The unexpected consequences of a pandemic

Crypto-finance as cultural commons

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12599720
AutoresAlberto Cossu (0000-0002-0766-7719, University of Leicester, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen26
Número4
Páginas598-607
Fecha de publicación2022-12-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1367-5494 • E-ISSN: 1460-3551
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/13675494221135660
PMID37457828
OpenAlexW4311938859
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas17

This Cultural Commons article provide some coordinates that help explain why cryptocurrencies have recently become mainstream, indicating their connection to precarisation and new class formations. It considers how this change has been achieved by examining the impact of ICTs (information and communications technologies) on the process of socialisation and re-signification of finance. Finally, it explores how these shifts might be related to the emergence of a peculiar form of digital and cultural commons. It grants that this last idea might appear odd, far-fetched, or downright inappropriate, since investment by individuals for individual profit is a defining characteristic of the realm of crypto-finance. It hopes to show, however, that what lies behind these individualised actions is an ambivalence in which exploitation coexists with a redefinition of the genetic code of finance, giving rise to a shared culture and a commoning of resources

Commons · Cryptocurrency · Law and economics · Mainstream · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realm · Sociology · Sovereignty · Tragedy of the commons · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Law