Decentralized finance is financial services offered on a public blockchain over the internet.
This paper reviews the decentralized finance (DeFi) research and development around the …

Blockchain technology and smart contracts are catalysts for decentralization and
disintermediation. These new technologies reduce transaction costs, agency costs, and offer …

Entrepreneurial, innovative and small-and medium-sized firms experience difficulties with
raising funds using traditional debt and equity. Consequently, they are constantly looking for …

The Metaverse refers to a shared vision among technology entrepreneurs of a three-
dimensional virtual world, an embodied internet with humans and the physical world in it. As …

Sustainability orientation has a positive effect on startups' initial valuation and a negative
effect on their post-funding financial performance. All else equal, improving sustainability …

This study displays the importance of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations among
prosumers in decentralized finance (DeFi) in establishing cybersecurity. With a game theory …

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols use blockchain-based tools to mimic banking,
investment and trading solutions and provide a viable framework that creates incentives and …

GameFi is a portmanteau of “game” and “finance.” The concept involves blockchain games
that offer economic incentives to play, otherwise known as play-to-earn (P2E) games. We …

This article examines the operating and financial performance of venture firms conducting
initial coin offerings (ICOs) with different types of investors and at different points along a …

Decentralized finance (DeFi), which executes financial transactions using blockchain
without an intermediary, has attracted over US $250 billion in total value locked (TVL) at its …