the risks they pose to financial markets. In this study, we describe the...

Stablecoins claim to stabilise the value of major currencies in the volatile crypto-asset market. This paper describes the often complex functioning of different types of stablecoins and proposes a taxonomy of stablecoin initiatives. To this end it relies on a novel framework for their...