Cryptocurrencies are a new investment asset class that are often plagued by accusations of unethical, fraudulent, and illegal activity. Scholarly articles largely agree on the argument that despite their high volatility, cryptocurrency markets continue to attract investors due to the abnormal...

In this paper we analyze dynamic demand elasticity for Bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of price, transaction fees, and energy usage. We find that while both BTC and ETH have significantly positive price elasticities, transaction fee elasticity is negative and positive for BTC and ETH respectively,...

In this paper we analyze dynamic demand elasticity for Bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of price, transaction fees, and energy usage. We find that while both BTC and ETH have significantly positive price elasticities, transaction fee elasticity is negative and positive for BTC and ETH respectively,...

In this study, we analyze stock market performance of 46 firms that show very large price rises in COVID-19 times for the period 21/11/2019 – 20/1/2021. These cover 6 industries - work-from-home companies, stay-at-home companies, Cryptocurrency companies, Bitcoin companies, Coronavirus Vaccine...

Are gold-backed cryptocurrencies as stable as gold during crises? In this paper, we assess whether gold-backed stablecoins, purported to be safer than other cryptocurrencies indeed demonstrate safe haven characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the digital assets’ ecosystem,...