A pilot study to assess the possibility of generating a quantitative analysis of the time evolution of gambling-related practices within cryptocurrency trading platforms

This interdisciplinary project combines mathematical and social scientific expertise and research to explore the relationship between cryptocurrencies and gambling. Taking place in the context of Treasury Select Committee recommendation that crypto-trading be brought under gambling regulation, the project asks what the growth in use of blockchain technologies can tell us about gambling practices and the 'gamblification' of investing. Carrying out qualitative interviews with users of crypto-asset trading platforms, the first part of the project is investigating the everyday dynamics of cryptocurrency trading, considering in particular its relationship to gambling practices. The second part of the project is investigating publicly available data from crypto-casinos to model gambling patterns. 

Project leads are Sam Kirwan (School for Policy Studies) and Luca Giuggioli (School of Engineering, Mathematics and Technology) at the University of Bristol.