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title: Market Efficiency in Blockchain Marketplaces
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4630078/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4630078
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4630078
featured: 2023-11-15
citations: unknown
topic: Crypto & DeFi
---


# Market Efficiency in Blockchain Marketplaces

The research examines market efficiency in blockchain-enabled marketplaces, revealing significant inefficiencies despite complete information transparency.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4630078
- Identifier: SSRN 4630078
- Released: 2023-05-02
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 26 (2023-11-15): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-11-15/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Crypto & DeFi

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