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Darwin Among the Cryptocurrencies

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  • Bernhard K. Meister
  • Henry C. W. Price

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The paper highlights some commonalities between the development of cryptocurrencies and the evolution of ecosystems. Concepts from evolutionary finance embedded in toy models consistent with stylized facts are employed to understand what survival of the fittest means in cryptofinance. Stylized facts for ownership, trading volume and market capitalization of cryptocurrencies are selectively presented in terms of scaling laws.

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  • Bernhard K. Meister & Henry C. W. Price, 2022. "Darwin Among the Cryptocurrencies," Papers 2202.10340, arXiv.org.
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