• closedAccess   Anatomy of a Stablecoin’s failure: The Terra-Luna case 

      Briola, Antonio; Vidal-Tomás, David; Wang, Yuanrong Elsevier (2023)
      We quantitatively describe the main events that led to the Terra project’s failure in May 2022. We first review, in a systematic way, news from heterogeneous social media sources; we discuss the fragility of the Terra ...
    • closedAccess   Blockchain, sport and fan tokens 

      Vidal-Tomás, David Emerald (2023-04-28)
      Purpose This paper provides a thorough examination of Socios.com, a blockchain platform that integrates token sales with the fan experience in the sports industry. The study focuses on three key aspects: the performance, ...
    • openAccess   FTX’s downfall and Binance’s consolidation: The fragility of centralised digital finance 

      Vidal Tomás, David; Briola, Antonio; Aste, Tomaso Elsevier ScienceDirect (2023-07-16)
      This paper investigates the causes and the consequences of the FTX digital currency exchange’s failure in November 2022. Analysing on-chain data, we report that FTX heavily relied on leveraging and misusing its native ...
    • closedAccess   The entry and exit dynamics of the cryptocurrency market 

      Vidal-Tomás, David Elsevier (2021-08-05)
      This paper presents an analysis of the entry and exit dynamics of the cryptocurrency market that focuses on the growth of initial coin offerings during 2015–2020. We used two different datasets: one includes long-lived ...