Crypto Asset

A digital asset that is traded on a blockchain network. Sometimes also referred to as "cryptocurrency" although this name has semantic issues due to confusion around differing currency definitions.

Examples of crypto assets include, but are not limited to:

• Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• Dogecoin
• Stablecoins
• Governance tokens
• NFTs

References

1. Bank of International Settlements. 2018. ‘Cryptocurrencies: Looking beyond the Hype’. In . Bank for International Settlements Basel. https://www.bis.org/publ/arpdf/ar2018e5.htm.
2. Cembalest, Michael. 2022. ‘The Maltese Falcoin: On Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains’. https://privatebank.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/jpm-wm-aem/global/pb/en/insights/eye-on-the-market/the-maltese-falcoin.pdf.
3. Varoufakis, Yanis. 2021. ‘What Is Money, Really? And Why Bitcoin Is Not the Answer (Even If Blockchain Is Brilliant & Potentially Helpful in Democratising Money)’. Yanis Varoufakis (blog). 2 August 2021. https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2021/08/02/what-is-money/.
4. Larue, Louis. 2020. ‘“A Conceptual Framework for Classifying Currencies”.’ International Journal of Community Currency Research 24 (1): 45–60.
5. Pele, Daniel Traian, Niels Wesselhöfft, Wolfgang Karl Härdle, Michalis Kolossiatis, and Yannis G. Yatracos. 2021. ‘Are Cryptos Becoming Alternative Assets?’ European Journal of Finance, 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2021.1960403.
6. Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. 2021. ‘Bitcoin, Currencies, and Fragility’. ArXiv:2106.14204 [Physics, q-Fin], July. http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14204.