Kick down the ladder? The impact of cryptocurrency bans on company legal risks and employee structure

Yi Xu, Jiajun Qi, Jilong Chen and Lingbing Feng

Finance Research Letters, 2025, vol. 78, issue C

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of cryptocurrency bans on company legal risks using a Difference-in-Differences framework. We find that such bans significantly reduce both the frequency and monetary value of lawsuits, lowering companies' legal exposure. Additionally, our analysis reveals that employees with financial backgrounds play a crucial role in helping companies mitigate legal risks in response to the ban's impact. However, as cryptocurrency-related financial activities are gradually phased out, the importance of these financially-skilled employees diminishes. Consequently, companies tend to "kick down the ladder" by dismissing these employees, highlighting an unintended consequence of the regulatory shift.

Keywords: Cryptocurrency ban; Company legal risks; Employees with financial backgrounds; Difference-in-differences; Employee structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.107186

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