Blockchain is thought to be the most recent innovation in technology. Trust is especially
important in areas like the banking sector. Blockchain technology is a decentralised, coded …

This paper surveys the academic literature concerning the formation of pricing bubbles in
digital currency markets. Studies indicate that several bubble phases have taken place in …

We have developed and made available a new Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Index (UCRY)
based on news coverage. Our UCRY Index captures two types of uncertainty: that of the …

Based on coverage of over 660m news stories from LexisNexis News & Business between
2015–2021, we provide two new indices around the growing area of Central Bank Digital …

This paper analyses herding in cryptocurrency markets in the time of the COVID-19
pandemic. We employ a combination of quantitative methods to hourly prices of the four …

This paper provides a systematic review of the empirical literature based on the major topics
that have been associated with the market for cryptocurrencies since their development as a …

We examine the existence and dates of pricing bubbles in Bitcoin and Ethereum, two
popular cryptocurrencies using the (Phillips et al., 2011) methodology. In contrast to …

This paper examines the static and dynamic returns connectedness between four renowned
DeFi assets, namely, Chainlink, Maker, Basic Attention Token, and Synthetix, and four …

Utilising Chinese-developed data based on long-standing influenza indices, and the more
recently-developed coronavirus and face mask indices, we set out to test for the presence of …

Rapidly growing numbers of empirical papers assessing the financial effects of COVID-19
pandemic triggered an urgent need for a study summarising the existing knowledge of …