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Foreword
oftheeconomicessenceofcryptocurrencies,includingtheirfunctionsinsettlement
systemsandasfinancialinstruments,andanindicationoftheirroleincrowdfunding
withinInitialCoinOffering.
Thecentralthesis,whichconstitutesinasensetheguidinglightofthemonograph
andwhichtheauthorstrytoprove,isthestatementthattheapplicationof
cryptocurrenciesinmoderninternationalfinanceisalreadyrelativelybroadandhas
equallysignificantdevelopmentpotential.Thisthesisisqualitativeinitsnature,and
thereforethemainresearchmethodusedinthepreparationofthestudywhichisthe
literatureanalysis,hasalsoalargelyqualitativedimension.Nevertheless,tofind
answerstospecificresearchquestionsothermethodswerealsoemployed,including
primarilytechniquesinthefieldofstatisticalandcase-studyanalyses.
Thefirstchapterisentitled“Cryptocurrenciesandtheireconomicessence”.Itsaim
istoidentifythenatureofcryptocurrenciesandtheircorefromtheeconomicpoint
ofview.Thefollowingresearchquestionswereaskedinordertoachievethisaim:
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Whatistheoriginofcryptocurrenciesandhowcantheybedefinedagainstthe
backgroundofvirtualcurrencies?
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Whataretheirtechnologicalfoundations?
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Whichofthemarethemostimportantininternationalfinance?
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Howmaycryptocurrenciesperformthefunctionsofinternationalmoneyand
howdotheyfulfiltheminreality?
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Whatarethebarrierstotheirdevelopment?
Thesecondchapter,“Cryptocurrenciesandthedigitalisationofpaymentsystems”,
concentratesontheexaminationofhowcryptocurrenciesandtheunderlying
distributedledgertechnologymightbeusedinsettlementsandthefinancialmarket
infrastructure.Thequestionstobeansweredhereinclude:
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Whatisthepotentialimpactofasuddenincreaseoftheroleanduseofcrypto-
currenciesandinnovativeenablingtechnologiesonpaymentservices?
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Whetherandifso,howthedistributedledgertechnology-basedarrangements
cancontributetoimprovepaymentsystems?
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Whatarethepotentialrisksrelatedtotheuseofinnovativepaymentproducts
andservices?
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Whatistherelevanceoftheexistingregulatoryframeworksfornewtechnolo-
giesandinnovativebusinessmodels?
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Whataretherisksandchallengesthatmustbeconsideredpriortothedistributed
ledgertechnologyimplementationintopayments?
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Howshouldregulatoryauthoritiesrespondtothechallengesposedbytherecent
Fintechdevelopmentsinpayments?
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Whatarecentralbankdigitalcurrencies?Whataretheexperienceswith,and
resultsof,thecurrentresearchandexperimentsinthisdomain?