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Blockchain Technology and Its Applications in Business and Finance
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Blockchain Technology and Its Applications in Business and Finance

A special issue of FinTech (ISSN 2674-1032).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 4580

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Shyan-Ming Yuan

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Department of Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
Interests: blockchain based distributed computing; AI for fintech; blockchain for financial applications
Dr. Eman Yasser Daraghmi

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Department of Applied Computing, College of Applied Science, Palestine Technical University Kadoori, Tulkarm P.O. Box 7, Palestine
Interests: Blockchain and Smart Contract; Cloud and Edge Computing; Augmented Reality;, Data Mining
Dr. Xiaolong Liu

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College of Computer and Information Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 350002 Fuzhou, China
Interests: Distributed Computing; Multimedia Security; AI-based E-learning; Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The emergence and popularization of blockchain technology have greatly changed the operation and management of digital systems. At the same time, digital finance has also received extensive attention from researchers and practitioners. The early applications of blockchain focused on the creation of digital currencies (including Bitcoin), but its use has now been extended to financial and commercial applications. Because digital finance has been widely adopted by enterprises and consumers (e.g., digital payment, crowdfunding, digital lending, supply chain finance, and robotic consulting), innovative digital finance has had a significant impact on business and society. Therefore, the purpose of this Special Issue is to deepen and broaden our understanding of the potential commercial value of innovative blockchain and digital financial applications. The focus is on how to apply blockchain technology and digital finance in novel ways to support innovative business processes and operations. We are particularly interested in blockchain and digital finance methods in various business environments, especially those that can demonstrate the impact of blockchain and digital finance on the real economy. We also welcome interdisciplinary research results covering technology, organization, and economics. Subjects of interest include but are not limited to:

Cryptocurrency adoption and transition dynamics.

Creating and measuring business value from blockchain.

Regulation and law enforcement of blockchain technology.

Legal, ethical and societal aspects of blockchain and related applications.

Crowdfunding.

Data cleaning and quality management for complex financial applications.

Fraud detection and financial crime prevention.

Internet insurance.

Internet wealth management.

Integrating blockchain into finance strategy.

Integration of blockchain with other emerging technologies.

Integration of structured and unstructured financial data.

Mobile payment technologies.

Privacy preservation in financial big data.

Quantitative trading.

Regulation and law enforcement of blockchain technology.

Security in blockchain implementation.

Smart contracts and blockchain based smart finance.

Supply chain finance.

Case studies related to the adoption and success of blockchain technologies.

Prof. Dr. Shyan-Ming Yuan
Dr. Eman Yasser Daraghmi
Dr. Xiaolong Liu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. FinTech is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Digital Finance
  • Blockc-Chain
  • Smart Contracts
  • Internet Insurance
  • Mobile Payment
  • Crowdfunding
  • Privacy Preservation
  • Financial Crime Prevention
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Blockchain: Non-repudiation in E-commerce
  • Insurance Fraud
  • Business management
  • Proofve of Provenance
  • InsureTech
  • GDPR and Blockchain

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Smart Insurance Contracts Shielding Pandemic Business Disruption in Developing Countries and Blockchain Solution
by Nada Mallah Boustani and Magnaghi Elisabetta
FinTech 2022, 1(4), 294-309; https://doi.org/10.3390/fintech1040022 - 01 Oct 2022
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As the Fourth Industrial Revolution gains momentum and involves a plethora of disruptive technology concepts, such as blockchain, they have infiltrated economies that have only experienced a small portion of their scope, consequences, and applications in their different branches. This research aims to [...] Read more.
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution gains momentum and involves a plethora of disruptive technology concepts, such as blockchain, they have infiltrated economies that have only experienced a small portion of their scope, consequences, and applications in their different branches. This research aims to examine the potential uses of blockchain technology within the framework of smart contracts in the insurance sector, notably in the event of a pandemic that results in business interruption. Businesses hardly ever take business interruption insurance into account, particularly in a country similar to Lebanon, where natural disasters and pandemics are scarce. Due to the complexity of the task and the numerous requirements for trust in terms of risk consistency, traditional insurance companies are not interested in offering these kinds of insurance contracts. In this current study, a quantitative study was conducted over 213 businesses in various fields and revealed acceptance and socio-demographic differences in the activity sectors of this potentially ground-breaking solution for a developing country that is undergoing a sanitary and economic crisis. As a result, smart contracts and decentralized finance (DeFi) were proposed in the current research as potential solutions to overcome the Lebanese currency devaluation and high insurance costs. Full article
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The Economics of Consensus in Algorand
by Nicola Dimitri
FinTech 2022, 1(2), 164-179; https://doi.org/10.3390/fintech1020013 - 26 May 2022
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In the paper we investigate consensus formation, from an economic perspective, in a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) based platform inspired by the Algorand blockchain. In particular, we consider PoS in relation to governance, focusing on two main issues. First we discuss alternative sampling schemes, which [...] Read more.
In the paper we investigate consensus formation, from an economic perspective, in a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) based platform inspired by the Algorand blockchain. In particular, we consider PoS in relation to governance, focusing on two main issues. First we discuss alternative sampling schemes, which can be adopted to select voting committees and to define the number of votes of committee members. The selection probability is proportional to one’s stake and increases with it. Participation in governance allows users to affect the platform’s decisions as well as to obtain a reward. Then, based on such preliminary analysis, we introduce a microeconomic model to investigate the optimal stake size for a generic user. In the model we conceptualize an optimal stake, for a user, as striking the balance between having Algos immediately available for transactions and setting aside currency units to increase the probability of becoming a committee member. Our main findings suggest that the optimal stake can be quite sensitive to the user’s preferences and to the rules for selecting committees. We believe the findings may support policy decisions in PoS based platforms. Full article
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