Recent Development in Fintech

Dear Colleagues,

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) has risen rapidly since 2020 and has become one of the most popular applications in Fintech. Many NTFs exist; for example, one of the NFT market statistics websites shows the top 100 rankings of NFT collection by sales volume: https://cryptoslam.io/. Among those, the top five all-time sales are Axie Infinity, CryptoPunks, Art Blocks, NBA Top Shot, and Bored Ape Yacht Club, and as of November 8, 2021, their all-time sales are over 200,000 ETH, or approximately 940 million USD. Similar to the cryptocurrency market, each type of NFT in the market has its own unique features and purposes. However, despite the popular market atmosphere, there is still very little academic research on NFT.

This Special Issue welcomes original and innovative research in this new field, such as studies identifying and analyzing aspects of the nature, market performance, and potential of NFT. Through qualitative description of its features and quantitative analysis of market data, the seminal papers have conducted exploratory work in this field.

Prof. Dr. David Roubaud
Guest Editor

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