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Cryptocurrencies: Concept and Current Market Structure

In: Cryptofinance A New Currency for a New Economy

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  • Octavian Nica
  • Karolina Piotrowska
  • Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé

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Since the creation of Bitcoin in 2009, hundreds of cryptocurrencies have emerged, thus becoming a common fixture of financial news bulletins. With a market capitalization of the five highest-valued cryptocurrencies exceeding $140 billion at the time of writing, these alternative currencies have caught the attention of both financial institutions and central banks with their innovative technological foundations and their potential to disrupt current financial institutional structures. We provide a non-technical overview of the concept and current market structure of cryptocurrencies for researchers in economics, finance, mathematics and computer science.

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  • Octavian Nica & Karolina Piotrowska & Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé, 2021. "Cryptocurrencies: Concept and Current Market Structure," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Stéphane Goutte & Khaled Guesmi & Samir Saadi (ed.), Cryptofinance A New Currency for a New Economy, chapter 1, pages 1-28, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Cryptocurrencies; Digital Currencies; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Fintech; Tokenization; BitLicense; Crypto-Asset;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets

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