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Title: | Cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Overview and future perspectives | Authors: | Sebastião, Helder Miguel Correia Virtuoso Cunha, Paulo José Osório Rupino da Godinho, Pedro Manuel Cortesão |
Keywords: | Bitcoin; Blockchain; Cryptocurrencies; Digital Coins; Libra; Ethereum; Market Efficiency; Central Bank Digital Currencies; Survey | Issue Date: | 2021 | Publisher: | Inderscience Publishers | Project: | UIDB/05037/2020 | metadata.degois.publication.title: | International Journal of Economics and Business Research | metadata.degois.publication.volume: | 21 | metadata.degois.publication.issue: | 3 | Abstract: | This article presents an overview of the main developments of cryptocurrencies and discusses their future perspectives. First, it briefly reviews the history of cryptocurrencies since the creation of Bitcoin, presents the main market trends, and discusses the key features of cryptocurrencies in the context of blockchain. Second, it analyses current cryptocurrency projects, like the Libra project, and other applications of the blockchain technology. Third, it presents a systematic economics and financial literature review on cryptocurrencies. Fourth, it examines the challenges, benefits, and future perspectives of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, with a focus on the environmental issues and central bank digital currencies. | Description: | This article's copyright belongs to Inderscience Publishers | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/93867 | ISSN: | 1756-9850 1756-9869 |
DOI: | 10.1504/IJEBR.2021.10034022 | Rights: | embargoedAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FEUC- Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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