This book shows that research contributions from different fields--finance economics computer sciences and physics--can provide useful insights into key issues in financial and cryptocurrency markets. Presenting the latest empirical and theoretical advances it helps readers gain a better understanding of financial markets and cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency to use a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-spending and to control its issue without the need for a central authority and it has attracted wide public attention since its introduction. In recent years the academic community has also started gaining interest in cyptocurrencies and research in the field has grown rapidly. This book presents is a collection of the latest work on cryptocurrency markets and the properties of those markets. This book will appeal to graduate students and researchers from disciplines such as finance economics financial engineering computer science physics and applied mathematics working in the field of financial markets including cryptocurrency markets.