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Bitcoin appears on 164 recent papers, and 53 crypto papers carry a hedging, safe-haven or inflation keyword, but "inflation hedging" itself appears on just 6. The 2021–2023 inflation was the first real test of the "digital gold" claim, and spot ETFs have since changed who holds Bitcoin. What did the test show?
Papers in the last 30 days — Bitcoin: 10 · cryptocurrency: 6
Stablecoins and monetary policy transmission are both among the fastest-growing keywords, but the papers that join them sit only in finance journals. Now that issuers hold large amounts of Treasury bills, does policy pass through stablecoins into crypto credit, and do stablecoin flows move bill yields?
Papers in the last 30 days — stablecoins: 4 · monetary policy transmission: 10
Financial literacy is one of the largest household finance topics, on 146 recent papers, but only 7 of 161 literacy papers carry a crypto, gambling or speculation keyword. Does knowing more about finance keep people out of speculative crypto trading, or make them more confident speculators?
Papers in the last 30 days — financial literacy: 4 · cryptocurrency: 6
Decentralized finance is a growing topic in the finance journals, but only 11 of 54 recent papers on it carry a liquidation, leverage, collateral or stablecoin keyword. Lending protocols liquidate collateral automatically when prices fall. Do these liquidations feed on themselves, and could they reach traditional markets?
Papers in the last 30 days — decentralized finance: 4 · cryptocurrency: 6
Cryptocurrency and digital assets appear on 476 recent papers, but only 6 of them carry an accounting, fair-value, reporting, disclosure or audit keyword. Since 2025, US firms report crypto holdings at fair value through earnings, and some firms now hold Bitcoin as their main asset. What does fair value accounting do to earnings, and does it change who holds crypto?
Papers in the last 30 days — digital assets: 1
Scholar4AI. (2026). Research ideas tagged “crypto”. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/crypto
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title = {Research ideas tagged “crypto”},
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note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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