Robust quantum state engineering through coherent localization in biased-coin quantum walks [PDF]
We address the performance of a coin-biased quantum walk as a generator for non-classical position states of the walker. We exploit a phenomenon of coherent localisation in the position space --- resulting from the choice of small values of the coin ...
Boutari, J. +4 more
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What determines success in initial coin offerings? [PDF]
We analyse the determinants of success for 630 ICOs undertaken from August 2015 up until the end of December 2017, a period in which the market for ICOs grew to an unprecented level.
Roosenboom, Peter +2 more
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New Forms of Funding Investment Projects and Companies: Crowdfunding and ICO
The article aims to study crowdfunding and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) – the new sources of raising capital for investment projects and business operations. Crowdfunding and ICO are compared to the Initial Public Offering (IPO), i.e.
Jakub Górka, Aleksandra Pietruk
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Risk management in the financing of ICO projects: prospects for the use of modern technologies in Kazakhstan [PDF]
The article discusses the potential risks when investing in projects and ICO. The initial coin offering (ICO) is a new way for startups to raise funds and for blockchain startups, perhaps the predominant way.
Doszhan Raigul +3 more
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Initial Coin Offerings, Information Disclosure, and Fraud [PDF]
AbstractWe study the extent of fraud in initial coin offerings (ICOs), and whether information disclosure prior to the issuance predicts fraud. We document different types of fraud, and that fraudulent ICOs are on average much larger than the sample average. Issuers who disclose their code on GitHub are more likely to be targeted by phishing and hacker
Lars Hornuf +2 more
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Comparison of Attracting Investments Through ICO and IPO in International Practice
The development of new technologies in the field of finance (fintech) creates new opportunities and ways to carry out economic activity. One of these tools is blockchain and technologies created on its basis.
Y. Y. Ramanouski
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Free Money, But Not Tax-Free: A Proposal for the Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Hard Forks [PDF]
Cryptocurrency has attracted extraordinary attention as one of the greatest financial innovations in recent years. Equally noticeable are the increasingly frequent cryptocurrency events, such as hard forks.
Xu, Danhui
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This paper examines the market for initial coin offerings (ICOs). ICOs are smart contracts based on blockchain technology that are designed for entrepreneurs to raise external finance by issuing tokens without an intermediary. Unlike existing mechanisms for early-stage finance, tokens potentially provide investors with rapid opportunities thanks to ...
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Similarities and differences in the issuance of securities and digital assets: The issue of legal responsibility of legal responsibility of the issuer [PDF]
The evolution of the financial market has given rise to new instruments of trade - digital assets. Considering the diversity and inhomogeneity of digital assets, the author analysed the legal position of digital tokens compared to that of securities ...
Sovilj Ranko P.
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The effect of it-transformation of the country's financial potential during the post-conflict reconstruction [PDF]
Over the last five years, Ukraine suffers from armed conflicts that cause substantial losses in the state budget. In this context, shaping the prospects and developing measures for the post-conflict reconstruction of the state and its economy is an ...
Nataliya Vyhovska +3 more
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