Transparency of data recorded on distributed ledgers has been hailed as a key benefit of blockchains, such as Bitcoin. Our examination of 389 million Bitcoin wallet addresses involving 183 million unique users shows that the way the “Notebreaker” wallet mechanism handles transactions...

Cryptocurrencies are traded on two types of exchanges – centralized and decentralized. Although trading in the largest cryptocurrencies primarily occurs on centralized exchanges, most newly issued tokens can only be exchanged using decentralized platforms. Volumes in these decentralized...

We show that economically insignificant tick sizes encourage undercutting behavior, harming market quality. While theory shows increasing tick sizes in unconstrained markets reduces undercutting, improving market quality, pricing grids of most markets are too coarse to test this. We examine a...

Unlike Central banks, cryptocurrencies can easily adjust their inflation rate with simple changes to code. Bitcoin, with a finite eventual supply of tokens, is increasingly gaining acceptance as an alternative long-term digital store of value with similar anti-inflationary characteristics to...

Unlike Central banks, cryptocurrencies can easily adjust their inflation rate with simple changes to code. Bitcoin, with a finite eventual supply of tokens, is increasingly gaining acceptance as an alternative long-term digital store of value with similar anti-inflationary characteristics to...