Acceptance of shari?ah-compliant precious metal-backed cryptocurrency as an alternative currency: an empirical validation of adoption of innovation theory

• Main Authors: Ajouz, Mousa, Abdullah, Adam, Kassim, Salina
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Wiley-Liss Inc. 2019
• Subjects: HG Finance; HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/79512/18/79512_Acceptance%20of%20Shar%C4%AB%CA%BFah-Compliant%20Precious%20Metal_new.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79512/2/79512_Acceptance%20of%20Shar%C4%AB%CA%BFah-compliant%20_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79512/3/79512_Acceptance%20of%20Shar%C4%AB%CA%BFah-compliant%20_wos.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79512/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/tie.22106

In the crypto world, there is a proverbial (and literal) gold rush now occurring. Currently, more than 37 gold-backed cryptocurrency companies have now emerged. Interestingly, some of them also claim to be Sharīʿah-compliant. Introducing precious metal-backed cryptocurrencies is perceived to be an i...