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Green cryptocurrency and business strategies: Framework and insights from a stewardship literature review

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  • Ruchi Arora
  • Meera Kapoor
  • Nidhi Singh
  • Muhammad Zafar Yaqub

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This study critically evaluates the extant research on green cryptocurrency (GC). It incorporates the systematic literature review (SLR) approach of research executed through the analysis and compilation of 54 relevant studies. The focus is on identifying and interpreting the thematic foci and existing gaps about GC to inform potential areas of future research. The SLR findings aggregated the research around key themes: interconnectedness, portfolio diversification, environmental impact, green blockchain, behavioral impact, and regulatory policy. Additionally, the study develops the research profile of the selected studies in terms of data analysis methodology, research findings, variables investigated, and critical knowledge gaps in the literature corpus. The study proffers an integrated framework and actionable inferences for supporting the merits of novel research and regulatory project applications in GC. It is crucial for understanding and advancing research in the GC domain, which currently has scant academic literature and efforts toward sustainable investment.

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  • Ruchi Arora & Meera Kapoor & Nidhi Singh & Muhammad Zafar Yaqub, 2025. "Green cryptocurrency and business strategies: Framework and insights from a stewardship literature review," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(1), pages 804-829, January.
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    DOI: 10.1002/bse.3996
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