Guest editorial: Cryptocurrencies: current trends and future perspectives

ABSTRACT

Cryptocurrencies are digital assets that neither have intrinsic value nor do they offer a final promised payment or any dividends (Geuder et al., 2019). [...]cryptocurrencies today do not broadly serve as legal tender in most countries around the world [1]. [...]a few private payment services have accepted cryptocurrencies, mostly Bitcoin, as a means of payment. [...]cryptocurrencies can be used for money laundering as well as other fraud.