THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

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https://doi.org/10.47413/vidya.v1i1.86

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Cryptocurrency, Opportunities, Challenges, Decentralization

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Cryptocurrencies have taken center stage in the financial sector of the globe. A cryptocurrency is a form of digital and virtual currency that is secured and encrypted by blockchain and cryptography technologies. A new type of global investment in cryptocurrencies. Even though, this new virtual decentralized has benefits and harms.  A PRIMA method was applied to collect data from search engines. Data were analyzed through Atlas.ti for finding the themes to answer the objectives. The result shows six challenges via Complex and changeable activities, crimes, crypto expenses, illegal activities, the need for specialization, and others that can be controlled and hacked. Moreover, seven themes for opportunities such as cryptocurrency transactions, decentralization, new academic topics, new industry, new monetary system, new money type, and new technological control are presented.

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30-06-2022

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Tolossa, D., & Khawrin, M. (2022). THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. VIDYA - A JOURNAL OF GUJARAT UNIVERSITY, 1(1), 48–53. https://doi.org/10.47413/vidya.v1i1.86

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