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title: Hidden by complexity? Measuring stablecoin, crypto and decentralised finance ecosystems
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/dnb-dnbwpp-870/
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updated: 2026-10-23
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:dnb:dnbwpp:870
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:dnb:dnbwpp:870
featured: 2026-10-23
citations: unknown
topic: Crypto & DeFi
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# Hidden by complexity? Measuring stablecoin, crypto and decentralised finance ecosystems

The paper identifies three structural sources of measurement divergences in blockchain data and proposes approaches to align technical execution with economic meaning in DeFi ecosystems.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:dnb:dnbwpp:870
- Identifier: RePEc:dnb:dnbwpp:870
- Released: 2026-10-12
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 136 (2026-10-23): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-10-23/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi
- Authors: Timothy Aerts, Ronald Heijmans, Violeta Vuletic, Jan Paulick

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