Cryptocurrency and digital money
Cryptocurrency as money or finance: Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, decentralised finance, central bank digital currencies, and the regulation and taxation of crypto.
Research 12
The Blockchain Treasury Governance DilemmaAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Lane, A.M. (2025) · Regulation & Governance 19(3): 761–776Common knowledge theory of stablecoinsBerg, C., Potts, J. and White, C. (2024) · Working paper, SSRNThe problem of ubiquitous computing for regulatory costsBerg, C. (2023) · Working paper, SSRNWhy airdrop cryptocurrency tokens?Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Lane, A.M. (2023) · Journal of Business Research 163: 113945Buyback and Burn Mechanisms: Price Manipulation or Value Signalling?Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2022) · Working paper, SSRNCrypto-macroeconomicsPotts, J., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2022) · Book chaptersInteroperability as a critical design choice for central bank digital currenciesBerg, C. (2022) · Working paper, SSRNQuantum crypto-economics: Blockchain prediction markets for the evolution of quantum technologyRohde, P., Mohan, V., Davidson, S., Berg, C., Allen, D. et al. (2021) · Working paper, arXivBlockchain and Investment: An Austrian ApproachAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2020) · The Review of Austrian Economics 34(1): 149–162Proof of work as a three sided marketBerg, C., Davidson, S. and Potts, J. (2020) · Frontiers in Blockchain 3
Policy 8
Response to CP 381 Updates to INFO225: Digital assets: Financial products and servicesBerg, C. and Allen, D. (2025) · Submissions and reportsThe Governance of Cosmos Interchain SecurityBerg, C., Allen, D.W.E. and Davidson, S. (2023) · Submissions and reportsAllocating Capital in Decentralised Networks: Mechanisms for the Cosmos HubBerg, C., Allen, D.W.E. and Davidson, S. (2023) · Submissions and reportsSubmission on the Digital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill 2023Berg, C., Lane, A., Allen, D.W.E., Morton, E., Parasol, M. and Potts, J. (2023) · Submissions and reportsTracer: Perpetual SwapsBerg, C., Garner, R., Webb, L. and Potts, J. (2021) · TracerResponse to Questions on Notice: Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory TechnologyBerg, C., Allen, D.W.E. and Technology, R. (2021) · Submissions and reportsTracer: Peer-to-Peer FinanceBerg, C., Garner, R., Webb, L. and Potts, J. (2021) · TracerWhat does the blockchain mean for government? Cryptocurrencies in the Australian payments systemBerg, C. and Davidson, S. (2018) · Submissions and reports
Media 15
Crypto, freedom and the futureCrypto for Advisers · 13 October 2025
How did pink Lamborghinis, Minecraft, and bitcoin become the centre of a quarter-billion dollar heist?Download This Show · 9 May 2025Navigating a tidal wave of changeForge Summit · 16 November 2024Cryptocurrencies and blockchain: where are we heading?Universidad Francisco Marroquín · 6 September 2024ATOM tokenomicsCosmoverse · 5 October 2023Cash is no longer king. Will crypto take the crown?Download This Show · 13 July 2023
Is crypto a security, and why does it matter?Decoding Crypto · 16 June 2023
A revisionist history of blockchainMint & Burn · 10 August 2022
Crypto winter: what will survive, and Web3The BIP Show · 5 August 2022Regulatory perimeter and safe harbour roundtableDigital Economy Council of Australia · 24 March 2022How did pink Lamborghinis, Minecraft, and bitcoin become the centre of a quarter-billion dollar heist?Download This Show · 9 May 2025Navigating a tidal wave of changeForge Summit · 16 November 2024Cryptocurrencies and blockchain: where are we heading?Universidad Francisco Marroquín · 6 September 2024ATOM tokenomicsCosmoverse · 5 October 2023Cash is no longer king. Will crypto take the crown?Download This Show · 13 July 2023Is crypto a security, and why does it matter?Decoding Crypto · 16 June 2023A revisionist history of blockchainMint & Burn · 10 August 2022
Treasury management and funding public goodsSCRF Interviews · 10 March 2022Treasury management in web3SCRF Interviews · 3 March 2022Evolutionary economics and blockchainMint & Burn · 11 August 2021DeFi and data marketsMint & Burn · 5 April 2021How to understand the blockchain economyAgoric · 29 June 2019Commentary 16
Why a US crypto crackdown threatens all digital commerceAustralian Financial Review · 10 Aug 2022Reliable systems out of unreliable parts29 Jul 2022A better design for defi grant programs18 Jul 2021DeFi governance needs better tokenomics13 Apr 2021Financial rules for the algorithm ageAustralian Financial Review · 25 Feb 2021After GameStop, the rise of Dogecoin shows us how memes can move markets3 Feb 2021What we think we know about defiMedium post · 10 Sep 2020What we’ve learned from working with AgoricMedium post · 9 Sep 2020Blockchain innovation and public policyJournal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy · 20 Jun 2020Age of currency disruption is hereAustralian Financial Review · 10 Feb 2020Facebook’s monetary revolutionAustralian Financial Review · 20 Jun 2019Opportunities for crypto-havens to capture businessThe Cayman Financial Review · 31 Oct 2018The rational crypto-expectations revolutionMedium post · 19 Jul 2018The blockchain economy: what should the government do?Medium post · 11 Nov 2017Bitcoin investors should be taxed like any other investorThe Conversation · 25 Sep 2017Double Click On The Next Digital Revolution, Then Brace YourselfThe Sunday Age · 21 Apr 2013