Blockchain Infrastructure and Its Impact on Cryptocurrency Market Stability
Release time：24 July 2025
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Time & Date
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10:00 am
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11:30 am,
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24,
2025
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Venue
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Room D604, Teaching Complex D Building
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| Topic | Blockchain Infrastructure and Its Impact on Cryptocurrency Market Stability |
| Time&Date | 10:00 am - 11:30 am, July 24, 2025 (Thursday) |
| Venue | Room D604, Teaching Complex D Building |
| Speaker |
Shaokun Fan Oregon State University |
| Abstract | Cryptocurrencies, enabled by blockchain technology, have given rise to vast new financial markets that are often disruptive and highly volatile. In this presentation, we explore how the underlying blockchain infrastructure influences the stability and behavior of cryptocurrency markets. Through a series of three studies, we analyze key technical features of two major blockchains—Bitcoin and Ethereum—and explore their roles in shaping the market dynamics of two critical sectors: the transaction fee market and the cryptocurrency exchange market. We conceptualize the market behavior through the lens of economic and operational theories and evaluate our hypotheses using large-scale data collected from public blockchains. The presentation will discuss findings from three studies, ongoing work, and promising directions for future research at the intersection of blockchain infrastructure and financial markets. |
| Biography | Prof. Shaokun Fan is an Associate Professor in Business Analytics in the College of Business at Oregon State University. He earned his PhD in Management Information Systems from the Eller College of Business at the University of Arizona in 2012. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Physics, and his master’s degree in Computer Science from Nanjing University. His research interests include data mining, blockchain and social media. Specifically, he seeks to develop novel data mining methods to analyze big data from blockchain and social media platforms, with the aim of helping people to make better business decisions. His research has been published in MIS Quarterly, Informs Journal on Computing, Research Policy, Decision Sciences, Decision Support Systems, Information and Management, and Electronic Commerce Research, among others. He currently serves as an Associate Editor at Electronic Commerce Research, Decision Support Systems, and Journal of Electronic Commerce Research. He received several awards from the College of Business at OSU, including the Prominent Scholar Award (a College-wide research award) in 2017, 2020, and 2021, and the Betty and Forrest Simmons Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award in 2019. |
