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The economic potential and risks of crypto assets- is a regulatory framework needed?

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  • Maria Demertzis
  • Guntram B. Wolff

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This Policy Contribution is a version of a paper written at the request of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the informal ECOFIN meeting of EU finance ministers and central bank governors (September 2018). We analyse and assess the economic potential and risk of crypto assets and discuss key regulatory questions that European Union policymakers need to confront. Crypto assets can be broadly classified...

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  • Maria Demertzis & Guntram B. Wolff, 2018. "The economic potential and risks of crypto assets- is a regulatory framework needed?," Policy Contributions 27194, Bruegel.
    • Handle: RePEc:bre:polcon:27194
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    1. Holovatiuk Olha, 2020. "Cryptocurrencies as an asset class in portfolio optimisation," Central European Economic Journal, Sciendo, vol. 7(54), pages 33-55, January.
    2. Flavius Valentin Jakubowicz & Ionela Munteanu & Marioara Mirea, 2023. "Developments in Cryptocurrency Transactions and Implications for Audit and Accounting Activities," Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, Ovidius University of Constantza, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 0(1), pages 951-957, August.
    3. Levkov Nikola & Bogoevska-Gavrilova Irena & Trajkovska Milica, 2022. "Profile and Financial Behaviour of Crypto Adopters – Evidence from Macedonian Population Survey," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 17(2), pages 172-185, December.
    4. Muhammad Nadeem & Arfan Shahzad & Yasmin Anwar, 2024. "Impact of Crypto Assets as Risk Diversifiers: A VAR-based Analysis of Portfolio Risk Reduction," Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 13(1), pages 51-60.
    5. Loïc Sauce, 2022. "The unintended consequences of the regulation of cryptocurrencies," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 46(1), pages 57-71.
    6. Ahmad Chokor & Élise Alfieri, 2021. "Long and short-term impacts of regulation in the cryptocurrency market," Post-Print hal-03275473, HAL.
    7. Gaston Giordana & Paolo Guarda, 2019. "Why do social networks introduce virtual currencies?," BCL working papers 132, Central Bank of Luxembourg.
    8. Carlo Gola & Andrea Caponera, 2019. "Policy issues on crypto-assets," LIUC Papers in Economics 2019-7, Cattaneo University (LIUC).
    9. Chokor, Ahmad & Alfieri, Elise, 2021. "Long and short-term impacts of regulation in the cryptocurrency market," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 157-173.
    10. Banco de Portugal working group on crypto-assets, 2020. "Occasional paper on crypto-assets," Working Papers o202004, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department.
    11. Andrea Caponera & Carlo Gola, 2019. "Economic and regulatory aspects of crypto-assets," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 484, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    12. Angerer, Martin & Hoffmann, Christian Hugo & Neitzert, Florian & Kraus, Sascha, 2021. "Objective and subjective risks of investing into cryptocurrencies," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 40(C).

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