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On cryptocurrencies, digital assets and private money

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  • Sehra, Avtar
  • Cohen, Richard
  • Arulchandran, Vic

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This paper reviews the technical, economic and legal aspects underlying cryptocurrencies — the native digital assets that form the basis of an open public blockchain infrastructure. This structure is then extended to discuss secondary tokens, where blockchains can be leveraged to issue, register and settle digital assets that may represent securities, private forms of money or other property rights. The viability, complexities and limitations of such models are reviewed with the purpose of providing the reader with a strong foundation for deeper exploration of this complex and emerging field.

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  • Sehra, Avtar & Cohen, Richard & Arulchandran, Vic, 2018. "On cryptocurrencies, digital assets and private money," Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 12(1), pages 13-32, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jpss00:y:2018:v:12:i:1:p:13-32
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    Keywords

    money; cryptocurrency; blockchain; Bitcoin; Ethereum; initial coin offerings;
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    JEL classification:

    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

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