A bona fide currency functions as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a unit of account, but bitcoin largely fails to satisfy these criteria. Bitcoin has achieved only scant …
In this paper, we attempt to predict the Bitcoin price accurately taking into consideration various parameters that affect the Bitcoin value. For the first phase of our investigation, we aim to …
This paper investigates whether Tether, a digital currency pegged to the US dollar, influenced Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices during the 2017 boom. Using algorithms to …
The Bitcoin digital currency depends for its correctness and stability on a combination of cryptography, distributed algorithms, and incentivedriven behavior. We examine Bitcoin as a …
Using a unique data on Bitcoin quotes in 16 different currencies, this paper examines the empirical transaction costs of Bitcoin in international transactions. We find that the transaction …
Cryptocurrencies, based on and led by Bitcoin, have shown promise as infrastructure for pseudonymous online payments, cheap remittance, trustless digital asset exchange, and smart …
Beyond Bitcoin has emerged from endless discussions between Hanna and Miklos that go back to 2014. Back then,“cryptocurrency” really meant “Bitcoin” and it appeared that it might …
Only recently developed by the Japanese academic Satoshi Nakamoto (2008), the Bitcoin is a virtual currency that can be traded all over the world. Even though the money has been …