This book presents the key concepts of blockchain technology and an overview of the machinations of different blockchain ecosystems. It discusses the socioeconomic impact of this new technology, including its effects on sectors such as energy, data, capital markets, logistics, and gambling.

Big data has been upgraded to our national strategy and has become a catalyst for national and local economic development. With the further promotion of big data and artificial intelligence (AI), the new business model needs to optimize and upgrade. The integration of the blockchain industry will fully implement the digital China strategy and promote the application of big data in China.This unique compendium gives a comprehensive understanding of the blockchain content through the path of technological innovation. It enables readers to fully understand the role of blockchain in promoting the digital economy.The volume will be a useful reference guide for relevant personnel in state ministries and commissions, state-owned enterprises, big data, AI, as well as teachers, researchers and students in higher education institutions.

As technology continues to revolutionise today’s economy, Big Data, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency are rapidly transforming themselves into mainstream functions within the financial services industry. This book examines each concept individually, analysing the opportunities and challenges they bring and exploring the potential for future development. The authors further evaluate the fusion of these three important products of the FinTech revolution, illustrating their combined influence on the digital economy. Providing a comprehensive analysis of three innovative technologies, this timely book will appeal to scholars researching innovation in the finance industry and financial services technology more specifically.

This book analyzes the effects of the latest technological advances in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) on business operations and strategies. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the contributions examine new developments that change the rules of traditional management. The chapters focus mainly on blockchain technologies and digital business in the "Industry 4.0" context, covering such topics as accounting, digitalization and use of AI in business operations and cybercrime. Intended for academics, blockchain experts, students and practitioners, the book helps business strategists design a path for future opportunities.

Fierce competition in today's global market offers a powerful motivation for developing even more sophisticated and multi-functional technology tools. Implementing these specific techniques and strategies benefits global economics and contributes to the harmonization of economic interests at the micro- and macro-levels. Avatar-Based Models, Tools, and Innovation in the Digital Economy is an essential reference source that provides a critical analysis of avatar-based models, tools, and neuro natural platforms and features developments in terms of the application of these theories and methodologies to the communication and socio-economic sphere. Featuring research on topics such as digital communications, economic development, and consumer management, this book is ideally designed for students, researchers, industry professionals, and academicians seeking coverage on combining the use of intelligence artificial and natural approaches to a variety of communication technologies.

Following the success of the first edition that brought attention to the digital revolution in Islamic financial services, comes this revised and updated second edition of Blockchain, Fintech and Islamic Finance. The authors reiterate the potential of digital disruption to shrink the role and relevance of today’s banks, while simultaneously creating better, faster, cheaper services that will be an essential part of everyday life. Digital transformation will also offer the ability to create new ways to better comply to Islamic values in order to rebuild trust and confidence in the current financial system. In this new edition, they explore current concepts of decentralized finance (DeFi), distributed intelligence, stablecoins, and the integration of AI, blockchain, data analytics and IoT devices for a holistic solution to ensure technology adoption in a prudent and sustainable manner. The book discusses crucial innovation, structural and institutional developments for financial technologies including two fast-growing trends that merge and complement each other: tokenization, where all illiquid assets in the world, from private equity to real estate and luxury goods, become liquid and can be traded more efficiently, and second, the rise of a new tokenized economy where inevitably new rules and ways to enforce them will develop to fully unleash their capabilities. These complementary and oft-correlated trends will complete the decentralization of finance and will influence the way future financial services will be implemented. This book provides insights into the shift in processes, as well as the challenges that need to be overcome for practical applications for AI and blockchain and how to approach such innovations. It also covers new technological risks that are the consequence of utilizing frontier technologies such as AI, blockchain and IoT. Industry leaders, Islamic finance professionals, along with students and academics in the fields of Islamic finance and economics will benefit immensely from this book.

Financial Management in the Digital Economy adopts an integrated approach to synthesize the various areas in finance into a consolidated framework and implements the theories and practices in the world of digital economy. The first part of this book extends the fundamentals of asset management to digital assets, and also covers topics like cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. The next part of the volume discusses the concept of financial inclusion, digital innovations and technology-enabled business model innovations in the financial sector.This book reviews the finance and FinTech ecosystem to provide insights into the most important technological developments in the financial services to better understand the future trends, challenges as well as opportunities for both the incumbents and the start-ups in the fast-changing finance world.