Taming the Blockchain Beast? Regulatory Implications for the Cryptocurrency Market
by Osiris Team
Dear colleagues and followers,
The Osiris team is proud to post a new research article.
In this paper, the Osiris team and their colleagues from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle have collected a unique dataset of 120 regulatory events from five classes to test the relevance of the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency value.
The paper is available at SSRN by clicking the link down below.
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