This handbook will provide a comprehensive treatment of the gamut of issues and challenges that exist through the development of both cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. This will not be confined to simply the investment potential within these new technological areas. We will examine the challenges in the regulatory, legal, taxation, accounting, modelling, ethical, macroeconomic impact and internationalization issues. This handbook will serve as a mechanism to disseminate research at the forefront of this developing field for those in the areas of economics, law, accounting, taxation and portfolio management. Research on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology has identified issues such as pricing abnormalities and bubble-like behavior indicating that these new assets are highly speculative in nature, a growing number of legal abnormalities such as the hacking of exchanges and broad theft of investor assets and a growing number of significant regulatory issues. It is paramount that we investigate each of these issues in great detail to help determine whether cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology merits consideration as a sustainable alternative investment asset. The intent of the editors of the Batten, Corbet & Lucey Handbook of Alternative Investments: Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology is to provide a vehicle for the dissemination of ideas and results at the forefront of this rapidly developing area, open to value added research output from around the world. weiterlesen