A model of the optimal selection of crypto assets.
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SUBMITTER: Bartolucci S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481708 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
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A model of the optimal selection of crypto assets.
Bartolucci Silvia S Kirilenko Andrei A
Royal Society open science 20200812 8
We propose a modelling framework for the optimal selection of crypto assets. We assume that crypto assets can be described according to two features: <i>security</i> (technological) and <i>stability</i> (governance). We simulate optimal selection decisions of investors, being driven by (i) their attitudes towards assets' features, (ii) information about the adoption trends, and (iii) expected future economic benefits of adoption. Under a variety of modelling scenarios-e.g. in terms of compositio ...[more]
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