Financial Econometrics of Cryptocurrency Markets: Modeling and Forecasting

The global digital currency market has grown rapidly in recent years, mainly as a result of advances in blockchain technologies, which have ensured greater security for transactions. The total market capitalization value of traded cryptocurrencies went from USD 7 billion in early 2016 to USD 8.4 trillion in early 2021. Like stocks, bonds, commodities and[…]

Fomenting collaboration between USP and startups by means of a digital currency: the dawn of a “USPcoin”

The University of São Paulo has a long tradition of collaborating with the private sector, as a supplier of expertise in research and innovation for the creation of novel and better solutions for real-world problems. This type of extension initiative aims to bring science closer to the everyday life and benefit society as a whole,[…]