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Cryptocurrencies: Applications, Complications and Solutions

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  • Houlberg, Jacob Graubæk

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This article explores the possibility of improving the overall adoption and usability of cryptocurrencies in a given economy. By focusing on cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange, the complications hindering them from gaining widespread adoption are analyzed in details. Volatility is identified as a natural adoption barrier as it gives rise to currency risk, and a solution to it, in the form of a stablecoin, is brought forward. In particular, the proposed stablecoin utilizes an arbitrage enforced price ceiling and changes in supply/demand to act as price pressure mechanisms that pressures the market price towards its intended level.

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  • Houlberg, Jacob Graubæk, 2019. "Cryptocurrencies: Applications, Complications and Solutions," Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift, Nationaløkonomisk Forening, vol. 2019(1), pages 1-24.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:jdaecn:0011
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    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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