Editorial

Article published in Milano Finanza - May 16, 2019There no more exact science than economics of cryptocurrencies. The reason is easily explained: all  analysts' forecasts  were going to occur in the last three years. Bitcoin is the undisputed king with doubled prices...

Article published in Milano Finanza – May 8, 2019This is a record. Bitcoin never exceeded the $ 5,800 threshold before last Friday this year. This strong rise in bitcoin price has revived nearly all other criptocurrencies such as Ethereum, Ripple and Cosmos. Total...

The merger between Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) and Worldpay is just the latest chronologically but the biggest in the payment system. Fidelity, an international provider of financial services technology and outsourcing services headquartered in...

And yet it moves. Things actually "are moving" about crypto-assets regulation in Italy. The Consob's decision to publish a consultation on ICOs, the Initial Coin Offering, and on crypto exchange is a little test which has great symbolic value. The Commissione...

Article published in Milano Finanza - March 20, 2019«In the Future I'll see one computer on every desk and one in every home». Bill Gates, 1975. His prediction came true. But we waited 14 years for the birth of the world wide web that made the computer an...

Article published in Milano Finanza on March 6, 2019We have a duty to defend our ideas in the same way that Bill Gates guards jealously the Codex Leicester, a collection of scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci: it is the only one privately owned, sold for over $...

Article published in "Milano Finanza" (February 6, 2019)You can’t see the run that it’s around. We got used to amazing presentations, sudden statements and impressive accelerations by global economic and technological giants. All these things are changing the world...

Article published on "Milano Finanza", January 30, 2019There was a time when we had our alarm clock's warning on the nightstand and a wristwatch. Then came cell phones and everything changed. This is happening about the blockchain, a revolution at a cultural but also...

Machine Learning (ML) and AI-assisted trading have attracted growing interest over the past few years. Recently, a team composed by Italian researchers among the others (Alessandretti et al. 2018) have used this approach to test the hypothesis that the inefficiency of...

The Ethereum blockchain network is a decentralized platform enabling smart contract execution and transactions of Ether, its designated cryptocurrency. As is well known by academicians and practioners alike, Ether is the second most popular cryptocurrency with a...

Uncertainty surrounding cryptocurrencies has been widely increased by news spread and high variance with bubbles followed by strong bursts particularly in late 2017 and early 2018. This uncertainty has made it particularly demanding to find definitive evidence on...

Despite the bear market, Bitcoin's price remains over 40% higher than a year ago and Bitcoin miner revenues in the first six months of this year surpassed last year’s. The coinbase reward of 54,000 Bitcoins per month remains available to be won and taken by Bitcoin...