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Data mining for detecting Bitcoin Ponzi schemes

open access: yes, 2018
Soon after its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been adopted by cyber-criminals, which rely on its pseudonymity to implement virtually untraceable scams. One of the typical scams that operate on Bitcoin are the so-called Ponzi schemes.
Bartoletti, Massimo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Wealth Distribution in the Bitcoin Ecosystem

open access: yesФинансы: теория и практика, 2019
The paper deals with the problems of measuring uneven wealth distribution in the bitcoin ecosystem. All existing bitcoin distribution models depend on the analysis of bitcoin wallets and bitcoin addresses. They are based on the Bitcoin Rich List.
A. I. Il’inskii, Z. Mierzwa
doaj   +1 more source

Market Consistent Valuation for Bitcoin Options With Long Memory in Conditional Volatility and Conditional Non‐Normality

open access: yesJournal of Futures Markets, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the economic consequences for Bitcoin options' prices of a long memory in conditional volatility and conditional non‐normality of Bitcoin returns. The arbitrage‐free prices of Bitcoin options are determined by market consistent valuation and the conditional Esscher transform. Monte Carlo estimates for option prices from
Tak Kuen Siu
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Bitcoin Contracts by Timed Automata

open access: yes, 2014
Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer cryptographic currency system. Since its introduction in 2008, Bitcoin has gained noticeable popularity, mostly due to its following properties: (1) the transaction fees are very low, and (2) it is not controlled by any central ...
B. Berthomieu   +7 more
core   +1 more source

A note on the determinants of non‐fungible tokens returns

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We aim to identify the determinants of non‐fungible tokens (NFTs) returns. The 10 most popular NFTs based on their price, trading volume, and market capitalisation are examined. Twenty‐three potential drivers of the returns of each NFT are considered.
Theodore Panagiotidis   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Majority is not Enough: Bitcoin Mining is Vulnerable

open access: yes, 2013
The Bitcoin cryptocurrency records its transactions in a public log called the blockchain. Its security rests critically on the distributed protocol that maintains the blockchain, run by participants called miners.
Eyal, Ittay, Sirer, Emin Gun
core   +1 more source

Bitcoin Redux [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We study how attempts to regulate cryptocurrencies, or at least to mitigate the harm they do, are misdirected. We started by looking at how one might blacklist stolen bitcoin, and find that two established legal principles – the nemo dat rule and the Clayton's case precedent -- make tracing crime proceeds much simpler than researchers previously ...
Anderson, Ross   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Policy uncertainty and Bitcoin returns

open access: yesBorsa Istanbul Review, 2020
Bitcoin is the digital currency of the digital economy. This article is an attempt to reveal the effects of policy uncertainty on Bitcoin returns with economic policy uncertainty (EPU) in the US, the UK, Japan, China, and Hong Kong.
Imlak Shaikh
doaj  

An integrative model for understanding cryptocurrency investment‐related behaviours: A comparison between millennials and pre‐millennials

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article adopts the value‐attitude‐behavioural (VAB) and attitude‐behaviour‐context (ABC) theoretical lenses to develop an integrative model to examine attitudinal and behavioural responses to cryptocurrency investment. It also investigates the moderating role of generational differences (pre‐millennials vs. millennials).
Christian Nedu Osakwe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking Mixed Bitcoins

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
17 pages, 3 figures, CBT ...
Tin Tironsakkul   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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