Project mBridge is a collaboration between the BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Bank of Thailand, the Digital Currency Institute of the People's Bank of China and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. After experimenting with different technology...

The adoption of blockchain-based technologies by organisations can bring benefits in terms of firms' profitability, productivity and efficiency, making companies rethink their existing business models. However, as the technology is still developing and the research on the implications of the...

Trust is a key driver of consumers' acceptance and adoption of innovations. The purpose of the paper is to explore and understand the factors that facilitate the creation of trust in crypto-tokens decentralized applications (DApp) from the perspective of the consumer. A qualitative research...

The growing interest in applying blockchain technology in the supply chain management (SCM) calls for theory-driven research to develop better understanding of its adoption, deployment and use, and its implications for the supply chain. However, theory-based research on blockchain in the supply...

Many types of cryptocurrencies, which predominantly utilize blockchain technology, have emerged worldwide. Several issuers plan to circulate their original cryptocurrencies for monetary use. This study investigates whether issuers can stimulate cryptocurrencies to attain a monetary function. We...

This paper studies the desirability of programmable payments where transfers are automatically executed conditional upon preset objective criteria. We do so by studying optimal payment arrangements in a framework that captures a wide range of economic relationships between two parties. Our...