Examining the avenues of sustainability in resources and digital blockchains backed currencies: evidence from energy metals and cryptocurrencies

Sitara Karim (), Muhammad Abubakr Naeem (), Aviral Kumar Tiwari () and Sania Ashraf ()
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Sitara Karim: Sunway University, Department of Economics and Finance, Sunway Business School
Muhammad Abubakr Naeem: United Arab Emirates University, Accounting and Finance Department
Aviral Kumar Tiwari: Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
Sania Ashraf: University of Dubai, Dubai Business School

Annals of Operations Research, 2025, vol. 355, issue 1, No 27, 765-782

Abstract: Abstract The sustainability issues have been surmounted in the last decades. The digital disruption caused by blockchains and other digitally backed currencies has raised several serious concerns for policymakers, governmental agencies, environmentalists, and supply chain managers. Alternatively, sustainable resources are environmentally sustainable and naturally available resources which are employable by several regulation authorities to reduce the carbon footprint and attain energy transition mechanisms to support sustainable supply chains in the ecosystem. Using the asymmetric time-varying parameters vector auto-regressions approach, the current study examines the asymmetric spillovers between blockchain-backed currencies and environmentally supported resources. We find clusters between blockchain-based currencies and resource-efficient metals, highlighting similar-class dominance of spillovers. We portrayed several implications of our study for policymakers, supply chain managers, the blockchain industry, sustainable resources mechanisms, and regulatory bodies to emphasize that natural resources play a significant role in attaining sustainable supply chains servicing the benefits to society at large and to other stakeholders.

Keywords: Blockchain currencies; Environmental sustainability; Resource efficiency; Sustainable supply chains (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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