Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, InsurTech, and GreenTech, Second Edition, Volume One presents the latest technological developments and innovations occurring in financial institutions and the engineering advances driving them. Students, scholars, and professionals can explore practical and academic contributions in domains not usually found together in a single resource. Newly expanded into three volumes, this handbook not only emphasizes the financial opportunities made possible by digital banking, such as financial inclusion and impact investing, but it also presents the engineering theories and advances that can create additional opportunities.It provides a collection of contributions by pioneers, academics, and practitioners carefully chosen as established experts in their respective fields. Each chapter reviews, synthesizes, and analyzes the topic at hand, acknowledges areas where there are gaps between theory and practice, and suggests directions for future research when appropriate. The volumes are reorganized into distinct themes, every existing chapter is updated with the latest information, and new chapters bring even more valuable information to readers.

1. Conceptualising web32. Blockchain Interoperability for Decentralized Finance3. The Cross-Section of Crypto-Currencies as Financial Assets4. Econometric Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Index for Portfolio Investment5. Financial Intermediation in Cryptocurrency Markets6. Quantum Technologies in Decentralisation7. Reshaping the Financial Order8. The M-Pesa Technological Revolution for Financial Services in Kenya9. Financial Inclusion in the Digital Age10. Using Broadband to Enhance Financial Inclusion11. Understanding Interbank Real-Time Retail Payment Systems12. Real-Time Inbound Marketing: A Use Case for Digital Banking13. Peer-To-Peer Lending14. EU VAT Implications of Crowdfunding15. FinTech: Harnessing Innovation for Financial Inclusion16. Global Financial Institutions 2.017. InsurTec15h and FinTech: Banking and Insurance Enablement18. Autonomous Finance; Andras Kristof19. GreenTech20. The Application of Blockchain & Internet of Things in ESG Data Platforms